This is vital for anyone seecking success in any field of endeavor.

However, there is one thing that most people never mention.

If you’ve ever asked someone to try and help you, and that someone is in the very same field of work that you’re trying top learn about, then why would that person want to create more competition for themselves by making you successful?

This is the one secret that non one ever mentions.

People who know more about a particular subject than you do will almost certainly make sure that if there is one secret to their success they’re not going to give it to you!

There are a lot of secrets about success that are not going to be shared with others simply because this information will impact negatively oness of the person holding the information who won’t reveal their success methods to anyone.

I must also say, that most people will reveal their success formula for a price.

So remember, whenever someone says that they have your interest at heart, they are lying!

They have their own interest at heart, and not yours.

SIncerely,

Keith Boynton, Overseer
The Gates of Zion
Provoding Services to the Disabled
Since 2003
http://www.thegatesofzion.org

I don’t mean to be a wet blanket, especially since I appreciate all you do, but the odds of getting an audience with a Bill Gates must be a billion-to-one or steeper. These kind of people undoubtedly have hundreds or thousands who would like them to mentor them…why would they choose to take any one of us under their wing?

To be a mentor, they have to be available to you on a somewhat consistent basis, especially at critical times in your development. But they have lives, and aren’t likely to give much of it up because you want them to teach you and guide you to success.

It’s unlikely you’ll even get the elite to personally respond to a very simple and brief email, let alone get them to take the time to become your mentor. Heck, I haven’t even been able to get you to repond to my email, let alone a Bill Gates!

You did hit on a very big key - which is why I am responding to this post because I want to bring this key to the forefront for others - since actually talking to these folks is highly unlikely, and having them become your mentor even more unlikely, and that key point is…the closest most of us will ever get to them is to read what they’ve written. Read everything you can get your hands on that they put out. You’ll learn practical things, and if you’re studious, you’ll learn some of how their mind works. Learning how they think can change your thinking, and that could be a huge key to your success.

More practical is to find local mentors. They may not have as big of a name, but they also are less likely to have a herd of hopeful groupies making demands of them. They may even be highly flattered and will be glad to work with you if you present yourself in the right way.

There is plenty you can learn from the smaller fish, and step-by-step you can climb the ladder to the more influencial.

As far as a collective conciousness, it’s “out there” in many forms. The masses tap into the strongest pulls of it unconciously, which in these times is often negative in nature. The wise can tap into the subtler threads, which is often opportunity waiting for someone to take action on it.

Have a great day!

Great article and great responses.
It shows that awareness of low of attraction becomes more accepted fact than ever before.

One thing which I disagree with is concentration on “action” part. According to low of attraction, all you need is desire and allowing of it.

The biggest problem of all attempts to become successful (whatever domain it is) is lack of specific direction (definite purpose), then believing in it.

It has been said many times in large volumes of motivational literature that “thoughts are things”.

All it is required is to have definite purpose and burning desire to accomplish it.

Things like association with appropriate people, and acting and plans are only manifestation of our desires or things helping with maintaining and developing of it. The stronger we desire something, the easier and faster appropriate people and circumstances get across our path.

Believe in action is quite often a main result of disappointments and quitting. After some period of trying and seeing no results, one loses the belief.

If you approach things the other way, the belief will drive the action and will create circumstances helping with your goal.

You will never get disappointed with lack of results of your actions, as no action was the the bases of your directions. If you believe in something, you will keep doing it without any rewards because just doing it, is giving you all you need. The recognition, and money or whatever might be coming with it is just a bonus.

In short having the desire to have something and strongly believing in it, is all you will need to get things done. If there will be any action, it will be mostly action of the universe to get you to the goal. Your action no matter how much effort you put into it, will be insignificant in comparison to what universe can do for you.

Very often you hear from some people how hard they work and they complain that they have no results, then you hear about some people who work hard and got results, and then you see people who didn’t do much and received it all.

In all this cases, it is not the action which brings the results. For some people working hard helps with enforcing their believes, for some not working but just imaging results is good enough and for some working hard doesn’t do anything because they have not developed any directions (desires) and they are much like a car without the steering wheel. They have no power in maintaining any direction so they are just spinning their wheels most of the time.

You can read in the Bible that knocking on the door will get them opened for you, (even if it is meant to just get rid for you).
You hear those kind of sayings like “squeaky wheel gets the grease”.

This is just proof that all you need to do is to be heard and be persistent with it and things will happen.

Bogdan