It Works....it actually works

The Famous Little Red Book That Makes Your Dreams Come True!

While on my recent trip to Florida, I flipped through the Southwest Airlines in-flight magazine called Spirit. There was a story ("Luck and Desire") about a young man who had a devastating accident, but was making progress towards recovery against many odds. This is a fairly typical premise.

Yet....this story hooked me.  What captured me was his life before the accident. As a child, he had not been particularly athletic. His mother had a secret to share with him - a 20-page booklet called It Works! which was given to her by her father. That booklet contained the method and the system for developing goals and achieving them.

It's a short booklet. On Amazon, it's only $3, for heaven's sake. How could that booklet contain information about how to get anything you desire? And it's so old...it's got some quaint dated language in it.

The young man in the article, Rob, applied the principles to his pursuit of baseball. And you know what? as he grew up, he became better at it. Then he became good at it. Then he was looking at athletic scholarships to college. He had seen the process work in his life, and in the lives of his mother and grandfather.

Then, the accident happened and his life took a different direction. He had to redesign his goals, but again using the same method and techniques, he made (and is still making) remarkable progress towards recovery.

It Works in My Life

So what have I got to lose? I thought I'd give it a try. I found a notebook and began wrote down what I want. I wrote down everything I could think of. I didn't restrict it to any particular type of goal.  I've followed the plan as faithfully as faithfully as I am able.

Anything happening?

Remarkably, yes it is. One goal is basically accomplished. I have had remarkable and unexpected steps towards achieving two other goals. How did that happen?

Yeah, it could be random, but for me, there's enough evidence that the method is doing exactly what the book says it will do. It seems unlikely, but I am cautiously optimistic.

Nothing New Under the Sun

The Luck and Desire article discussed the psychology of goal setting, and how it's possible to get it all wrong. It also talks about other manifestations of the same idea. In the early 00's a book called The Secret was wildly popular. Same thing.

In the late 90s, a book that took off in Christian communities was The Prayer of Jabez. Same idea. I bet this concept comes around every generation or so.

The skeptics can deny and protest all they want. And honestly, I'm still somewhat of a skeptic. But for now I'm keeping at it.

The only thing you do in return is spread the word. Here is one small effort to spread the word and pay it forward.

BTW, It Works! is also available for Kindle. Only $2.40. What's holding you back??