Brett Blatzer
Mrs. Boresen
Expository Writing P4
Option 2 Essay
5/6/11

“Enjoy life, because life is phenomenal! It’s a magnificent trip”-Bob Proctor (The Secret DVD). This is a quote by a man who is in a group of many people that have come together to explain how to be successful in life. The Secret is the name of a movie, book, and lecture series that explains how to use your own feelings and emotions to be successful in almost every aspect of life possible. The men and women that have come together to create The Secret understand how it works through their own and other’s experiences. With their help the have spread the secret throughout the world to help all that they can. Some of the men that are featured in The Secret are John Assaraf, Bob Proctor, and John F. Demartini.
Foremost I would like to start with John Assaraf. Initially his life began in 1961 where he was raised in a loving home. However, to John's dismay his father was a cab driver, therefore not being home a bulk of John's life when he had questions to life. As a result, John led his teen years with health issues and low self esteem that ultimately could have landed him a spot in jail, or even worse the morgue. Once he wizened up a little bit at the age of 19 he left home to find the answers to his questions of success that he was looking for. After drifting around for a few years at the age of 21 he became a partner of RE/MAX real estate. His mission was to turn around the slow Indiana region. Not only did he work for RE/MAX he excelled. Now his sales associates sell over $4 billion dollars a year (The Secret Story.com). Throughout the last 25 years John has dedicated his life to research correlating to the human brain, quantum physics, and business strategy (The Secret Story.com). He enjoys sharing his success with audiences worldwide. One way he is sharing his success is through the movie The Secret. He has advertised the highly popular movie on shows like the Ellen Show and Larry King Live. Another way Assaraf has showed his understanding of the Law of Attraction is his pride of building four mulit-million dollar companies from practically nothing. Most of all he enjoys telling his life lessons and stories, even if they are a little embarrassing, to his listeners so that they may apply what he has learned to his life as well (The Secret Story.com). John Assaraf has been very fortunate to turn a rough childhood into living comfortably for most of his life. Bob Proctor is another Secret promoter that shares this characteristic.
In the year 1960 a young Bob Proctor became a high school drop-out with not much more than a resume filled with jobs that would not get him anywhere. Born in 1936, Bob grew up with little prospects of being rich or famous (personal-development.com). He was then introduced to a book called Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, which sparked new ideas in Bob’s head (The Secret Story.com). Immediately he turned to a life of self improvement with only an annual salary of $4000, and him being in debt of $6000 (Personal Development.com). In a matter of a few months his life did a complete one-eighty flip. He turned around in a year from being in debt to making over $100,000 annually. Soon then after he moved to Chicago and began working for Nightingale-Conant. Through hard work and using the knowledge he had at his disposal he became the Vice President of sales for Nightingale-Conant (The Secret Story.com). Furthermore he has achieved fame and fortune in the form of books that he has written and movies he has been in. He has written the critically acclaimed books You Were Born Rich and Science of Getting Rich, and has appeared in the movies The Secret DVD and Power Principles for Creating more Wealth (A Great Health.com). Today Bob Proctor spends his life traveling around the world teaching individuals and companies the secrets of his acquired knowledge and the Law of Attraction (The Secret.tv). However, Mr. Proctor is not the only one spreading his wealth of knowledge of the Law of Attraction around the world.
Dr. John F. Demartini shares another story close to that of Bob Proctor. Born in Houston, Texas on Thanksgiving day John grew with numerous obstacles and distractions. Initially, when he started walking he was immobilized with leg braces, and he also had them on his hands as well. Throughout his school career he struggled beyond his peers with learning disabilities and general difficulties. He had troubles reading, and even worse he had trouble communicating both verbally and written. As a matter of fact his first grade teacher had stated that he would never read, write, communicate, or be worth anything at all his entire life. In accordance with all he was ever told during his life Dr Demartini dropped out of high school at age 14, and from there moved to Hawaii. So how is it that this man has become something of himself with the disabilities he had? Interestingly enough 17 year old John Demartini met Paul Bragg. Bragg harped on John to overcome his learning disabilities, to get an education, and make a difference in the world. After this insightful conversation John started to crack away at his shell of learning disabilities. Consequently, John shortly learned how to both read and write, and proceeded to obtaining his general education diploma, or GED. Furthermore he went on to graduate from the University of Houston as Magna Cum Laude in 1982 ( Dr. Demartini.com). Today Dr. John Demartini is a behavioral specialist, author of numerous books, and the core founder of the Demartini Institute. Majority of the time Dr. Demartini is off to over 56 countries for more than 360 days a year to not only share his research, but also his finding throughout the world for people to become more aware of their full potential. Additionally, Demartini has authored more than 40 books, and has appeared in diverse radio, television, and printed interviews around the world (Hay House Inc.).
Once more it is important to rationalize that these men are anomalies compared to the majority of human beings on the face to the planet. John Assaraf, Bob Proctor, and last but not least Dr. John Demartini have all discovered a power most will never know of, and the amazing part is that every single person can use this to their advantage. Personally, I believe that these men have done very good things for the world, but not only in figuring out this new law they are going out and beyond any means necessary to spread the wealth of this knowledge for the world to know. "There is no blackboard in the sky on which God has written your purpose, your mission in life is the mission you give yourself. Your life will be what you create is as, no one will stand judgment of it, now or ever."-Neale Donald Walsch (The Secret DVD).

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