Conor McGregor highly influenced by "The Secret" dvd

[Ulti1]

Good for him, but I personally believe the book negates the value of hard work. Most people read the thing and believe that if they wish to be successful and think positively, that it'll just fall into their lap.

It's deff a good mental tool. But yeah you need to put in the work too lol

 

[leto1776]

I've read on the law of attraction, but The Secret is the absolute worst thing on it available. All the good material on it reinforces that you have to actually work towards your goals, and that will back up the belief. The Secret acts as if all you have to do is believe and dream.

A lot of people who suffered during the housing and mortgage crisis in '08 bought into the Secret, and got screwed for it.

 

[yermajesty]

THe person behind 'The Secret' is a convicted murderer... or something like that.

 

[freaky]

That's why he is Mystic Mac. Whatever he says will happen because he believes in it and he's also a Genie.

 

[BigNuggetIce]

Don't care if Yoel believes in Gay Jesus; don't care if Conor believes in this metaphysical stuff either. Praying, meditating, thinking something into existence, whatever floats their boat... not sure how their personal beliefs about stuff like this are important in any way.

It's interesting & definitely worth discussing on an mma forum.

 

[MTNinja]

He believes in himself immensely and his hard work brings him all the things he hopes for.

No magic.

 

[Handawg]

Never read the book, but obviously Conor isn't neglecting the hard work. He sees it in his mind, step by step, and then he takes those steps in the physical realm.

Which is why I said good for him, as he clearly put in the work lol.

 

[Toco]

wtf these kind of stupid books?

hahahahahaha

 

[CodCommando]

Cliched but it works. Believe in yourself and work for what you strive. I don't have a 9 to 5. Take the risks, if you failed you move on. That being said I'm not a fucking millionaire but I've never dreamt to be one, everyone's different. I enjoy staying at home, I know rich fuckers that wear the same clothes week in and week out, drive a puny car, hang out at regular places but have a shitload of properties. It's all about what you want and enjoy.

 

[Author]

Let me tell you the real secret... People who think the degree of certainty of a positive outcome is absolute, tend to take the steps necessary to make said outcome a reality.

If you think that no matter what you will get your ass beat, you probably will accept your fate. Examples of this are pretty much everyone who has ever fought GSP or Anderson.

Pretty much, yep. That's why Ronda is more likely to lose again in a rematch with Holly than she is to win. She's already talking about, well if I lose, I'm retiring.

 

[BrazilianDude]

Who knows maybe it's the one true faith

Wouldn't it be funny? You die, show up in heaven, say you did your duties as a Christian or whatever, then the guy in charge looks at you and says "Christian? We don't care about that. You had negative thoughts. GTFO."

 

[INoHespectChael]

The secret to making millions is writing a book called the secret and selling it to a bunch of losers that only have $10 in their bank account.

Pretty much the same concept as this woman writing 50 shades of grey, selling it to millions of lonely women and making over $100 mil in the process.

 

[CaSe]

blah blah blah
This is my life philosophy.

 

[Viking Power]

Good for him, but I personally believe the book negates the value of hard work. Most people read the thing and believe that if they wish to be successful and think positively, that it'll just fall into their lap.

Agreed. That's what frustrates the piss out of me about this along with all of the people that think they can pray to a God and shit will magically happen for them. It's cool to believe in something but you HAVE GOT TO DO THE WORK! That being said, I'm pretty sure I've seen footage of Conor saying that yeah, you gotta work for it too.

 

[Bee Smart]

Does he listen to Dr. Oz too?

 

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[BluntForceTrama]

Oh good. He's stupid.

 

[CostumedExtrmst]

Agreed. That's what frustrates the piss out of me about this along with all of the people that think they can pray to a God and shit will magically happen for them. It's cool to believe in something but you HAVE GOT TO DO THE WORK! That being said, I'm pretty sure I've seen footage of Conor saying that yeah, you gotta work for it too.

The fact people have different belief systems that do not adhere to your world view, frustrates the hell out of you? You could just worry about yourself, so long as others are not harming you. That is not as much fun as bitching is though, huh?

 

[Viking Power]

The fact people have different belief systems that do not adhere to your world view, frustrates the hell out of you? You could just worry about yourself, so long as others are not harming you. That is not as much fun as bitching is though, huh?

Apparently it was more fun for you to bitch about my post which was not harming you than it was to leave it alone eh?

Besides, I did clearly state that I think it's cool for people to believe in something...so your little troll of my post is kind of a reach there my friend.

 

[AronaBeatsJones]

Every now and then, there's a book that comes out by a no-name (typically a female author who just happens to be a mother and suffered from some sort of ailment/adversity), and it relays a tale about metaphysical powers which can make a regular person "great," and then they'll relay some names of the greatest human beings who ever lived, ala Leonardo da Vinci, who apparently knew of this power.

But the only thing that really unites these authors (other than this apparent "mother with adversity" criteria) is how much money they've made off of making unsubstantiated claims about quantum physics supporting their philosophy.

Before "The Secret," there was a book (or I should say, a whole marketing scheme, including certifying official instructors in a one-day, three-hour course) called "ThetaHealing," which similarly relayed claims about metaphysical energy, quantum mechanics, and curing cancer.

If it was Gandhi, Benjamin Franklin, da Vinci, or another super-successful "great person" who had written these books, then at least there would be some credibility attached to it. But the fact that these are people who were nobodies before writing these books kind of makes it hard to take them seriously as philosophers about how life works.