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Bob Proctor & the 11 Forgotten Laws

November 15th, 2011

Bob Proctor from The Secret is well known for his understanding of the Law of Attraction. The problem is people still struggled after seeing the secret. Many felt the law of attraction did not work. This is because there are other principles you need to understand to fully realise your dreams and the law of attraction. These are the 11 Forgotten Laws.

Many people saw The Secret and tried to work with the Law of Attraction. Sometimes they were successful, other times they were not. Why is it that when you think you have worked something out, the Law of Attraction lets you down. This is both a confusing and frustrating situation to be in. Bob Proctor was made famous by the hit movie The Secret but he knew there was more to it than the Law of Attraction. So he is doing an interview on the 11 Forgotten Laws. See below.

These 11 Laws are the underlying principles by which the whole universe is created. They work simultaneously with the Law of Attraction. Once you understand all 11 Forgotten Laws, you can better understand how to best utilise all the aspects of the Law of Attraction. This is where real potential can be realised.

The 11 Forgotten Laws are:

- The Law of Thinking

- The Law of Supply

- The Law of Attraction

- The Law of Receiving

- The Law of Increase

- The Law of Compensation

- The Law of Non-Resistance

- The Law of Forgiveness

- The Law of Sacrifice

- The Law of Obedience

- The Law of Success

Each of these Laws has a specific purpose. When you understand each of them, they combine to allow you to realise that there IS order in the Universe and it is highly predictable. Let me briefly explain each of these Laws.

THE LAW OF THINKING

The Law of Thinking says what is most prevalent in your mind, you become. If you are constantly concerned about the problems in your life, not only will you see more of them, it will distract your mind from creating solutions. You get what you think about.

THE LAW OF SUPPLY

Some may think of this as the Law of Demand. That is, we are always wanting more, we are always expanding. Just like a seed that needs to grow, we are constantly evolving to want more and more.

THE LAW OF ATTRACTION

I don’t think this one needs much explaining. The more you have, the more you get. The more you attract, the greater the number of things you can attract to yourself.

THE LAW OF RECEIVING

Receiving is not getting, receiving is graciously allowing something to come to you. Its like a swing. When you push a swing away, it will come back to you at around the same degree as you pushed. The Law of Receiving is about giving to the fullest extent so you can receive to the fullest extent.

THE LAW OF INCREASE

When someone gives you a compliment, how do you feel? If someone continues to compliment your work, do you feel compelled to do it again or even better? This is the Law of Increase. Giving more will allow you to receive more

THE LAW OF COMPENSATION

What you are getting is a result of the efforts you are putting out there. If you want to have better results, you have to think of a new or better way to deliver that value. You must BECOME the person of value to receive anything of value.

THE LAW OF NON-RESISTANCE

If you resist for security, you will never have it. Peace, harmony and joy require that you ARE peace, harmony and joy. Fighting for peace does not create peace. It creates more fighting. The only way to not have conflict is to “go with the flow” and not resist. This does not mean give up, it means do not struggle.

THE LAW OF FORGIVENESS

In many difficult times it is easy to blame others. Even when it is your fault, it is easy to blame yourself. An attitude that takes your vitality and energy never serves. Learn to forgive. Emotionally let go of a situation and just act to correct it. That is the only way forward.

THE LAW OF SACRIFICE

The Law of Sacrifice is about discipline. Everything has a price. Are you willing to pay it to get what you want? Most won’t

THE LAW OF OBEDIENCE

In many ways, obedience implies respect. The ability to hold your tongue or action as appropriate to maintain peace and harmony is always more beneficial than disruption. It also means be obedient to the Laws. Work WITH the Laws and they will reward you. Work against them and you will pay the price.

THE LAW OF SUCCESS

No matter what you do, it is a success. You get a result. You may not like the result but it is a result none the less. Working with the Law of Success means acting in a certain way so that success is bound to happen. If not by education, then by experience and persistence. You can achieve more because you are born to achieve more. Do more right things than wrong things and success is inevitable.

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The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership

November 15th, 2011

The subtitle of Maxwell’s book is “Follow Them, and People Will Follow You.” Each time I read that, I hear a rejoinder in my head: “Don’t follow them, and people won’t follow you.” Revised and updated in 2007 for the 10th anniversary of The 21 Irrefutable Laws, this book is rightly regarded as a foundational piece of the leadership literature.

As the title indicates, Maxwell presents 21 laws of leadership, all of which are free-standing and yet buttressed by one another. You can learn a lot simply by reviewing the 21 laws with Maxwell’s brief explanation of each:

1. The Law of the Lid: Leadership Ability Determines a Person’s Level of Effectiveness

2. The Law of Influence: The True Measure of Leadership Is Influence – Nothing More, Nothing Less

3. The Law of Process: Leadership Develops Daily, Not in a Day

4. The Law of Navigation: Anyone Can Steer the Ship, but It Takes a Leader to Change the Course

5. The Law of Addition: Leaders Add Value by Serving Others

6. The Law of Solid Ground: Trust Is the Foundation of Leadership

7. The Law of Respect: People Naturally Follow Leaders Stronger Than Themselves

8. The Law of Intuition: Leaders Evaluate Everything with a Leadership Bias

9. The Law of Magnetism: Who You Are Is Who You Attract

10. The Law of Connection: Leaders Touch a Heart Before They Ask for a Hand

11. The Law of the Inner Circle: A Leader’s Potential Is Determined by Those Closest to Him

12. The Law of Empowerment: Only Secure Leaders Give Power to Others

13. The Law of the Picture: People Do What People See

14. The Law of Buy-In: People Buy into the Leader, Then the Vision

15. The Law of Victory: Leaders Find a Way for the Team to Win

16. The Law of the Big Mo: Momentum is a Leader’s Best Friend

17. The Law of Priorities: Leaders Understand That Activity Is Not Necessarily Accomplishment

18. The Law of Sacrifice: A Leader Must Give Up to Go Up

19. The Law of Timing: When to Lead Is as Important as What to Do and Where to Go

20. The Law of Explosive Growth: To Add Growth, Lead Followers – To Multiply, Lead Leaders

21. The Law of Legacy: A Leader’s Lasting Value is Measured by Succession

My favorite law, the umbrella under which all of the other laws fall, is the Law of Process. Leadership can’t be developed in a day or a week. Instead, it grows and becomes refined through a lifetime of self-management, skills acquisition, and relationships:

If you continually invest in your leadership development, letting your ‘assets’ compound, the inevitable result is growth over time. What can you see when you look at a person’s daily agenda? Priorities, passion, abilities, relationships, attitude, personal disciplines, vision, and influence. See what a person is doing every day, day after day, and you’ll know who that person is and what he or she is becoming.

Often, when I speak to newer lawyers about leadership development, someone in the group will ask why a new graduate or a lawyer in the first few years of practice should be concerned with leadership development, since they’re at the bottom of the totem pole. My answer is three-fold.

First, it’s critical to lead oneself and develop a strong foundation in self-management. Second, usually even “bottom of the totem pole” lawyers soon have an opportunity to lead something, whether it’s a document review team or a subcommittee. And third, as Maxwell writes, “champions don’t become champions in the ring – they are merely recognized there.” If a lawyer waits until a leadership position is on the horizon to begin developing good leadership skills, the position may never present itself, or if it does, the lawyer will lack the necessary skills to thrive in that position. (Incidentally, point 3 is well illustrated in Maxwell’s first law, the Law of the Lid.)

What’s in it for lawyers? Although each of The 21 Irrefutable Laws is important for leadership development, perhaps none speaks to the profession in quite the same was as the Law of Explosive Growth. That law holds that leaders who develop leaders create an organization that can achieve explosive growth, since “for every leader they develop, they also receive the value of all of that leader’s followers.” Imagine the potential for enormous and sustainable growth in a law firm in which leaders are developed.

Read one chapter a week and apply what you learn. Without question, you will grow as a leader, and you’ll see the difference in your day-to-day life and practice, with clients, and in whatever leadership roles you may hold.

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