Haha great post, this is one of the big problems with all these happy-clapping seminars and the self-help bullshits: it's too watered down. They don't tell you the truth or the fucking secret. They tell you a couple great stories, get you in a positive state for two hours and then you go back to your miserable, boring life without any lasting change.
I haven't read the book haha because it seems to be a bunch of nonsense from what I hear.
There is one thing however that all the great thinkers, ancient or in this present moment, agree upon on. And that is: You are and become what you think about.
It is not the universe aligning in a perfect angle to shoot stardust up your asshole and give you all your dreams without doing anything. With simply sitting there and building that attraction, waiting for the good shit to come by.
No.
It is the simple fact that what we focus on, our thinking, determines our actions.
If I'm sitting here in a low-vibration state, trying to take energy from everybody else, draining them, scavenging, then I'm obviously not gonna take the massive action that is required to achieve my goal.
Recently heard an interesting study cited somewhere, I'll try to find it, about how the more you believe you are in charge of your life, the better your life will be. Or the happier you'll be. Something along those lines.
Because, if you believe it is possible you go out and do it.
Now, this isn't some positive thinking, mentally jerking off, we're all gonna make it crap. Oh, no.
It is actionable stuff. Plain and simple.
What would you rather believe? That you're in control of your life or some random entity in the sky has it all planned out for you, just sit back and watch? Watch your life go to shit, pretty much.
Oh yeah, it's very important to control your own mind. But as you said, certain people tell you good stories that make you feel good for a little time and then you don't solve the problem and remain in the same situation..