The Law of Attraction

                The law of attraction is the name given to the maxim "like attracts like" which in New Thought philosophy is used to sum up the idea that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts a person brings positive or negative experiences into their life.  – Wikipedia

                I discovered the Law of Attraction while watching “The Secret,” about ten years ago.  At first it sounded kind of hokey to me.  After some internal debate, I decided to test the theory.  It didn’t take me long to come to the conclusion that the Law of Attraction is as real as the Law of Gravity.  The biggest difference I see is that no one can deny the existence of gravity, but attraction philosophy takes FAITH to prove.  Just like I can’t SHOW you God - but I can show you the evidence of why I believe He exists; I can’t SHOW you tangible evidence of the law of attraction, but I can share example upon example of my belief in it.

                I have a friend here at Freymiller who was regularly complaining about lack of miles.  I mean for months, not just the sporadic “bad week.”  After about three months of listening to this, I asked him if he’d ever heard of the law of attraction.  He hadn’t, so I explained it to him and then challenged him to not say one negative thing about his miles for the next two weeks.  I also explained to him the necessity of gratitude.  He agreed to the challenge.  The results blew my mind, even though I earnestly believed I wouldn’t be proven wrong.

Week one: 3,000 miles plus a load that took him through where his daughter lives and he got to spend a day with her and her two children (the youngest he’d never seen before).

        Week two: 3,000 miles again.

       Week three: 2,700 miles.

        I stopped asking about his miles after that; but he wasn’t complaining about them anymore, either.  I did tease him a bit about how “that crazy idea just might have worked!”  Also, he hadn’t been making Driver Scorecard Bonus, because of both miles and MPG’s.  He made Gold for both March and April, ranking within the top 50 drivers in the company.  Watching it play out and watching his attitude towards his job improve has been fun.

I can’t help but wonder what would happen if just 10% of our drivers would throw caution to the wind and test this theory.  If you decide to do it, let me know how it works out for you. 

FYI: you can watch clips or even the full version of The Secret on YouTube if you want a more detailed explanation.