Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Mr. Positioning (Stanley Bronstein ^[1]).

If you’ve heard about “The Secret”, you’ve no doubt heard about the Law of Attraction. But, have you heard about the Laws of Positioning™? The Laws of positioning™ are quite different from the Law of Attraction. I’ve here to tell you that the Laws of Positioning™ are not a secret any
more.

The premise behind the Laws of Positioning™ states that:

4 Traits of successful people and organizations

• VISION – They recognize details and opportunities that most others do not see, thus putting themselves in a position of readiness;
• ATTRACTION – They put themselves in a position to attract opportunities;
• READINESS – They put themselves in a position to be ready to take advantage of those opportunities once they do come their way; and
• ACTION – They take action upon those details and opportunities in manner that most others would not, thus putting themselves in a position to be more successful than most.

As you can readily see, attraction (which is the major premise behind The Secret) is only one small component of what is done by truly successful people.

Having recently completed a nationwide driving tour where I interviewed over 80 highly successful people, these were the 4 traits I found they all had in common.

A Blind Visionary

One of the greatest visionaries I had the privilege of interviewing was Mr. Jim Stovall, of Tulsa, OK. The interesting part is that Jim Stovall is blind. Think about the irony, a blind man is a great visionary . . . At first, when Jim found out as an adult that he was going to go blind, he was depressed. Somewhere along the way, he realized that he was still capable of doing whatever he desired, if not more.

Jim has gone on to become a nationally recognized speaker and he is the founder of the Narrative Television Network, which is designed to adapt programming that is designed to enhance the experience of blind persons as they listen to the programs.

Charismatic Attraction

As for attraction, I had the privilege of meeting Dr. Geno Fernandez of Chicago, IL. Geno is one of those individuals who is so charismatic, so loving, so powerful, that everyone wants to help him. Geno constantly attracts whatever Geno needs to help him accomplish his goals. That’s why Geno might be one of the most powerful persons I’ve ever met.

Ready For Miracles

When it comes to readiness, the story that comes to mind is that of the US Olympic hockey team in the 1980 Olympics. That team will forever be known as The Miracle On Ice. When they entered the Olympics, no one thought they had any chance whatsoever of even competing with the Soviet Union’s team (which had dominated international hockey for over 15 years), much less beating them.

Fortunately, neither Herb Brooks (the coach of that team), Jim Craig (the goalie for that team) nor any of the other players on that team believed that. They believed that they were the right people, in the right place, at the right time.

If you’re not familiar with their story, the US team not only beat the Soviet Union, they went on to win the Gold Medal. While interviewing Jim Craig for my book he said, “it wasn’t a miracle, it was lots of hard work and preparation meeting opportunity. In other words, we were ready!”

The Action Habit

As for action, that is the willingness of a person to act when an opportunity presents itself. My own story is one that comes to mind. At the age of 28 I was already a successful CPA.

During an argument with one of my older brothers, he dared me to go to law school. Instead of being defensive and rejecting his suggestion, I signed up for law school 2 days later. I’ve now been a lawyer for over 16 years and my life is infinitely better as a result. I took action when the suggestion of opportunity presented itself.

Mr. Positioning Himself

I have broken down my experiences into 100 individual Laws of Positioning™. Each of them will be fleshed out on my website (MrPositioning.com ^[1]) over the next few months. If you are intrigued, please visit my website and sign up for my RSS ^[2] (or email) feed and my newsletter.

When you sign up for my newsletter, you will also be sent a link to download my free E-book (Re-Create Yourself Now). It contains lots of great information designed to help YOU, the reader, to improve your position in life.

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