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What Is the Law of Attraction, Really?

Explore dictionary definitions and timeless insights from history’s most influential teachers — then find the single biggest gap between what you want and what you’re currently doing.

One Idea, Many Voices

The Law of Attraction has been described in countless ways over the last century. Some call it a mental law. Others call it imagination made visible. Here, we gather the clearest definitions so you can find the one that clicks for you.

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Definitions from the authors and speakers who shaped the modern conversation.

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Napoleon Hill
Author of Think and Grow Rich · 1883–1970
Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Hill described the Law of Attraction as the power of definite purpose backed by faith. He taught that sustained, emotionally charged thought

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Wallace D. Wattles
Author of The Science of Getting Rich · 1860–1911
There is a thinking stuff from which all things are made, and which, in its original state, permeates, penetrates, and fills the interspaces of the universe.

Wattles taught that by forming a clear mental image of what you want and holding gratitude and faith, you cause the formless substance to mo

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Charles F. Haanel
Author of The Master Key System · 1866–1949
The world without is a reflection of the world within.

Haanel presented the Law of Attraction as a mental law: the outer world mirrors the inner world of thought, belief, and imagination. He emph

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Why Isn’t the Law of Attraction Working for You?

You’ve tried the affirmations, the visualization, the vision boards — and your life still hasn’t changed the way you hoped. Take this free assessment to find the single biggest gap between what you want and what you’re currently doing.