Book · 2006 · Body, Mind & Spirit
The Secret
#36 of 15,601 books, ranked by how many different people bring it up on podcasts
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The pure thesis behind it was what you had about 20 years ago was The Secret, the book that came out, and it was this idea that you could just manifest things into reality.
What they say about it
- Manifesting and positive thinking“manifest things into reality”3
- Criticized as nonsense“the ultimate self-help book”3
- Based on law of attraction“largely based on Law of Attraction”2
The best things said about it
I truly believe that your brain is that powerful and we talked about the law of attraction when we talk about The Secret by Rhonda Byrne like your thoughts truly can become things.
Charlamagne tha God The Jordan Harbinger Show · Mar 2019 The Secret was written by this Australian TV writer, her name is Rhonda Byrne. The book went on to sell more than 30 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages.
I was talking about The Secret today and The Secret is this book film where people it's like think it see it achieve it, but it removes the hard work from it.
Chris Williamson Modern Wisdom · Mar 2020 I think the problem with like things like the secret and the law of attraction is that it's those very esoteric and fascinating concepts are they're they're hijacked by hucksters.
Joe Rogan The Joe Rogan Experience · Jun 2024 I reminded everyone about Oprah and The Secret. Yes, I'm like, do you know how many people ruined their lives because they thought all they had to do is have a vision board and think positive?
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
30 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne is a bestselling self-help phenomenon centered on the law of attraction, which posits that positive visualization and focused intention can manifest wealth, health, and happiness directly into a person's life. The book and its associated film sparked diverse reactions across various podcast platforms. Mel Robbins mentioned on her podcast that her husband gifted her the book because he knew she believed in manifestation and dreams. Antonio Brown discussed the concepts of visualization and manifestation on The Joe Rogan Experience, confirming with Joe Rogan that he had engaged with both the book and the film. Conversely, the title frequently faced severe critique from cultural commentators and media hosts. On Behind the Bastards, Robert Evans discussed how a troubled individual's father mistakenly gave him a copy of the book as a flawed remedy for deep-seated anger issues, and the host later categorized the work among harmful cultural phenomena popularized by daytime media. Derren Brown critiqued the book on The Tim Ferriss Show for blaming individuals when their desired outcomes failed to materialize, arguing that the narrative wrongly insisted failures stemmed from a lack of belief. Dr. John Delony similarly dismissed the work on his show as a terrible book that offered false promises.
Every mention
Joe Rogan like remember when everybody was into the secret yeah you remember that and everybody was convinced 6
Discussed
“so the secret I think about some of those things right it's about one aspect of it”
Discussed
“He really did; there's something to that manifesting thing, like that Oprah 'The Secret' stuff. You know, there's something to it, but it's not guaranteed.”
Critiqued
“I think the problem with like things like the secret and the law of attraction is that it's those very esoteric and fascinating concepts are they're they're hijacked by hucksters”
Critiqued
“but I think the problem with like things like the secret and the law of attraction is that it's those very esoteric and fascinating concepts are they're they're hijacked by hucksters and then [__] come along and tell you Sam I've got the secret to you living a happy successful life everything you need by following my 12-step course”
Discussed
“So, like the secret essentially, like the secret, right? Which is a great little book.”
Discussed
“like remember when everybody was into the secret yeah you remember that and everybody was convinced”
Chris Williamson and this you know I remember Ronda burn who wrote The Secret 5
Discussed
“and this you know I remember Ronda burn who wrote The Secret”
Critiqued
“Rhonda Byrne the author of The Secret yes the author of The Secret Rhonda burnt a horse [__] as far as I can see”
Critiqued
“can we just take a second to talk about how much bollocks is in the secret”
Critiqued
“i had one of the guys on i'm gonna forget his name i had one of the guys that featured in the film the secret um really smart cognitive psychologist understood what he was talking about”
Discussed
“I was talking about the secret today and the secret is this book film where people it's like think it see it achieve it but it removes the hard work from it”
Angela Duckworth I know this is obvious to you and me, but I don't think it's obvious to everybody who buys The Secret or wh… 3
Discussed
“I'm going to say like, oh you know, maybe what all these kids need to do, maybe what I should have done as a teacher is sat at lunch and really helped kids visualize these positive futures! I don’t know, passed around The Secret!”
Discussed
“So here’s the thing that you don't read about in The Secret: the butt is this—the butt is this—when you cross the Rubicon, you're not done!”
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“I know this is obvious to you and me, but I don't think it's obvious to everybody who buys The Secret or who answers questions like, you know, the universe is going to bring me success!”
George Mack what you had about 20 years ago was the secret the book that came out and it was this idea that you could j… 3
Discussed
“what you had about 20 years ago was the secret the book that came out and it was this idea that you could just manifest things into reality”
Discussed
“and the pure thesis behind it was what you had about 20 years ago was the secret the book that came out and it was this idea that you could just manifest things into reality”
Critiqued
“like Eugenics that the first iteration of really really aggressive optimism came from Ronda burns the secret”
Ryan Holiday and so I think that that is probably what I think both of us are reacting against like the secret is the ul… 2
Critiqued
“and so I think that that is probably what I think both of us are reacting against like the secret is the ultimate self-help book”
Critiqued
“you can't uh whatever was that book The Secret you can't Vibe your way there”
Whitney Cummings let's stop electing rich celebrities to run our country you guys remember the secret remember the secret 2
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“like i was very i was reading the secret”
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“let's stop electing rich celebrities to run our country you guys remember the secret remember the secret”
A.J. Jacobs and and also the on to me the main drawback of positive thinking is when you believe that just by positive… 1
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“and and also the on to me the main drawback of positive thinking is when you believe that just by positive thinking you can make something happen like the secret you know that if you think positively then your cancer will go away”
Alexis Ren she would um play the secret in the minivan whenever we like go on our errands and i'm just like what is th… 1
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“she would um play the secret in the minivan whenever we like go on our errands and i'm just like what is this i don't understand”
Annie Duke and one of the issues that i have with the the literature and the power of positive thinking which i think… 1
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“and one of the issues that i have with the the literature and the power of positive thinking which i think ultimately expresses itself through the book the secret are you familiar with the book the secret”
Antonio Brown did you ever see that movie The Secret of course that's a nice book too 1
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“did you ever see that movie The Secret of course that's a nice book too”
Big Sean and I remember reading asking it is given by Jerry Hicks and like feeling my whole vibration change. 1
Discussed
“and I remember reading asking it is given by Jerry Hicks and like feeling my whole vibration change.”
Charlamagne tha God I truly believe that your brain is that powerful and we talked about the law of attraction when we talk abo… 1
Discussed
“I truly believe that your brain is that powerful and we talked about the law of attraction when we talk about the secret by Rhonda Byrne like your thoughts truly can become things”
Chris DiStefano That's like that whole secret thing, remember 'The Secret' where people were like, you just got to manifest… 1
Critiqued
“That's like that whole secret thing, remember 'The Secret' where people were like, you just got to manifest things and they'll happen? Have a vision board, sort of.”
Dan Harris and I reminded everyone about Oprah and the secret Yes I'm like do you know how many people ruined their li… 1
Critiqued
“and I reminded everyone about Oprah and the secret Yes I'm like do you know how many people ruined their lives because they thought all they had to do is have a vision board and think positive”
Derren Brown you know you read something like the secret I suppose but she's is it rurn Ronda bur is telling us quite sp… 1
Critiqued
“you know you read something like the secret I suppose but she's is it rurn Ronda bur is telling us quite specifically you know you send your wishes out to the universe and if it doesn't provide it's because you didn't you didn't commit to it enough you didn't commit enough to that to that belief”
Dr John Delony there was even a book horrible book it's called The Secret I have the answer everybody 1
Critiqued
“there was even a book horrible book it's called The Secret I have the answer everybody”
Dr. Emily Balcetis So that was a pretty monumental finding for motivation scientists, to understand that creating these dream… 1
Critiqued
“So that was a pretty monumental finding for motivation scientists, to understand that creating these dream boards, these vision boards, or to-do lists, might actually backfire, because it in and of itself is the creation of a goal and the satisfaction of the goal, and then people understandably give themselves some time to just enjoy that positive experience. So much”
Jack Smith I'm somewhere in the middle where I'm like Law of Attraction so popularized by the book called The Secret u… 1
Discussed
“I'm somewhere in the middle where I'm like Law of Attraction so popularized by the book called The Secret um if you just do it at the basic level it's just like oh just like think about what you want and it will manifest”
Lex Fridman I think the mind—it’s like, you know I guess that's what like books like 'The Secret' plug into. They kind… 1
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“I think the mind—it’s like, you know I guess that's what like books like 'The Secret' plug into. They kind of make a whole industry out of it, but there is something about the mind believing something, making it a reality.”
Megyn Kelly i'm sorry but it is if you watch any oprah you are she loves that book the secret which you take some shots at 1
Discussed
“i'm sorry but it is if you watch any oprah you are she loves that book the secret which you take some shots at”
Mel Robbins So my husband gave me the book The Secret and The Magic. Yeah. Cuz he knows I believe in manifesting and dr… 1
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“So my husband gave me the book The Secret and The Magic. Yeah. Cuz he knows I believe in manifesting and dreams and all that sort of stuff.”
Mona Kattan the secret talked about it a lot and there's been so many almost versions of it 1
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“the secret talked about it a lot and there's been so many almost versions of it”
Reggie Yates similarly on the other side um a book like the secret for instance you know if you don't have people consta… 1
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“similarly on the other side um a book like the secret for instance you know if you don't have people constantly reminding you of things like some of the messages that are in the secret you might need to turn to a book that has them all in one place”
Ricky Schroder like when I got to him he was into the secret he was like really like he's like had a copy of it right ther… 1
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“like when I got to him he was into the secret he was like really like he's like had a copy of it right there I mean I don't even know if he was telling the truth I believe he was but it seemed like almost it was like it was like it was trolling like he was just [”
Robert Evans And in fact, when his dad sees this and is like, oh, my son might be on the verge of doing something crazy… 1
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“And in fact, when his dad sees this and is like, oh, my son might be on the verge of doing something crazy and violent, his solution is to give Elliot Rodger a copy of The Secret.”
Sean Carroll I have a friend it was a really sad sort of story I have a friend who was really into the secret and she wa… 1
Discussed
“I have a friend it was a really sad sort of story I have a friend who was really into the secret and she was actually a friend of a friend more than a friend and I ran into her at the comedy store and we were talking and she was explaining to me how she has sort of used”
Shaan Puri like you guys remember that book The Secret where it's just like it's like if you think about it enough and… 1
Discussed
“like you guys remember that book The Secret where it's just like it's like if you think about it enough and like put it in place in your brain the universe will grant you this”
Steven Pressfield whatever was that book The Secret 1
Critiqued
“whatever was that book The Secret”
TJ Dillashaw i think he's gotten all that from the that that book The Secret 1
Discussed
“i think he's gotten all that from the that that book The Secret”
Tom Green I read the secret and I I found it I found it something that I enjoyed 1
Discussed
“I read the secret and I I found it I found it something that I enjoyed”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker13
Discussed
“Like The Secret, right? Do you read The Secret? I'm I'm always hear people referencing The Secret.”
Critiqued
“there's also [ __ ] like a lot of poisonous stuff gets very famous and I'm speaking here about the SEC secret which we have I think discussed adequately”
Discussed
“so the first time I was truly introduced to the idea of manifestation came in I don't know 2006 there was this book that came out in this movie that came out called the secret”
Discussed
“There was this book that came out and this movie that came out called The Secret. Oh yeah, have you ever heard of this?”
Discussed
“So The Secret was written by this Australian TV writer, her name is Rhonda Byrne. The book went on to sell more than 30 million copies worldwide and has been translated into more than 50 languages.”
Discussed
“So in The Secret, Byrne refers to this three-step process and she loved this idea so much, she ran with it and talked about how her life had collapsed around her.”
Discussed
“The Secret and manifestation is interesting. I can't define it necessarily; manifest means to happen, right?”
Discussed
“so the book that burn wrote The Secret was largely based on Law of Attraction”
Discussed
“In the first half of the show, Mike says that in her 2006 book, The Secret, author Rhonda Byrne writes that the titular concept is largely based on the law of attraction.”
Discussed
“What's the secret that's the thing that it's all about new thought it's a it was a book that was written that essentially says you put positive thoughts out into the world and you can make them real”
Discussed
“Oh but it was really popular And so was the secret And so i had this physicist friend who was just like i can't take it anymore”
Discussed
“This is the one where Reese lights the secret by Rhonda burnin”
Critiqued
“he was talking about the secret do you remember when the secret was this big movie the book attraction and people are gonna manifest their own destiny and they were gonna make it happen and everything in your life you created in your mind and he was like [ __ ] you you're telling a young sick kid that she”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (11: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“I'm trying to manifest the secret even if I don't believe in it the secret secret the one from the book and the subsequent film adaptation”
Passing
“it's kind of like do you want to write a book about it called the secret”
Passing
“I just think it's interesting; just wanted to throw it in. Just read The Secret, you'll get all of this. And if you haven't read The Secret, you're not thinking in the right way to attract that book to you.”
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Passing
“So what happened was is I—the only advice that I did get from a friend of mine, who's my kid's godfather now—was like, 'You are such a better basketball player,' which is that’s what I cared about back then. 'You are such a better basketball player when you're single, when you don't have a girlfriend.'”
Passing
“So if you believe in the laws of attraction, like in the book The Secret, and you believe in any of these things, I did believe in it at that time.”
Passing
“positive thinking literature is kind of about being delusional in a way so it's like you know we were talking about like your expectations at the gym like if someone is like a real couch potato like going to the gym and telling themselves that they're like an olympic athlete it's only going to lead to disappointment like you cannot”
Passing
“and for those of you that don't know and i mean they'll literally be like 0.3 percent of you that may not know there's an internationally renowned best-selling author that is best known for a documentary and book titled the secret”
Passing
“You know the book "The Secret."”
Passing
“the uh the secret”
Passing
“i remember i was talking to this girl she was a friend of a friend of mine and she was telling me how i'm i found the secret and my my life is gonna be amazing now”
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Passing
“she also brought us dr. oz and the secret we have to remember what this lady has done”