The Secret About 8 years ago we received the book The Secret by Rhonda Byrne as a gift. This book and the movie totally changed our lives and gave rise to many life-chaning events. The motivation for further self development increased along with the increasing amount of results related to the practice of the techniques described in the above mentioned book, as well as in books written by other authors such as Joe Vitale, Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield, James Arthur Ray, Napoleon Hill, Esther & Jerry Hicks, and many others.