Many popular self-help books teach that positive thinking alone can create life-changing results. While maintaining a healthy attitude and staying mindful of your goals are important, a far better approach exists for effecting lasting improvements in your life. The solution is not more wishful thinking but rather more critical thinking. As David G. McAfee demonstrates in The Real Secret, the best way to achieve the life you want is to apply scientific principles and logical reasoning to your day-to-day actions—just as they have been applied over time to bring us all of the agricultural, medical, and technological advances that make our lives better today. By drawing on the best available scholarly research and sharing what has been universally proven to work, he teaches you how to improve your health, become more financially secure, enhance your relationships, learn from your mistakes, develop your skills, find peace in your life, and much more.