• According to Byrne’s research, she claims that all great men in history knew about the Law of attraction (New Thought), suggesting Abraham Lincoln, Ludwig van Beethoven, Winston Churchill and others. Furthering her research, she found current proponents of the laws of attraction include author Jack Canfield, entrepreneur John Assaraf, visionary Michael Beckwith, John Demartini, Bob Proctor, James Arthur Ray, Joseph Vitale, Lisa Nichols, Marie Diamond, and John Gray.
• Byrne found success with both the DVD and the book of The Secret. The Secret was published in 2006, and by the spring of 2007 had sold more than 19 million copies in more than 40 languages, and more than two million DVDs.
• The Secret book and film have grossed $300 million.
• In 2007 Byrne was featured in Time Magazine’s TIME 100: The Most Influential People, which is a list of 100 people who shape the world every year. Since 2010, she has been featured in Watkins Mind Body Spirit magazine’s annual list of The 100 Most Spiritually Influential Living People. She gained mainstream popularity and commercial success after appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
• Sequels Edit Byrne was inspired to write a sequel to The Secret called The Power after answering several thousand letters from readers of The Secret.
• On 17 August 2010 The Power was published as both a hardcover edition and audio CD. In 2012 she published a third book called The Magic.