| Wallace D. Wattles, in his 1910 book The Science of | | | | You are neither destined to be poor nor rich. Life's |
| Getting Rich, details how you can get rich but his | | | | purpose is increasing life so we must get rich, so that |
| reasons for doing so are much more than the simple | | | | we can live more. We must become creators rather |
| attainment of money and wealth. Prosperity - however | | | | than competing for what is already created. Supply is |
| you define it - is a timeless desire. According to | | | | unlimited according to Wattles. So never allow yourself |
| Wattles, getting rich has a very important premise: He | | | | think for an instant that all the best building spots will be |
| asserts that the desire for wealth is not specifically or | | | | taken before you're ready to build your house, unless |
| solely centered on money but rather it is a measurable | | | | you hurry! |
| way of expressing our desire for a fuller, better, more | | | | How riches come to you is if your business |
| meaningful life. | | | | transactions operate on the basis of fair exchange i.e. |
| The Right to Be Rich | | | | you give the buyer something of greater use value |
| According to Wattles each of us has the right to be | | | | than the cash value you take. In addition, we must ask |
| rich. He asserts that it simply isn't possible to live a | | | | largely for what we want, have a clear picture in our |
| really complete or successful life unless one is rich. To | | | | mind and claim it as if it were already ours. In other |
| develop talent and unfold the soul requires the use of | | | | words, we must dream big, see it clearly and behave |
| many things which require money to purchase. | | | | as if we have already achieved the thing we desire in |
| Of course, there is a science of getting rich and it is an | | | | order for it to be. This is possibly the most powerful |
| exact science and has nothing to do with your | | | | concept in the book and is explored in other books |
| environment or the possession of talent. Getting rich is | | | | such as The Secret by Rhonda Byrne and Think and |
| the result of doing things in a Certain Way that causes | | | | Grow Rich by Napolean Hill. |
| success. | | | | A mental attitude of gratitude can be the one thing |
| There is abundance of opportunity everywhere for the | | | | missing from people who live their lives rightly in all |
| man who will go with the tide; instead of trying to swim | | | | other. This lack of gratitude keeps them in poverty. |
| against it. Wattles rightly points out that everyone has | | | | Gratitude will ensure your thinking is that of supply as |
| the potential for success by searching for and | | | | unlimited. Faith is born of gratitude. The grateful mind |
| embracing the opportunities available to them. | | | | expects good things, and expectation becomes faith. |
| Man has the power of thought to cause the formation | | | | It's good to cultivate the habit of gratefulness and give |
| of things and cause tangible results. To do things in a | | | | thanks continuously. It can be a good idea to keep a |
| Certain Way, you have to acquire the ability to think | | | | gratitude diary on your bedside table and writing 3 |
| the way you want to think. In other words, having the | | | | things daily that you are grateful for. This will bring you |
| right mindset is the first step toward getting rich. | | | | into harmonious relations with the good in everything, |
| Increasing Life | | | | and the good in everything will move toward you. |