| You've got information overload when you know the | | | | confirmed this to Oprah. |
| names, and can quote, Tony Robbins, Zig Ziglar, Jim | | | | I knew of Wallace Wattles but had never read The |
| Rohn, Esther Hicks, Bob Procter, Brian Tracy, Napoleon | | | | Science Of Getting Rich. I regret that now. Ironically, I |
| Hill, Norman Vincent Peale, Dale Carnegie, Jack | | | | already had this book in my possession. It had been |
| Canfield, Rhonda Byrne and a thousand others... | | | | lying in my vast digital library collecting cyber dust. |
| You've literally read the book, seen the film and bought | | | | My mom always said to me 'Think happy, else your |
| the T-Shirt but has it really altered your life for the | | | | worst fears will always happen'. She was telling me |
| better? Or rather, has it really altered your life | | | | exactly what the motivational leaders and personal |
| dramatically for the better? Sure, now your thought | | | | development cadre write about today. That whatever |
| process is more focused, sharper, more streamlined | | | | you think about most will happen, that your dominant |
| and permits you to resolve problems quicker, faster | | | | thinking creates your physical reality. |
| and better. These days you always maintain a positive | | | | Wattles wrote about this phenomena in 1910! Today in |
| image in your mind and you always read your goals | | | | the 2010's a thousand business gurus, new-ageists, Jedi |
| out aloud before bedtime but what has been the | | | | Masters and self-improvement ninjas throw this line at |
| overall net benefit? Not really sure? | | | | you all day long. Wattles exposed this 'secret' over a |
| Too many cooks have spoilt this broth and we have | | | | hundred years ago! |
| all gorged on this 'self-help motivational' banquet but in | | | | Wattles writes directly AT you and pulls no punches. |
| the end we just got mentally fatter rather than | | | | He doesn't hide behind phrases or rhymes or sound |
| intellectually fitter. We got too much information and | | | | bites. He says it like it is, his words are crystal and he |
| we got paralysed! We tried everything and got | | | | spells it out repeatedly so you get the message. |
| nowhere. We baked a cake that had a bit of Tony | | | | And the message is short and sweet because the |
| Robbins, a hint of Jack Canfield and Bob Procter all | | | | truth is always short and sweet. Most people don't |
| drizzled with generous amounts of Rhonda Byrne. The | | | | need 645 pages to learn about the 'secret'. Most just |
| cake was a failure, it didn't rise, it was half-baked! | | | | want someone to say 'do this, do this then this will |
| Sound familiar? Know what I mean? | | | | happen'. Most people want an instruction leaflet, a quick |
| Really, we just need and want the critical basics, the | | | | start manual, a 'how to'. In my opinion, Wallace Wattles' |
| fundamentals, the nuts and bolts. Whether you're the | | | | masterpiece is just that. Tell me what I want to know |
| butcher, the baker or the candlestick maker, you just | | | | in a 55 or so pages and I'll listen to you... and follow you |
| want the information for making money, wealth and | | | | up the mountain... and make the tea! |
| riches in it's most easy to understand and effective | | | | Wattles says some things in this book that would be |
| form. Do you agree? | | | | considered controversial in 2010 never mind 1910! He |
| Wallace Wattles has written a book that is, in my | | | | touches on religion, family, the poor and even on |
| opinion, the most basic, refreshingly blunt, almost brutal | | | | information overload but his thinking makes sense, it all |
| and completely undiplomatic expose' of the mechanics | | | | adds up, it hits the mark. |
| for creating personal wealth and success. | | | | All opinions are subjective hence personal and so, in |
| A friend of mine suggested I read The Science Of | | | | my opinion, this book reveals simply the best advice |
| Getting Rich by New Thought writer Wallace Wattles. | | | | for anyone seeking the formula to create, attain or |
| She explained that this book had inspired Rhonda | | | | attract wealth, success and life-enhancement. Neither |
| Byrne and the makers of the film The Secret and it's | | | | Wallace Wattles nor I can guarantee you'll get rich or |
| accompanying book, coincidentally also called The | | | | wealthy but after reading The Science Of Getting |
| Secret! She's a smart girl and if she said it's so, it's | | | | Rich, you might... and, in the end, you might even get the |
| good enough for me... and Rhonda Byrne has since | | | | girl (or the guy). |