Who is Wallace D. Wattles

The Science of Getting Rich

by: Wallace D. Wattles

One of the best financial planning manuals ever! Put it into use and watch yourself prosper! -- Dan Zellem, CEO, Sweetland Press

Clearly one of the best ever
If someday somebody creates a "Hall of Fame" for self-help success books, this one will definitely be in there. I've read this book at least a half dozen times since I bought it a year ago. What makes it so appealing is that it's short, to the point, and very readable.

You can probably read this book in a good two hours. It takes me longer because I stop periodically to absorb the message. The tone of the book reminds me of "Think and Grow Rich" by Napoleon Hill.

This book was originally written almost a hundred years ago. It is focused on the acquisition of money, period. It's not about raising your self esteem, setting goals and leading a happy life. It's just plain money making. I like a bold author who cuts to the chase. I particularly like his assertion that we have "a right to be rich." No, it's not about greed and selfishness. It's not about trampling over other people.

The only downside to this book is that it won't appeal to some people because it comes across as "psycho babble" in many ways. There really aren't any particular exercises in this book "how to" get rich in the sense of what to do for a living or what investments to make. The reader just has to take everything on faith that he/she will magically, through thought and acceptance, get rich. Okay, maybe a lot of people find that hard to believe, but he doesn't advocate sitting in a corner meditating all day either. I would summarize his prescription for getting rich as going about your daily business, but organize your life in such a way that money can flow into it. I have friends who insist that no matter what they do, they just can't get ahead. They know all the reasons why things won't work. Can't find a good job. Employers don't pay enough. It's the economy. It's my upbringing. Blah, blah, blah. Life really is a self-fulfilling prophecy. I have had some people object to this book because all it talks about is money and really nothing else. If money isn't important, why do we work so hard and look forward to promotions and raises? There is a sense of denial and shame that go with money, and I'm really glad I read this book to remind me that not only is getting rich a right, it is natural and it doesn't have to harm anyone or anything.

My favorite chapter in this little book was the one about gratitude. The author advocates being grateful before having the money. He claims that abundance is natural and invevitable if we accept it, so we should be grateful for it ahead of time instead of afterwards. Maybe that's why there are so few rich people. We're all saying "show me the money" without accepting that it will happen and naturally happens. Once we receive the money, then we will be grateful. Ever notice how few people in the world are really grateful? I suspect it's because we were taught to think backwards. I find the biggest impediment to our supply of money seems to be in the mind. It's hard to get rich when everyone around you is complaining about how unfair life is.

I'm giving this book 5 stars because I find it to be very readable and very true. I warn the reader that much of the book requires a ton of faith. It may take a while for the ideas to sink in, especially if you're used to working hard for money. It's worth reading several times but spaced apart. I find myself even now reading it every so often to refresh my mind. -- Michael Mendenhall, Monterey, CA, United States

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The Wisdom of Wallace D. Wattles - Including: The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Great & The Science of Being Well

by: Wallace D. Wattles

The wisdom of greatness, richness, and health
If you are going to buy Wallace Wattles, you may as well get this three books in one anthology. It is only two dollars extra.

It's an easy read, and it's highly useful. You can get rich by acting in a certain way, and having certain beliefs. I believe this already. The one concept that was new to to me the importance of gratitude, which activates the higher vibrations of your mind, and assists mightily in manifesting what you desire.

Currently, I am reading the science of being great. It is a very simple straightforward book that anyone can follow.

Is this the foremost book on Law of Attraction? No. Yet it is still worth a read, and highly recommended. -- L. Power, San Francisco, CA, USA

Amazon Price: $9.99 (as of 11/27/2009)

The Prosperity Bible: The Greatest Writings of All Time On The Secrets To Wealth And Prosperity

by: Napoleon Hill, Wallace D. Wattles, James Allen, P. T. Barnum, Benjamin Franklin, Ernest Holmes, Charles F. Haanel, Robert Collier, Florence Scovel Shinn, Elbert Hubbard, Russell Conwell, Charles Fillmore, Ralph Waldo Trine, William Walker Atkinson, F. W. Sears

In a beautiful, durable volume suited to a lifetime of use, here is the all-in-one "bible" on how to harness the creative powers of your mind to achieve a life of prosperity-packaged in a handsome display box with a ribbon bookmark.

The Prosperity Bible is a one-of-a-kind resource that collects the greatest moneymaking secrets of authors from every field-religion, finance, philosophy, and self-help-and makes them available in an attractive, keepsake edition. This is a book to treasure and return to again and again for guidance, ideas, know-how, and inspiration.

Here is the only single volume where you can read success advice from Napoleon Hill, P. T. Barnum, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Fillmore, Wallace D. Wattles, Florence Scovel Shinn, and Ernest Holmes-along with a bevy of million-copy- selling writers who have one key element in common: a commitment to understanding and promulgating the laws of winning.

These are the beloved teachers and writers who created the idea of a mental formula for success. Their principles, comprehensively collected in nineteen selected writings, have been proved in the experience of millions of men and women who have cherished their works from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Now they are enshrined in this all-in-one treasury-complete in a handsome display box with a ribbon bookmark.

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The Wisdom of Wallace D. Wattles II - Including: The Purpose Driven Life, The Law of Attraction & The Law of Opulence

by: Wallace D. Wattles

The Wisdom of Wallace D. Wattles II - Including: The Purpose Driven Life, The Law of Attraction & The Law of Opulence

The Purpose Driven Life

Discover the one, all intelligent Source of power as W. D. Wattles guides you, step-by-step, on how to bring about the mental and physical conditions you desire. Learn how to successfully use prayer, will, and faith to demonstrate health, wealth, peace and wisdom in your life, as you explore the timeless question: What on Earth Am I Here For?

The Law of Attraction

We speak learnedly of the Law of Gravitation, but ignore that equally wonderful manifestation, THE LAW OF ATTRACTION. Discover the steadfast, mathematical cause of success available to all mankind, and begin to apply it to YOUR life today to produce the effects you seek. Wattles explains how to KNOW, with certitude, that you can succeed, and shows you HOW to do so. The power lies within your own mind. Master the principles Wattles presents, and you cannot fail to move forward toward the attainment of your goals.

The Law of Opulence

Learn the requirements for non-competitive success - the true secret to living happily in God's world. Since the purpose of nature is the continuous advancement of every man into more abundance, to be one with the laws or the mind of nature is to desire the advancement of all men at the expense of none. When what you seek for yourself you seek for all, then what you get for yourself - health, wealth, and happiness - you get for all.

Good Overview
I recommend this book (volume II), and volumes I and III, to anyone who is starting the search for 'truth', seeking to change their life's direction, seeking ideas on what and who they are, and why things are.
The books are easy reads, and at the same time, tell you lots about your own power, the power of the mind, the power of thoughts, your beliefs and vibrations, without being too 'flowery' or 'mystical'. Those who are just starting out their exploration of the power of the mind and The Secret etc, will find this book and volumes I and II all helpful and insightful.
The author also gives example affirmations and thought patterns to use to bring about positive change in one's mental attitudes and life.
They are good books to start off with, or to read in addition to similar writers such as Joseph Murphy, Ernest Holmes and H Emilie Cady...

As Wattles says in chapter four of 'The Science of Being Great' ( volume I), 'God is wrapped about us, enfolds us and presses upon us from every side....We are immersed in mind and that mind contains all knowlege and all truth...you can make yourself what you desire to be: you can do what you wish to do; you can have what you want...'.
Volume II (page 109) he states '...The desire for advancement is a fundamental fact in the action of mind, therefore the desire for advancement is in all and through all. All things desire the advancement of every man. If a man desires any good thing in order to live his life more fully, that thing desires him also...'
Volume III (page 98) he states, '...and if you recognise disease within yourself, you prevent God from reaching you; and you form within yourself that which you recognise as existing...'. -- butterfly, Australia

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The Science of Success: The Secret to Getting What You Want

by: Wallace D. Wattles

THREE prosperity classics in one!
Includes The Science of Getting Rich, featured in The Secret.
Why be poor when you could be rich, mediocre when you could be great, sick when you could be healthy? You have within you the ability to get whatever you want! Prosperity guru Wallace D. Wattles reveals how to tap into this secret power to channel the abundance of the universe and make all your dreams a reality. His method is simple and straightforward, yet it opens up a world where opportunity is limitless, where we control of our own destiny, and where there are scientific answers to life's great philosophical and religious questions. The Science of Success contains three prosperity classics in a single volume, and all in color, including Wattles's most famous, The Science of Getting Rich, featured prominently in Rhonda Byrne's bestselling The Secret. Together, these life-changing books reverse many accepted ideas about attracting wealth, and guide readers along a path to health, success, and fulfillment.

A Must Read for People in the Middle of a Life Crisis
This book as absolutely essential if you are unemployed, confused about your future, facing dramatic change, or just plain ol' bored to death with your current state. Wallace D. Wattles organizes the teaching of the Certain Way, and there is every evidence in the world to support his writings as absolute truth. Successful people are not born into success, but they become successful not by their family name (we all know losers in every great family), not by their location, and not by their religion, but by a very different method which he explains fully in the book. If you have ever read Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill, you know a little about the premise of this book. I like the way he organizes the fundamentals and builds on these to show you a great opportunity for personal growth. This book is worth every penny you pay, and then some! -- Dianna Sabo, Lexington, Kentucky, USA

Amazon Price: $9.95 (as of 11/27/2009)

MIND POWER: The Secret of Mental Magic

by: William Walker Atkinson

Considered by some to be his masterpiece, this 1912 work is the culmination of decades worth of study by William Walker Atkinson, one of the most influential thinkers of the early-20th-century "New Age" philosophy of New Thought, which encouraged its adherents to learn the secrets of mind over matter. They did so via Atkinson's instruction, and here, in one concise volume, are his lessons on: . mental magic . desire and will . personal magnetism . mind-power in action . four kinds of suggestion . and more. American writer WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON (1862-1932) was editor of the popular magazine New Thought from 1901 to 1905, and editor of the journal Advanced Thought from 1916 to 1919. He authored dozens of New Thought books under numerous pseudonyms, some of which are likely still unknown today, including "Yogi Ramacharaka" and "Theron Q. Dumont."

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THE SECRET OF SUCCESS: Unleashing the Power Within

by: William Walker Atkinson

Have you yet to discover your Individuality? Is your Real Self hidden in some remote corner of your mind? Do you need to develop your use of Will? Then meet William Walker Atkinson, one of the most influential thinkers of the early-20th-century "New Age" philosophy of New Thought, which encouraged its adherents to tap the latent powers of their potent minds. In this quaint volume, you'll learn how to harness the Power of Desire, utilize the Soul-Force, and bend the Law of Attraction to your bidding, all in the cause of discovering the person you were meant to be. American writer WILLIAM WALKER ATKINSON (1862-1932) was editor of the popular magazine New Thought from 1901 to 1905, and editor of the journal Advanced Thought from 1916 to 1919. He authored dozens of New Thought books under numerous pseudonyms, some of which are likely still unknown today, including "Yogi Ramacharaka" and "Theron Q. Dumont."

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The Wisdom of William Walker Atkinson

by: William Walker Atkinson

William Walker Atkinson was an influential member of the New Thought movement. He was one of the first people to write about the Law of Attraction. Collected here in one volume are three of his most important works The Law of Attraction, or Thought Vibrations in the Thought World; Practical Mental Influence; and The Power of Concentration. Long before Rhonda Byrne discovered the secret that one's positive thoughts are powerful magnets that attract wealth, health, and happiness, Atkinson already knew it.

Release Date: 05/28/2008

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