How To Get What You Want

by Wallace D. Wattles

Getting what you want is success, and success is an effect, coming from the application of cause. Success is essentially the same in all cases. The difference is in the things the successful people want, but not in the success. Success is essentially the same, whether it results in the attainment of health, wealth, development or position. Success is attainment, without regard to the things attained. And it is a law in nature that like causes always produce like effects. Therefore, since success is the same in all cases, the cause of success must be the same in all cases. br/br/Wallace D. Wattles popularized the New Thought principles. He is the author of The Science of Getting Rich.

Genres: Personal Development

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Published April 29, 2011

About the author

Wallace Delois Wattles was an American author. A New Thought writer, he remains personally somewhat obscure, but his writing has been widely quoted and remains in print in the New Thought and self-help movements. Wattles' best known work is a 1910 book called The Science of Getting Rich in which he explained how to become wealthy.

He studied the writings of Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel and Ralph Waldo Emerson and recommended the study of their books to his readers who wished to understand what he characterized as "the monistic theory of the cosmos".

Through his personal study and experimentation Wattles claimed to have discovered the truth of New Thought principles and put them into practice in his own life. He wrote books outlining these principles and practices, giving them titles that described their content, such as Health Through New Thought and Fasting and The Science of Being Great. His daughter Florence recalled that "he lived every page" of his books.

A practical author, Wattles encouraged his readers to test his theories on themselves rather than take his word as an authority, and he claimed to have tested his methods on himself and others before publishing them.

Wattles practiced the technique of creative visualization. In his daughter Florence's words, he "formed a mental picture" or visual image, and then "worked toward the realization of this vision".

Rhonda Byrne told a Newsweek interviewer that her inspiration for creating the 2006 hit film The Secret and the subsequent book by the same name, was her exposure to Wattles's The Science of Getting Rich. Byrne's daughter, Hayley, had given her mother a copy of the Wattles book to help her recover from her breakdown.

Reviews

[A'ishah Kamaludin · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a brief book with five chapters. These are the things I learn from each chapter:-
1. The cause of success is in the power within us and not in other individuals and environment. It's about how we use and apply the power to its greatest extent.
2. Active Power Consciousness - Something that is more than Poise + Faith. A feeling when we know that we CAN do a thing, and know HOW to do that thing. And having faith while we are in the process.
3. Do the best at what we can at where we are. The next thing will be larger!
4. Apply your best faculty (I guess it means skill) and always act and work on it.
5. The idea of increase. While in the process, when we haven't meet our goal yet, focus on the 'increase' that move us towards it.

[Hessah Alhashash · Rating 3 out of 5]

اسلوب سهل و بسيط ... يتكلم في الكتاب عن النجاح و كيف استخدم مواردي بطريقة ذكية للوصول الى النجاح ... يقول ان سر النجاح يبدأ بالاتزان و الاتزان هو اندماج القوة و السلام معا .. يلية الايمان ثم الخطوات الواعية اتجاه ما نريد ... و السبب الاكبر هو قوة الوعي

للتجاح يجب ان تعرف بأنك تستطيع النجاح و تعرف الطريقة التي تؤديك الى النجاح .. و بهذين الامرين صعب ان يفشل اي شخص

"طوال الفصول يريد ان يريك الكاتب بأن النجاح داخلك انت و لا يعتمد على امور خارجية"

[Victor Henrique · Rating 5 out of 5]

Seems the same and really simple, yet if you think precisely and follow this type of book , you will understand that this piece fills places in other's authors of the same genre.

Its all "about the Power of Conscientiousness" its a more logical approach to Faith and the law of attraction. The book binds you into the belief of achievement , for your brain can make "wonders" . For the era it was written it showcases sparkles of what could be considered the culture of meritocracy, yet with that powerful approach, in a more colorful way, than most philosophical touches in this hard and complex field of exploration that i believe i identified as justifications of meritory achievement ... or inspirations for it

It is a small but important gem.

[Ekta Singh]

Must read

This is a very small but useful book. It talks about the factors that are required to get you want in a precise and simple manner.

This book helps to realise your potential and achieve more than that. If you're a businessman or businesswoman, do give it a read.

[Vlad · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very short manual on believing that you're sub-concious mind need to be programmed as of positive thinking and in believing in what you do and can achieve aswel the author talks about taking actions immediatly don't hesitate and eat that frog.

[Jonathan Collins · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good quick read on keeping your goals in mind. One really great though is to expect and deliver the best of what you have now (not the future).

[M.R.K M.R.K · Rating 2 out of 5]

A very basic introductory book.

[Jafry M · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful tips straightforward short & quick

[Ibrahim · Rating 4 out of 5]

He aims to teach you how to create power- consciousness in yourself. This way you will know what you want to do and then know how to do it. The biggest minus of this book is it’s wordy.

[B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and quick read with straight forward methods and advice on being kind to your mind.

[Dianna Jackson]

Marked it as to read

[Fermin Quant · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is good, but kind of a summary of The Science of Getting Rich. Still worth a read, it is quite short.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

short
sweet
gave me good affirmation material
nice, wally-watt

[Andy Febrico Bintoro · Rating 3 out of 5]

A quick read about summary what is in the book the science of getting rich.

[L · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is like an abridged version of his other books...