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How to Get What You Want
Written by Wallace D. Wattles, author of The Science of Getting Rich, and edited and annotated by Tony Mase, a serious student of his works, this special enhanced version of How to Get What You Want includes:
Updated language, sentence and paragraph structure for easier, faster reading.Chapter summaries for better understanding.
Action steps to help you quickly apply what you learn.
A glossary with simple definitions of important words and phrases.
Self-study questions that provide a review and outline of key concepts.
An introduction to point you in the right direction.
A conclusion to make sure you didn't miss anything important along the way.
As an added bonus, the original text of How to Get What You Want is also included for you to read or refer to should you desire to do so, essentially giving you two books for the price of one!
What Do You Want?An overflowing bank account? A great relationship with your spouse or significant other? More time with your kids? A luxury car? A nice home? A rewarding job or no job at all?
First published in 1909, How to Get What You Want by Wallace D. Wattles, who's best known for his classic masterpiece The Science of Getting Rich, will show you exactly how to get it or anything else you want in life with mathematical certainty.
Just look at the table of contents:
IntroductionChapter 1 - The First Requisite to Success
Chapter 2 - The Something That Causes Success
Chapter 3 - The Fundamental Principle of All Attainment
Chapter 4 - The Only Way to Get What You Want
Chapter 5 - The Essence of Wealth-Culture
Conclusion
Appendix A - Glossary
Appendix B - Self Study Questions
About Wallace D. Wattles
About Tony Mase
More Books from Tony Mase
One Last Thing...
Bonus Section - Original Text of How to Get What You Want What You'll Learn
There are three primary things you'll learn from this book:
Mr. Wattles' definition of success, which you'll find right up front in the first chapter. Many people fail in life simply because they're trying to live up to someone else's ideal rather than their own. Don't you be one of them!The first requisite to success, which you'll discover in the first chapter and learn how to develop in the second. If you lack this one thing, try as you might, you're destined to fail.
Mr. Wattles' simple formula for success, which will unfold itself to you in the third and subsequent chapters. If you've been looking for the "missing ingredient", odds are, that's where you'll find it. Are You Serious About Getting What You Want?
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Published January 9, 2014
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About the author
Wallace D. Wattles
1,114 books469 followersWallace 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.
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.
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March 7, 2019
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.
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.
February 6, 2013
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"
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"
December 2, 2024
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.
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.
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August 3, 2020Must 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.
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.
December 26, 2024
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.
January 10, 2021
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).
October 1, 2022
A very basic introductory book.
December 8, 2022
Useful tips straightforward short & quick
January 31, 2023
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.
January 7, 2025
Short and quick read with straight forward methods and advice on being kind to your mind.
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February 21, 2014Marked it as to read
March 10, 2015
It is good, but kind of a summary of The Science of Getting Rich. Still worth a read, it is quite short.
June 8, 2015
short
sweet
gave me good affirmation material
nice, wally-watt
sweet
gave me good affirmation material
nice, wally-watt
July 18, 2021
A quick read about summary what is in the book the science of getting rich.
October 1, 2016
This is like an abridged version of his other books...
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