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The Science of Getting Rich

by W. D. Wattles (1860–1911)

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  • 18 chapters
  • Reading level: 8th & 9th grade

"The Science of Getting Rich" by W. D. Wattles is a book published in 1910. Wattles presents what he calls the "Certain Way of Thinking," a mental technique rooted in New Thought philosophy that promises to unlock financial prosperity through positive mindset and self-affirmation rather than competition. The work applies mental healing strategies to wealth creation, offering seventeen chapters on overcoming mental barriers. Though widely regarded as pseudoscientific, it inspired later success literature and Rhonda Byrne's "The Secret," remaining influential in personal development circles.

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  • Success
  • New Thought
  • Wealth

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Chapter I: The Right to Be Rich

Whatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. No man can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless he has plenty of money; for to unfold the soul and to develop talent he must have many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless he has money to buy them with.

Man develops in mind, soul, and body by making use of things, and society is so organized that man must have money in order to become the possessor of things; therefore, the basis of all advancement for man must be the science of getting rich.

The object of all life is development; and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the development it is capable of attaining.

Man’s right to life means his right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the things which may be necessary to his fullest mental, spiritual, and physical unfoldment; or, in other words, his right to be rich.

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Contents

  1. Preface
  2. Chapter I: The Right to Be Rich
  3. Chapter II: There Is a Science of Getting Rich
  4. Chapter III: Is Opportunity Monopolized?
  5. Chapter IV: The First Principle in the Science of Getting Rich
  6. Chapter V: Increasing Life
  7. Chapter VI: How Riches Come to You
  8. Chapter VII: Gratitude
  9. Chapter VIII: Thinking in the Certain Way
  10. Chapter IX: How to Use the Will
  11. Chapter X: Further Use of the Will
  12. Chapter XI: Acting in the Certain Way
  13. Chapter XII: Efficient Action
  14. Chapter XIII: Getting into the Right Business
  15. Chapter XIV: The Impression of Increase
  16. Chapter XV: The Advancing Man
  17. Chapter XVI: Some Cautions, and Concluding Observations
  18. Chapter XVII: Summary of the Science of Getting Rich

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This free edition of The Science of Getting Rich by W. D. Wattles comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #59844, released 2019-06-30. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: How To ..., Business/Management.

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