Wallace Wattles

“There is no labor from which most people shrink as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought. It is the hardest work in the world.” Wallace Wattles In our quote today, Wattles has given us the secret key to success. It’s the kind of secret that you can leave out in plain sight, because there are very few people that will use it. As he says, it’s the hardest work in the world. It’s about taking control of your conscious mind. Controlling your thinking instead of letting it run on autopilot. Now what does he mean by “sustained (….)

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“There is a great opportunity at this time for people who will create a vision and pursue it with determination and purpose.” Wallace Wattles One common error in thinking is the belief that in some way all the real opportunities are monopolized by others. We look at the very rare successes in high technology, like Apple, Microsoft, Google and Facebook, and cry because we can’t do that. What we ignore is the people who become rich by baking cookies, cleaning carpets, making ice cream and fixing cars. As Wattles says, since so few people in any industry operate in the (….)

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“There is a science of getting rich and it’s an exact science. There are certain laws which govern the process.” Wallace Wattles One of the big mistakes that many people make about wealth is thinking that you have to be a particular kind of person, or be in the “right place” or have the right background. Nothing could be further from the truth! If it were true it would be a big surprise to well known success teachers like Jim Rohn, a country boy from rural Idaho in the western USA, or Bob Proctor, a Canadian high school dropout! We (….)

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“It’s in the use of material things that a person finds full life for the body, develops the mind and unfolds the soul.” Wallace Wattles Continuing our series on the writings of Wallace Wattles, we see that he is pointing out that it’s an error to think that material things, like money, are not spiritual. We need things to nurture and comfort our body, engage and stimulate our mind, and feed our soul. Poverty makes this difficult. But, look carefully. He says the “use” of material things is necessary. This choice of words is to make it clear that the (….)

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“No one can rise to their greatest possible height in talent or soul development unless they have plenty of money.” Wallace Wattles This is the first in a series on key ideas from Wallace Wattles writings. His book, “The Science of Getting Rich”, is one of the best known and most continuously studied personal development books ever written. One of the biggest errors that many people make is to consider money as non-spiritual, or even anti-spiritual. The inevitable result of that thinking is a lack of money. Resisting money just blocks the flow. In Wallace Wattles classic book, he addresses (….)

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