The Science of Getting Rich - Wallace D Wattles

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The author of The Science of Getting Rich is Wallace Delois Wattles who was a new
though writer from America. This particular book was published in the year 1910 but is still
in print. The mission of Wallace D Wattles was to introduce the world one simple method for
achieving abundance and The Science of Getting Rich represents an effect culmination of his
effort. Wallace D Wattles played an important role in mental healing movement in which the
mental positivity was used to gain prosperity in the lives of the people. Thus, mental healing
found the path to strategize to solve the financial as well as physiological situations.
In this book the author exclaims that the desire of being rich is very normal for a human
being as through this way, he or she can judge his or her own potential fully therefore, this is
the exact science to get rich like arithmetic or algebra. To this book, whoever follows this
practical law will definitely become rich with a mathematical certainty. For becoming rich,
hence one need to do things in certain way. This text is separated into seven short but
straight-to-the-point chapters which explain the methods to overcome psychological barriers.
The author has explained how creation, rather than a competition, can be the secreted key to
attract wealth.
Through the book The Science of Getting Rich the author aims to analyze the method
to achieve abundance and add value to other people through actions thus become wealthy. T
the author, as money is the medium of value, the people must know the method of providing
value to get back more in the form of money. This is the reason why the author has detailed
some mandatory actions that the people need to follow to become rich by maximizing value
offered to the people. The chief idea focusses on the creative thought as this helps to get the
most benefit from this success blueprint. The author has detailed action steps which include
 Having a definite vision
 Being creative rather than being competitive

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 Exercising imagination with frequency
 Maintaining gratitude
 Having 100% belief
 Making daily success
 Getting into the most fitting business
 Doing more to fill the place
 Making money
 Giving people the impression of increase
The first step is to have a clear vision and planning about what one wants. This is the
reason why the desire to become a millionaire is not enough but having an action plan to find
the road of becoming millionaire is important. It will have a well-conceived strategy to
accumulate wealth. To the author there is a perfect sequence of moving towards success
which cannot be inverted. In order to accumulate money in near future one needs to be
creative which makes thing different. This creativity ultimately gives a different product as it
has a different process. By exercising this creative thought in the minds, more ideas occur
hence the out product becomes amazing which the author has termed as infinite intelligence.
On the contrary, when the people indulge in competition, they only react rather than create.
Their action plan changes to react on the other people’s action plan. To follow the path of
creativity, it is mandatory to ask oneself whether he is producing something different from
the other or just reacting on the other’s actions. Thus, he or she will be able to attract people
though their action or ideas. In this particular book the author has outlined the steps which
mainly take people to properly use their inner thoughts and ideas to become famous hence
rich and in doing so the author has mandated the method of exercising imagination as this is
the element which differentiate one from the other. To author, the it is important to spend
time to think about the plan and imagination which lead to the ultimate destination so that the