the science of getting rich

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“ there are Universal
Laws at work.”
n the spring of 1998, a man I’d never met sent me a book I’d
never heard of, written long ago by a man by a man who’d
been dead nearly 90 years.
That little book changed my entire life. As I put into practice
the principles you’ll learn about in this book, the results were
astonishing — and they began almost instantly and continue to
this day.
When The Science of Getting Rich arrived in the mail that after-
noon I immediately ripped open the package, sat down, and read
it with an open mind — mostly because the title was just so in-
triguing. And even though I must admit I found some of the
old-fashioned language and some of the ideas in the first part a
bit confusing, there was something about it that compelled me
to reread those little confusing bits two or three times until — I
got it!
Once I did that, I couldn’t stop reading until I’d read the whole
thing!
Right away I began to put into practice what the book outlines
and everything began to change. “Coincidences" happened
— happy ones that led to connections with people that led to
more connections that led to money beginning to flow toward
me in increasingly larger amounts and through several chan-
nels, including new and unexpected ones.
And even though changing your habitual thinking is difficult
and I’m still not as good at it as I intend to be, my businesses
began to “click,” my income doubled , then tripled, and contin-
ues to rise my cramped city apartment gave way to a spacious
waterfront house I’ve established rewarding new relationships
with many generous, successful, wealthy people and oppor-
tunities to be, do, have, and give more continue to show up at
my doorstep almost daily.
It’s amazing — and wonderful!
Until this book arrived, nothing I had ever read or heard be-
fore had explained to me so clearly that there are universal laws
at work regarding wealth and success and that if we’ll just work
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“Some of what you”ll
read will most likely
challenge some of your
previous thinking. But
keep on ”
with those laws — go with the tide instead of trying to swim
against it (usually unknowingly) — the results we want will be-
gin to come to us. That if we will scientifically reproduce the
causes of wealth, we will invariably reproduce the results.
Now, right off the bat author Wallace D. Wattles says that in-
stead of questioning how these principles work, you’ll need sim-
ply to accept them and begin to practice them. So I did that, even
though as I read I did find myself resisting from time to time
and thinking, “Well, I don’t know if I can agree with that.” But
I’d already decided just to accept (at least temporarily) each
premise as if I did thoroughly believe it.
By the time I finished the book I understood why he had in-
cluded that warning. You see, some of what you’ll read will most
likely challenge some of your previous thinking. That seems to
be the case for most people. But keep on, and you’ll soon see
how Mr. Wattles beautifully builds each chapter on what he pre-
sents in the preceding ones. I think you’ll find yourself saying —
as I and many others have — “Oh, now I see why he said that.
Now I see how it all fits together.”
I believe, also, that you’ll find it absolutely refreshing to know
that to get rich by the method outlined here, it is essential that
you embrace and practice what we all know as the Golden Rule
that the daily practice of gratitude is one of the conduits by
which your wealth will come to you and that by accomplish-
ing your financial dreams through this method, everyone with
whom you come into contact will also have more.
A far cry from the dog-eat-dog, claw your way to the top,
anything for a buck mentality so many believe to be the only
way to wealth!
Pay close attention to the message of this book with an open
mind. Get a free copy of the downloadable version (what you’re
reading now) at The Science of Getting Rich Network website —
www.scienceofgettingrich.net — and read it. Print it out and give
it to your friends or, better yet, send them to the web site to get it
(and more) for themselves. Join the Network and get the free
weekly ezine, The Certain Way, to share in the insights and amaz-
ing experiences of others.
Focus constantly on your own personal vision and share that
vision with other like-minded people who are doing the same.
You WILL see results!
You already have within you everything you need to turn your
dreams into reality. You are a person of infinite worth and unique
possibility. Even if you don’t think of yourself as a creative per-
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Editor’s Note:
I’ve lightly edited the 90-
something-year-old
manuscript to
accommodate modern
readers. Unfortunately,
though, there is as yet
no graceful way in
English to avoid
completely the use of
the masculine gender to
represent all people,
especially in working
with such an old book.
Luckily for us women,
we have vast experience
in reading ourselves
back in — just as we
have learned to dance
backward!
Where it does not
interfere with the
gracefulness of the
writing, I have changed
man to person, men to
people, mankind to
humankind, and have
made other similar
small changes.
To Mr. Wattles’
credit, although writing
just after the turn of the
20th century, he makes
it clear that The
Science of Getting
Rich applies equally to
men and women alike —
to all people,
everywhere.
—Rebecca
son, and even if you’ve failed before, and even if you think you’ve
tried everything, open your mind to this book.
You’ve probably heard the saying, “When the student is ready,
the teacher appears.” That has certainly held true for me and
many, many others, and perhaps you’re ready, too — right now.
If you’re not yet where you want to be in terms of income and
your own personal success, the problem may not be what you’re
doing so much as how you’re doing it. And that begins with how
you think.
If you want to change your life, you may just need to change
your mind!
Rebecca Fine
Olympia, Washington, USA
November, 1999
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“Failure is impossible.”
Author’s Preface
his book is pragmatical, not philosophical — a practical
manual, not a treatise upon theories. It is intended for the
men and women whose most pressing need is for money,
who wish to get rich first, and philosophize afterward. It is for
those who want results and who are willing to take the conclu-
sions of science as a basis for action, without going into all the
processes by which those conclusions were reached.
It is expected that the reader will take the fundamental state-
ments upon faith, just as he would take statements concerning a
law of electrical action if they were promulgated by a Marconi
or an Edison, and, taking the statements upon faith, that he will
prove their truth by acting upon them without fear or hesitation.
Every man or woman who does this will certainly get rich, for
the science herein applied is an exact science and failure is im-
possible.
In writing this book I have sacrificed all other considerations
to plainness and simplicity of style, so that all might understand.
The plan of action laid down herein was deduced from the con-
clusions of philosophy. It has been thoroughly tested, and bears
the supreme test of practical experiment: It works.
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“In this book, I shall not
speak of riches in a
figurative way. To be
really rich does not
mean to be satisfied or
contented with a little.”
Chapter 1
The Right To Be Rich
hatever may be said in praise of poverty, the fact remains
that it is not possible to live a really complete or success-
ful life unless one is rich. No one 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.
A person develops in mind, soul, and body by making use of
things, and society is so organized that we must have money in
order to become the possessors of things. Therefore, the basis of
all advancement 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.
A person’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.
In this book, I shall not speak of riches in a figurative way. To
be really rich does not mean to be satisfied or contented with a
little. No one ought to be satisfied with a little if he is capable of
using and enjoying more. The purpose of nature is the advance-
ment and unfoldment of life, and everyone should have all that
can contribute to the power, elegance, beauty, and richness of
life. To be content with less is sinful.
The person who owns all he wants for the living of all the life
he is capable of living is rich, and no person who has not plenty
of money can have all he wants. Life has advanced so far and
become so complex that even the most ordinary man or woman
requires a great amount of wealth in order to live in a manner
that even approaches completeness. Every person naturally wants
to become all that they are capable of becoming. This desire to
realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we can-
not help wanting to be all that we can be. Success in life is be-
coming what you want to be. You can become what you want to
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“We live for the body,
we live for the mind, we
live for the soul. No one
of these is better or
holier than the other ”
be only by making use of things, and you can have the free use of
things only as you become rich enough to buy them. To under-
stand the science of getting rich is therefore the most essential of
all knowledge.
There is nothing wrong in wanting to get rich. The desire for
riches is really the desire for a richer, fuller, and more abundant
life — and that desire is praiseworthy. The person who does not
desire to live more abundantly is abnormal, and so the person
who does not desire to have money enough to buy all he wants
is abnormal.
There are three motives for which we live: We live for the body,
we live for the mind, we live for the soul. No one of these is
better or holier than the other; all are alike desirable, and no one
of the three — body, mind, or soul — can live fully if either of the
others is cut short of full life and expression. It is not right or
noble to live only for the soul and deny mind or body, and it is
wrong to live for the intellect and deny body or soul.
We are all acquainted with the loathsome consequences of liv-
ing for the body and denying both mind and soul, and we see
that real life means the complete expression of all that a person
can give forth through body, mind, and soul. Whatever he can
say, no one can be really happy or satisfied unless his body is
living fully in its every function, and unless the same is true of
his mind and his soul. Wherever there is unexpressed possibility
or function not performed, there is unsatisfied desire. Desire is
possibility seeking expression or function seeking performance.
A person cannot live fully in body without good food, com-
fortable clothing, and warm shelter, and without freedom from
excessive toil. Rest and recreation are also necessary to his physi-
cal life.
One cannot live fully in mind without books and time to study
them, without opportunity for travel and observation, or with-
out intellectual companionship.
To live fully in mind a person must have intellectual recre-
ations, and must surround himself with all the objects of art and
beauty he is capable of using and appreciating.
To live fully in soul, a person must have love, and love is de-
nied fullest expression by poverty.
A person’s highest happiness is found in the bestowal of ben-
efits on those he loves; love finds its most natural and spontane-
ous expression in giving. The individual who has nothing to give
cannot fill his place as a spouse or parent, as a citizen, or as a
human being. It is in the use of material things that a person
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“It is perfectly right that
you should desire to be
rich.”
finds full life for his body, develops his mind, and unfolds his
soul. It is therefore of supreme importance to each individual to
be rich.
It is perfectly right that you should desire to be rich. If you are
a normal man or woman you cannot help doing so. It is perfectly
right that you should give your best attention to the science of
getting rich, for it is the noblest and most necessary of all stud-
ies. If you neglect this study, you are derelict in your duty to
yourself, to God and humanity, for you can render to God and
humanity no greater service than to make the most of yourself.
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