How Self-Help Worked Out
Self-help and self-improvement books have been growing in popularity for a long time. The most interesting parts of all these books are the ones about making money and managing your own money. But some books stand out because of what they say instead of how they say it, which is what most self-help books do. Wallace D. Wattles's The Science of Getting Rich is one of these books that has a lot to say.
From the title, you can tell that this book says that making money is a hard science, like chemistry or physics. So, it's assumed that there are laws that tell people how to get rich and be financially free. This makes the reader feel like they should follow the methods instead of the rhetoric. Also, the reader knows for sure that these laws can be used to make money.
Wattles wrote this during the transition from the Age of Enlightenment to the Age of Modernism. Because of this, there are a lot of similar books about getting rich that are based on modernism. This means that you can be sure of getting rich if you focus on a goal and do everything you can to reach it. When things go wrong, people start to work hard to make things right. The Science of Getting Rich is a treatise on creativity, while most books about getting rich today talk about how to use money to your advantage.
Making money is both an art and a science.
Even though this book says it is certain, it is also very philosophical for its time. Wattles talks about how important it is to have a unified theory, which is a Hindu idea that is slowly getting into the minds of people in the West. The ideas about how to make money now focus on where money is made in this global system. Wattles will tell you that everyone has the right to be rich in this system, and he will show you how to make this right come true.
Wattles says that the Science of Getting Rich is about making people and life better. People should see getting rich as their right. Wattles makes the connection between getting money and being able to meet our basic needs and find ways to grow as people.
Competition vs. Innovation
The change from competition to creativity is one of the book's main ideas. This idea, which is also very Eastern, says that people don't have to step on each other's toes in order to get rich. Instead, it is up to us to make things. The will to create gives us a clear picture of what we want to do, a way to get where we want to go, and the drive to keep working toward making money. So, getting rich is a matter of keeping an eye on the big picture and not getting caught up in the small battles that competition sets up.
The book by Wattles slows down the progress of everyone. When you work for a company, you have to give more than you take. This gives you and your peers the energy to keep going. Don't forget that if you want your business to grow, you have to bring your people with you. If you try to grow for your own gain, you'll end up with more fools than smart people. This is what it looks like to live a certain way and follow the law of attraction. The best way to get rich is to think positively about it.
The Science of Getting Rich is a timeless book full of ideas that are still useful today. You can only be financially free if you don't have to worry about your competitors. Instead, you can do anything you want if you try to be creative. This book encourages you to look ahead instead of back at your bad past or to the side at your tough competitors. In today's world, where everyone has to work hard to get ahead, this shift in point of view is what everyone needs.
