The Science of Being Great (Condensed Classics)


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Within This Short Book Is the One Secret That Will Deliver you to Greatness We all dream of being celebrated, rewarded, and recognized—in short, of being great. But so few people actually attain greatness. Why? In The Science of Being Great, legendary success writer Wallace D. Wattles demonstrates exactly how you can move from merely thinking of yourself as great to really being great. Inside this book is the one principle that leads to greatness. Don’t you want to be rewarded in your work? Don’t you want to be seen as a leader? Don’t you deserve respect? When you finish this brief program—easily read in the space of a lunch break—these things will be in reach, and your life will restart on a new footing. New Thought author and PEN Award-wining historian Mitch Horowitz introduces and abridges this condensation, and explores why this short book was Wattles’ greatest work. Discover the powerful, practical lesson that this life-changing classic places in your hands.




The Science of Getting Rich (Condensed Classics)


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A Special Condensation of One of the Most Radical and Effective Success Programs Ever Written This is no ordinary book. You are about to encounter Wallace D. Wattles’s brilliant and simple distillation of the inner path to wealth and success. Wattles, a social reformer and positive-mind pioneer, dedicated a lifetime to testing and distilling the principles of achievement espoused by the greatest minds in history. His slender classic The Science of Getting Rich is the result. In this abridgement you will quickly and efficiently discover: • How ideas shape the physical world. • Why creativity matters more than competition. • Why one passionately felt aim is the foundation of all achievement. • How your mental powers and practical abilities work together. • How to think a “Certain Way” to guarantee success. Abridged and introduced by PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz, here is the dramatic and eye-opening masterwork by an incredibly bold thinker who had one simple aim: to bring riches to the masses of people.




The Power of Awareness (Condensed Classics)


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Your Perception Is Your Destiny Discover one of the most extraordinary and practical books by mystic Neville Goddard-now presented in a special condensed edition with a new introduction by historian and New Thought voice Mitch Horowitz. In the space of a single sitting, you can experience the life-changing philosophy of The Power of Awareness. This elegant yet simple work teaches that your sense of self-image wields complete control over your life-and the book instructs on how to alter it for the better. Mitch's new introduction explains why The Power of Awareness is one of Neville's most important works, and how you can use it for maximum benefit today.




The Magic of Believing (Condensed Classics)


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Your Mind Is a Storehouse of Amazing Possibilities. Start Using Them Right Now for Success and Achievement! In 1948, journalist Claude M. Bristol produced a book that has touched generations of readers: The Magic of Believing. Artists and businesspeople, athletes and entrepreneurs, have sworn by Bristol’s program for harnessing the higher energies of the mind for peak performance. Now, this condensed edition of The Magic of Believing allows you—within the space of a lunch hour or morning commute—to discover: • How to transfer your thoughts to other people. • Why a focused aim leads to achievement. • How to project powerful confidence. • What your outer appearance reveals about you. • The one great mental secret to success. Abridged and introduced by PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz, The Magic of Believing is at once the most grounded and the boldest work of self-development you will ever encounter. Discover what it can do for you.




Walden (Condensed Classics)


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“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” Here is Henry David Thoreau’s classic work of personal experimentation and nonconformist living, Walden, presented in a special condensation with a new introduction by PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz This concise journey to Thoreau’s cabin in the woods provides you with the most stirring ideas of his original, with its celebration of simple living, self-sufficiency, and following your own inner compass. “Read Walden not because it is old and venerated,” Mitch writes in his new introduction. “ Read it because it summons you to all that is new within yourself.” When you finish this work you will have a better sense of your own direction in life.




The Secret of the Ages (Condensed Classics)


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Since the dawn of time, humanity has benefited from the power of one extraordinary secret—and you can use to remake your life! In The Secret of Ages, writer and seeker Robert Collier unlocks the hidden meaning behind humanity’s most enduring myths, parables, and religious texts. Since you were created in God’s image, Collier writes, you too can wield the power of creation— through your own mental images. This special condensed edition of The Secret of the Ages gives you the power to put its insights immediately to work. In an exquisitely brief but powerful hour of reading, you will learn to: • Form mental pictures that lead to your success. • Use your subconscious to tap unseen forces and energies. • Dramatically increase your effectiveness by committing to a single, definite purpose. • Discover how the Universal Mind is your guarantee against failure. Abridged and introduced by PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz, The Secret Of The Ages provides you with an entirely new sense of your potential. Use its insights right now.




The Master Mind (Condensed Classics)


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Learn to Master Your Thoughts And You Master Your Destiny This book, written pseudonymously by the legendary author of The Kybalion, William Walker Atkinson, is perhaps the greatest work of practical psychology on how to control, direct, and harness the incredible power of your thoughts, emotions, and will. In simple, step-by-step techniques the author reveals: The hidden mechanism behind your thoughts. How to use your will to attain your desires. How to prevent random thoughts and emotions from derailing your life. How to harness the creative powers of your subconscious. How to dramatically improve your personal effectiveness. Abridged and introduced by PEN Award-winning historian and New Thought writer Mitch Horowitz, this special condensation of The Master Mind gives you all the tools and techniques you need, in under the space of an hour, to harness the incredible force within you.




The Magic Ladder to Success (Condensed Classics)


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HERE IS THE LADDER TO YOUR DREAMS—TAKE THE FIRST STEP! In 1930, the legendary Napoleon Hill gathered his principles of achievement into The Magic Ladder to Success, the first digest of his life-changing ideas. Now, historian and New Thought scholar Mitch Horowitz refines Hill’s seventeen techniques to their absolute essentials so that you can experience the success master’s full range of ideas within the space of a single lunch hour or commute. This is your golden opportunity to experience the wealth-building program that transforms mediocrity into excellence, and stagnation into wealth. Along with Mitch’s insightful new introduction, you will discover: How the sexual urge can be transformed into success Why you must possess a singular aim in life. The hidden dimensions of the Golden Rule. Why enthusiasm—tempered with self-control—is the elixir of achievement. How to create and sustain power in your life. This Condensed Classics edition of The Magic Ladder to Success is a perfect introduction to Hill’s work for the newcomer, and an outstanding refresher for the veteran. You will discover something new each time you visit it.




The Gospel of Wealth (Condensed Classics)


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The Definitive Edition of Andrew Carnegie’s Classic on How Wealth Is Won—and Rightly Used Here is a unique edition of The Gospel of Wealth in which Carnegie’s original statement is combined with its two sequels for a full-circle experience of the industrialist’s meditation on purposeful money-getting. PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz introduces this volume and weaves together Carnegie’s essays for an illuminating journey through the thought of one of history’s wealthiest men. In this expanded and definitive edition of Carnegie’s writing on wealth you will discover the industrialist’s perspective on: The law of competition and its necessity for human progress. The proper way to spend fortunes and the problem of inheritance. How mass wealth gets created. The proper circumstances under which to get rich. Mitch’s introduction provides the historical background of Carnegie’s work, and his weaving together of Carnegie’s essay with its follow-ups supplies the most complete insight into the financial thinking of one of the titans of modern commerce.




The Prince (Condensed Classics)


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THE IMMORTAL LESSONS TO LEADERSHIP AND POWER—NOW IN A SPECIAL CONDENSATION. Here is history’s greatest guide to personal power and mastery of your environment, abridged and introduced by PEN award-winning historian and New Thought voice Mitch Horowitz. The full lessons of Machiavelli’s The Prince are now available to you in a single sitting. The book’s effectiveness is maximized by Mitch’s new introduction, which places this blueprint to power in context. Also included is a collection of Machiavelli’s most practical maxims for quick reference. These are tough but ethical principles—discover: • Whether it is better to be feared or loved—and why. • How to prepare for conflict. • The right kinds of friends and allies. • How to deal with your enemies. • The traits of strong and weak leaders. • How to win people’s loyalty.