The Miracle of Right Thought
Orison Swett Marden · 1910
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About the book
The founder of Success Magazine on the discipline of expecting well: self-encouragement, the crime of the «blues», and changing the man by changing the thought. Marden is the bridge between Emerson and the modern motivational shelf, with the anecdote supply of a magazine editor.
Try the short course
Part 1 · Why your longings are not idle. The first six slides, free.
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You catch yourself wanting the same thing for years: a different kind of work, a steadier mind, a home that finally feels like yours. Most of us treat that kind of wanting as noise, a restlessness to be managed.
Marden opens the book by refusing that verdict. Our heart longings, he says, are more than vapourings of the imagination. They are prophecies and forerunners, indicators of our possibilities, and they measure how high a person is actually able to aim.
The line he opens the chapter with carries the whole argument: “Whatever the soul is taught to expect, that it will build.” Notice the verb. The soul does not simply receive what it expects. It builds it.
Inside the course
12 parts- The divinity of desireFree above
- Success and happiness are for you
- Working for one thing while expecting another
- Expect great things of yourself
Questions
Is The Miracle of Right Thought free to read in Astra Trainer?
Yes. The full book opens free in the app’s reader, in English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, and Russian.
What is the short course?
12 short parts that walk through the book’s key ideas in slides, each with a quick quiz. The first six slides are free to try on this page.
Where do I get the app?
Astra Trainer is free on the App Store and Google Play. The Miracle of Right Thought is waiting in the app’s library.
