The Science of Getting Rich

Wallace D. Wattles · 1910

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About the book

Wattles insists that getting rich is a science: do certain things in a certain way and the result follows, whether you are clever or not. Blunt, entirely unembarrassed about money, and the book The Secret was built on.

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Part 1 · The Right to Want Wealth. The first six slides, free.

The Right to Want Wealth

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Wattles begins with a deliberately blunt claim: a “really complete or successful life” is impossible without riches. His reason is material, not symbolic-talent and soul need things through which to develop, and those things cost money.

Inside the course

12 parts

The right to be rich, argued without an apologyFree above
Why Wattles calls it a science and not a knack
Is opportunity already taken? The competition question
The formless substance, and the first principle
Increasing life: what riches are actually for
How riches come to you — the mechanism as he sees it
Gratitude, and why it is a technique here
Thinking in the Certain Way, held against the facts
Using the will on yourself and never on other people
Acting in the Certain Way: today's work, done fully
Efficient action, and the trap of waiting for the right job
The impression of increase, and Wattles' closing cautions

Questions

Is The Science of Getting Rich 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 Science of Getting Rich is waiting in the app’s library.