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Finding Financial Freedom – The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles
Friday, November 13th, 2009
If there was a prize for the best self-help success books, this book certainly takes the first spot!
“The Science of Getting Rich” is designed to release every preconceived idea that is holding us all back from wealth. It will without any doubt change your life, by changing your mind about the concept of “money”.
So many of us were brought up with the idea that money is a finite resource, and you have to work hard and really strive for it. We have been conditioned to believe in the old “No pain, No gain” mentality. The basic premise of this book is that becoming wealthy is a science, which once understood and replicated, will create wealth in everyone’s life.
Wealth is as infinite as the creative mind. Create ideas, take action and abundance will flow.
This book was originally written almost a hundred years ago. It is focused on the acquisition of money, period. It’s not about raising your self esteem, setting goals and leading a happy life. It’s just plain money making. I like a bold author who cuts to the chase. I particularly like his assertion that we have “a right to be rich.” No, it’s not about greed and selfishness. It’s not about trampling over other people.
My favorite chapter in this little book was the one about gratitude. The author advocates being grateful before having the money. He claims that abundance is natural and inevitable if we accept it, so we should be grateful for it ahead of time instead of afterwards.
Maybe that’s why there are so few rich people. We’re all saying “show me the money” without accepting that it will happen and naturally happens. Once we receive the money, then we will be grateful. Ever notice how few people in the world are really grateful? I suspect it’s because we were taught to think backwards. I find the biggest impediment to our supply of money seems to be in the mind. It’s hard to get rich when everyone around you is complaining about how unfair life is.
I’m giving this book two thumbs up because I find it to be very readable and very true. What makes it so appealing is that it’s short and to the point. You can probably read this book in a good two hours. The tone of the book is somewhat similar to “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill.
The ideas and concepts, once studied and applied will transform your mental approach to money. This is a book that will take you a day to read, but a life-time to understand fully. Give it serious study, and I guarantee you success!
