As You Think - A New Thought Classic for Today's Woman

By James Allen

This little power-packed book is one of the most significant works in self-improvement that's been published in the past 100 years. James Allen's work has inspired and motivated and instructed countless individuals who have sought greater happiness, fulfillment, success, and self-mastery, and he's done it with a durability that, even today, makes this work significant in the lives of many.

And now his message becomes even more meaningful for today's woman, for this edition speaks directly to "you" -- the female reader, for a more personal motivation that is sure to inspire you, just as it has done for so many over the years.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: Mar 22, 2014
• ISBN: 9781304924377

James Allen

Born in 1864 in England, James Allen took his first job at fifteen to support his family. Allen worked as a factory knitter and later a private secretary before writing his first book, From Poverty to Power, in 1901. In 1903 he completed his best-known work: As a Man Thinketh. Allen wrote nineteen books, including his spiritual journal, The Light of Reason, before he died at age forty-seven in 1912. While not widely known during his lifetime, Allen later came to be seen as a pioneer of contemporary inspirational literature.

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As You Think - A New Thought Classic for Today's Woman

As You Think

The New Thought Classic

by James Allen

Revised and Updated

for

Today's Woman

by

Kay Stoner

Copyright © 2014 by Kay Stoner

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means, including information storage and retrieval systems, without permission in writing from the author, except by a reviewer, who may quote brief passages in a review.

ISBN: 978-1-304-92437-7

Foreword

Greetings and welcome!

What you're about to read, is one of the most significant works in self-improvement that's been published in the past 100 years. James Allen's work has inspired and motivated and instructed countless individuals who have sought greater happiness, fulfillment, success, and self-mastery, and he's done it with a durability that, even today, makes this work significant in the lives of many.

This edition is a little bit different from others, however. The original was penned as As A Man Thinketh, those many years ago, and like most other works from the New Thought Movement in the early 1990's, it uses masculine pronouns for referring to everyone. Given the progress we've made over the past century – and given that the use of man or he or him is no longer considered a generic way to refer to all people, men and women – this work has been updated to reflect a more personal point of view. I've been working with this particular gem of writing for some time, and I've discovered that changing the pronouns to a more personal style can make all the difference in how I perceive the information.

Our brains are funny things. And the way we interact with the world has changed a lot, over the past 100 years. Nowadays, we're much more accustomed to having software and clothing and even our cars personalized to our own style. We're accustomed to a more engaging sort of discussion – the kind of information transfer that acknowledges that each of us is different and unique and needs to hear things in slightly different ways.

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