Summary of Wallace D. Wattle's The Science of Getting Rich

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Get the Summary of Wallace D. Wattle's The Science of Getting Rich in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.Original book introduction: The Science of Getting Rich is the classic guide to creating wealth through the Law of Attraction. First published in 1910, a hundred years later it inspired Rhonda Byrne's bestselling book and movie, The Secret.According to Wallace D. Wattles, "There is a science of getting rich, and it is an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches; once these laws are learned and obeyed by any man, he will get rich with mathematical certainty."

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jan 30, 2021
• ISBN: 9781638151333

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The Science of Getting Rich (1910) by Wallace D. Wattles is a self-help guide for people who want money. An early text in the New Thought canon, the book outlines a supposedly foolproof method for getting rich. Much like The Secret (2006), a book that popularized similar ideas almost a century later, The Science of Getting Rich describes a method that can be boiled down to three essential steps: ask, believe, and receive. The method must be followed precisely in order to work.

First, it’s important to understand that the world consists of a miraculous, formless substance from which valuable, tangible things emerge. Valuable materials