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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
Simple yet powerful lessons
At first, it seemed like this book would be overwhelming for me. I thought I couldn't be capable of thinking rich. But, doing the exercises in this book, I'm beginning to believe in myself, and I have a much stronger drive to achieve my goals. I definitely recommend this book for anyone with who wants to achieve success.
At first, it seemed like this book would be overwhelming for me. I thought I couldn't be capable of thinking rich. But, doing the exercises in this book, I'm beginning to believe in myself, and I have a much stronger drive to achieve my goals. I definitely recommend this book for anyone with who wants to achieve success.
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There is one really good chapter in this book about how to get and apply for jobs. Other than that, it’s a bunch of mystical bullshit that is not grounded in science whatsoever.
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Take a valid and true statement - that positive thinking yields positive results - and add in copious amounts of hyperbole, unfounded and totally false statements (e.g. Abraham Lincoln was a "complete failure in everything he did" before age 40) and dubious conclusions (author forbade his mute son from ever learning sign language, claiming that this helped his son to become more like a normal person) - and you get this book as a result.
The only useful part of this book is its title - yes, you can accomplish great things with the right thinking and a fervent enough desire and grit - the rest of the book greatly dilutes this message with too much snake oil peddler-speak.
The only useful part of this book is its title - yes, you can accomplish great things with the right thinking and a fervent enough desire and grit - the rest of the book greatly dilutes this message with too much snake oil peddler-speak.
THINK BEFORE YOU BUY THIS BOOK
The context in which this book was written was post Great Depression of 1929-30, or 1937 to be exact. Have the secrets to success since then changed ? Do men need the mantras mentioned in this book to survive a fast changing environment embracing us ? There are many questions such as these which you feel rising within yourselves the moment you reach the crucial portions of the book. While I wouldn't disregard the tricks and tips mentioned in this book altogether, but some points seem out of place and highly irrelevant today. Also there is the fact that very terrible jingoist proclamations seem to be hidden in some passages which try to scream out of the pages the greatness of the American folk. The "rant" against trade union movements also seem somewhat biased. I am not particularly surprised since the author openly vows his support for the capitalist economy and all that it stands for. I, personally didn't seem to connect with any of the "secrets to success" mentioned in the book. The blame largely lies on me, since the book wants you to follow the steps mentioned in it to achieve all that it claims. And unless and until you follow the book diligently, the blame for your failures lies solely on you.The book is not entirely unhelpful. Some ideas here and there do seem to have an impact on you. But on the whole, the book falls short of the binding impact and force you would expect from such a kind of book. This was my first self help book and I must say I have grown immune to them. So like the heading, if you have already read a self help book and found it useful, go for this, else ponder over the headline of this review.
The context in which this book was written was post Great Depression of 1929-30, or 1937 to be exact. Have the secrets to success since then changed ? Do men need the mantras mentioned in this book to survive a fast changing environment embracing us ? There are many questions such as these which you feel rising within yourselves the moment you reach the crucial portions of the book. While I wouldn't disregard the tricks and tips mentioned in this book altogether, but some points seem out of place and highly irrelevant today. Also there is the fact that very terrible jingoist proclamations seem to be hidden in some passages which try to scream out of the pages the greatness of the American folk. The "rant" against trade union movements also seem somewhat biased. I am not particularly surprised since the author openly vows his support for the capitalist economy and all that it stands for. I, personally didn't seem to connect with any of the "secrets to success" mentioned in the book. The blame largely lies on me, since the book wants you to follow the steps mentioned in it to achieve all that it claims. And unless and until you follow the book diligently, the blame for your failures lies solely on you.The book is not entirely unhelpful. Some ideas here and there do seem to have an impact on you. But on the whole, the book falls short of the binding impact and force you would expect from such a kind of book. This was my first self help book and I must say I have grown immune to them. So like the heading, if you have already read a self help book and found it useful, go for this, else ponder over the headline of this review.
This book is probably best described as "brilliant for its time" (at least, I think it would have been). There are some important concepts for life and financial advancements here. Many have been repurposed in thousands of self-help books since then, so it's nice to go to an earlier source.
There are also some great moments of hilarity with anecdotes and theories as to why certain things work. (Men go bald because they wear tighter hats than women.). Some of the observations are clearly wrong, but often, it's the reasons rather than the conclusion, and a lot of science we have now wasn't available to the author.
It also includes many of the tricks of self-help books today: "Read till the end to find out the secret," and in places, the theories are rather disturbing. I can see why many people have credited the book with opening their eyes to what is possible in life over time. It's also historically interesting, but ... if you are just after wisdom, you may have already read that somewhere.
There are also some great moments of hilarity with anecdotes and theories as to why certain things work. (Men go bald because they wear tighter hats than women.). Some of the observations are clearly wrong, but often, it's the reasons rather than the conclusion, and a lot of science we have now wasn't available to the author.
It also includes many of the tricks of self-help books today: "Read till the end to find out the secret," and in places, the theories are rather disturbing. I can see why many people have credited the book with opening their eyes to what is possible in life over time. It's also historically interesting, but ... if you are just after wisdom, you may have already read that somewhere.
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He made some good points, but the parts about women being responsible for keeping men's interest and baldness being the result of wearing tight hats/fearing criticism totally lost me.