The Science of Being Great: The Practical Guide to a Life of Power

by Wallace D. Wattles

Book Overview

Joining the ranks of Tarcher's runaway editions of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, Public Speaking for Success by Dale Carnegie, and The Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D. Wattles, here are three landmark guides to a life of prosperity-now restored to print in beautiful, signature volumes.

- Newly discovered by fans of The Secret, the metaphysical writer Wallace D. Wattles distills the rules of real power...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1585426288
• ISBN13: 9781585426287
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Tarcherperigee
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 7.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

I recommend!

Book in excellent shape and rather fast shipping (I ordered it before a long weekend.)I recommend this seller.

Inspiring book that has stood the test of time!

This book was written almost 100 years ago, but it still inspires today. Wattles notes that, "When awakened, man becomes a son of the Highest and all power is given to him in heaven and on earth." He notes you can become what you want to be by virtue of your thoughts. He also explains that wisdom is the essential basis of greatness and that man can receive wisdom from God. He includes an entire chapter on a mental exercise that helps you to connect with God and thus realize your highest potential. Once concept I particularly liked is he says that to become "great," you must start by doing small things in great ways. So he says to begin today to be great in your own home and office...in all relations, be just, generous, courteous and kind. When you begin to do even small things in a great way, you will eventually be able to do bigger things in a great way. Your habit of deliberately thinking and acting in the best way you know how will cause you to continually grow until you become a great person. This is a very quick read, but a very inspiring one. I would recommend it to anyone who aspires to be a better person.

Written in 1911 and matches Eckhart Tolle

Wallace D. Wattles is a treasure. He was enlightened when he wrote this back in 1911. Every sentence demonstrates "no self" in other words he was fully identified with the collective intelligence. He demonstrates non-attachment, non-judgment, and non-resistance a full 100% throught the CDs. If you love Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie, Jed McKenna, and other highly spiritually evolved writers, you will love his stuff.

Your Brain, The Perfect Instrument

Wattles, in all his writings, is the master of simplicity in explaining that we are gods amongst gods, provided with everything we require in discovering our destiny. "That which is in you impelling you forward is in the things and people you need, impelling them toward you." "Nothing was ever in any man that is not in you; no man ever had more spiritual or mental power than you can attain, or did greater things than you can accomplish. You can become what you want to be" First published in 1911, it is tinted with language of the day, but do not let that prevent you from discovering gold. It is one of those old "secret" books that have been fortunately reprinted. You need to read it at least twice before you appreciate what is transpiring. Behind the transparent words is an empire of knowledge. How to be a Genius or The Science of Being Great

Excellent.

How to be a Genius is one of several treatises on optimal thinking and living by author Wallace Wattles, who also wrote Health through New Thought and Fasting. How to be a Genius is brief but powerful. The book seems to have informed other luminaries like Napoleon Hill- Wallace's "Cosmic Intelligence" is parallel to Hill's "Infinite Intelligence." Anyway, the book deals with the concept of achieving greatness by creating the appropriate thought-forms and aligning your mind the mind of G-d. Wattles presents some very novel paradigms with regard to how one should view the world. While the book is not Christian in an orthodox sense, it borrows from the Bible. Wattles most often quotes Jesus of Nazareth, then Abraham Lincoln (with some transcendentalism thrown in). While I don't agree with Wattles on every single point, this is a powerful book, and will prove a useful complement to a few other seminal performancy psychology books on your shelf.