¶ Understanding The Riches Philosophy
What do you want most? Is it money? Fame? Power? Contentment? Personality? Peace of mind? Happiness? The 13 steps to riches described in this audiobook offer the shortest dependable philosophy of individual achievement ever presented for the benefit of the man or woman who is searching for a definite goal in life.
Before beginning the audiobook, you will profit greatly if you recognize the fact that the book was not written to entertain. You cannot digest the contents properly in a week or a month. After reading the book thoroughly, Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison, nationally known consulting engineer and longtime associate of Thomas A. Edison, said,
It is a textbook on individual achievement that came directly from the experiences of hundreds of America's most successful men. It should be studied, digested, and meditated upon. No more than one chapter should be read in a single night. The reader should underline the sentences which impress him most. Later, he should go back to these marked lines and read them again. A real student will not merely read this book.
he will absorb its contents and make them his own. This book should be adopted by all high schools, and no boy or girl should be permitted to graduate without having satisfactorily passed an examination on it. This philosophy will not take the place of the subjects taught in schools, but it will enable one to organize and apply the knowledge acquired and convert it into useful service and adequate compensation without waste of time.
Dr. John R. Turner, dean of the College of the City of New York, after having read the book, said, The very best example of the soundness of this philosophy is your own son Blair. whose dramatic story you have outlined in the chapter on desire. Dr. Turner had reference to the author's son, who, born without normal hearing capacity, not only avoided becoming a deaf mute,
but actually converted his handicap into a priceless asset by applying the philosophy here described. After listening to the story... you will realize that you are about to come into possession of a philosophy which can be transmuted into material wealth or serve as readily to bring you peace of mind, understanding, spiritual harmony, and in some instances...
¶ Practical Steps for Applying Principles
As in the case of the author's son, it can help you master physical affliction. The author discovered, through personally analyzing hundreds of successful men, that all of them followed the habit of exchanging ideas. through what is commonly called conferences. When they had problems to be solved, they sat down together and talked freely until they discovered, from their joint contribution of ideas, a plan that would serve their purpose.
You who listen to this book will get most out of it by putting into practice the mastermind principle described in the audiobook. This you can do, as others are doing so successfully, by forming a study club. The club should have a meeting at regular periods, as often as once each week. The procedure should consist of listening to one chapter of the book at each meeting.
after which the contents of the chapter should be freely discussed by all members. Each member should make notes, putting down all ideas of his own inspired by the discussion.
Each member should carefully read and analyze each chapter several days prior to its open reading and joint discussion in the club. By following this plan, Every listener will get from the audio program not only the sum total of the best knowledge organized from the experiences of hundreds of successful men, but more important by far, he will tap new sources of knowledge in his own mind.
as well as acquire knowledge of priceless value from every other person present. If you follow this plan persistently, you will be almost certain to uncover and appropriate the secret formula by which Andrew Carnegie acquired his huge fortune, as referred to in the author's introduction.