The Science of Getting Rich

WHATEVER MAY BE SAID IN PRAISE OF POVERTY, the fact remains that it is not possible to live a really complete or successful life unless one is rich. No one can rise to his greatest possible height in talent or
soul development unless he has plenty of money, for to unfold the soul and to de-velop talent he must have many things to use, and he cannot have these things unless he has money to buy them with.
A person develops in mind, soul, and body by making use of things, and society is so organized that man must have money in order to become the possessor of things. Therefore, the basis of all
advancement must be the science of getting rich.
The object of all life is development, and everything that lives has an inalienable right to all the
development it is capable of attaining.
A person’s right to life means his right to have the free and unrestricted use of all the things which
may be necessary to his fullest mental, spiritual, and physical unfoldment; or, in other words, his right to be rich.
In this book, I shall not speak of riches in a figurative way. To be really rich does not mean to be satisfied or contented with a little. No one ought to be satisfied with a little if he is capable of using and
enjoying more. The purpose of nature is the advancement and unfoldment of life, and everyone should have all that can contribute to the power, elegance, beauty, and richness of life. To be content with less
is sinful.
The person who owns all he wants for the living of all the life he is capable of living is rich, and no
person who has not plenty of money can have all he wants. Life has advanced so far and become so
complex that even the most ordinary man or woman requires a great amount of wealth in order to live
in a manner that even approaches completeness. Every person naturally wants to become all that they
are capable of becoming. This desire to realize innate possibilities is inherent in human nature; we
cannot help wanting to be all that we can be. Success in life is becoming what you want to be. You can
become what you want to be only by making use of things, and you can have the free use of things only
as you become rich enough to buy them. To understand the science of getting rich is therefore the most essential of all knowledge.
There is nothing wrong in wanting to get rich. The desire for riches is really the desire for a richer, fuller, and more abundant life — and that desire is praiseworthy. The person who does not desire to live
more abundantly is abnormal, and so the person who does not desire to have money enough to buy all
he wants is abnormal.
There are three motives for which we live: We live for the body, we live for the mind, we live for the
soul. No one of these is better or holier than the other; all are alike desirable, and no one of the three —
body, mind, or soul — can live fully if either of the others is cut short of full life and expression. It is not
right or noble to live only for the soul and deny mind or body, and it is wrong to live for the intellect and deny body or soul.
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We are all acquainted with the loathsome consequences of living for the body and denying both mind and soul, and we see that reallife means the complete expression of all that a person can give forth
through body, mind, and soul. Whatever he can say, no one can be really happy or satisfied unless his body is living fully in its every function, and unless the same is true of his mind and his soul. Wherever
there is unexpressed possibility or function not performed, there is unsatisfied desire. Desire is possibil-ity seeking expression or function seeking performance.
A person cannot live fully in body without good food, comfortable clothing, and warm shelter, and without freedom from excessive toil. Rest and recreation are also necessary to his physical life.
One cannot live fully in mind without books and time to study them, without opportunity for travel and observation, or without intellectual companionship.
To live fully in mind a person must have intellectual recreations, and must surround himself with all the objects of art and beauty he is capable of using and appreciating.
To live fully in soul, a person must have love, and love is denied fullest expression by poverty.
A person’s highest happiness is found in the bestowal of benefits on those he loves; love finds its most natural and spontaneous expression in giving. The individual who has nothing to give cannot fill his place as a spouse or parent, as a citizen, or as a human being. It is in the use of material things that a person finds full life for his body, develops his mind, and unfolds his soul. It is therefore of supreme
importance to each individual to be rich.
It is perfectly right that you should desire to be rich. If you are a normal man or woman you cannot help doing so. It is perfectly right that you should give your best attention to the science of getting rich,
for it is the noblest and most necessary of all studies. If you neglect this study, you are derelict in your duty to yourself, to God and humanity, for you can render to God and humanity no greater service than
to make the most of yourself.

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CHAPTER 2
There Is A Science of Getting Rich
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, and once these laws are learned and obeyed by
anyone, that person will get rich with mathematical certainty.
The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way, and those who do things in this certain way — whether on purpose or accidentally — get rich, while those who do
not do things in this certain way — no matter how hard they work or how able they are — remain poor.
It is a natural law that like causes always produce like effects, and, therefore, any man or woman
who learns to do things in this certain way will infallibly get rich.
That the above statement is true is shown by the following facts:
Getting rich is not a matter of environment, for if it were, all the people in certain neighborhoods
would become wealthy. The people of one city would all be rich, while those of other towns would all be
poor, or all the inhabitants of one state would roll in wealth, while those of an adjoining state would be
in poverty.
But everywhere we see rich and poor living side by side, in the same environment, and often engaged in the same vocations. When two people are in the same locality and in the same business, and
one gets rich while the other remains poor, it shows that getting rich is not primarily a matter of environment. Some environments may be more favorable than others, but when two people in the same
business are in the same neighborhood and one gets rich while the other fails, it indicates that getting rich is the result of doing things in a certain way.
And further, the ability to do things in this certain way is not due solely to the possession of talent, for many people who have great talent remain poor, while others who have very little talent get rich.
Studying the people who have gotten rich, we find that they are an average lot in all respects, having no greater talents and abilities than other people have. It is evident that they do not get rich
because they possess talents and abilities that others do not have, but because they happen to do things in a certain way.
Getting rich is not the result of saving, or thrift. Many very penurious people are poor, while free spenders often get rich.
Nor is getting rich due to doing things which others fail to do, for two people in the same business often do almost exactly the same things, and one gets rich while the other remains poor or becomes bankrupt.
From all these things, we must come to the conclusion that getting rich is the result of doing things in a certain way.
If getting rich is the result of doing things in a certain way, and if like causes always produce like effects, then any man or woman who can do things in that way can become rich, and the whole matter
is brought within the domain of exact science.
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The question arises here as to whether this certain way may not be so difficult that only a few may
follow it. As we have seen, this cannot be true (as far as natural ability is concerned). Talented people get rich, and blockheads get rich; intellectually brilliant people get rich, and very stupid people get rich;
physically strong people get rich, and weak and sickly people get rich.
Some degree of ability to think and understand is, of course, essential, but insofar as natural ability.
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