J J Calvert

This is an annotated edition with an additional biography section and an original prelude by J. J. Calvert. Humor is subjective, but at least for many in the CR community, this packs a hilarious punch. Stephen Butler Leacock, born in 1869 and died in 1944, was a Canadian humorist. He was also a professor of political science at McGill University for almost three decades--but he is better remembered as a world famous humorist who could make men and women bend at the waist with laughter whilst reading his nonsensical literature. His Secrets To Success is satirical response to the ubiquitous self-help and personal development advice of his era. Stephen pokes fun at some of the get rich schemes and the magic bullets of success. This is pleasure reading for the CR community when you're taking a break from achieving success. Some of the amusing quotations from this humorous piece include the following: "Having grasped the central fact that the glory of a man's strength is in his hair, these people, by adopting a system of rubbing (easily learned in six lessons and involving nothing more than five minutes of almost hysterical fun every morning), succeeded in checking the falling of the follicles, or capillary basis of the hair itself. In short, as one of the greatest of them has said, "Hair power is brain power." And,"It may never have occurred to you how many men in picking a mate, or a life companion, or even a wife, make a bad pick. There are ever so many cases on record where serious dissatisfaction arises with the selection which has been made." Hope you enjoy this study break

Wallace D. Wattles, born in 1860, was a New Thought writer best known as the author of 'The Science of Getting Rich' which was originally published in 1903, shortly before his untimely death in 1911 at the age of 51. The ideas in his book are so popular that they found themselves in many subsequent publications by different authors--even one hundred years after it's publication. Rhonda Byrne's book 'The Secret' is based off these New Thought concepts and has sold over 20 million copies worldwide. These concepts have been shown to produce tremendous wealth, but no one truly understands how or why. The premise of the book is that if you take the what on faith, then the how and the why do not matter, as long as your desired outcome is achieved. If you achieve happiness or financial freedom from reading this book, then you have inadvertently believed in the thought that has now become wholly manifested. Wattles structures his teaching through initial priming that our thoughts are the most powerful force in existence, followed by the revelation that living your life in 'the certain way' will lead to personal success, wealth, and true happiness. Wattles wants us to realize that great success starts from a persistent thought and that this success can take years to develop, but only if we live life in a certain way. This certain way is the law of attraction. In college, Sheryl Sandberg founded an organization in called 'Women in Economics and Government'. Two decades later, she had a famous TED talk in December 2010 on gender disparity in leadership positions. A few years later, she empowered millions of women through her non-profit leanin.org and sold millions of copies of her book 'Lean In'. The thoughts that made it into her book were formed long before the book was ever written. This is a profound insight, that you will recognize when you complete this book.

In this Book you will find a forward by author J. J. Calvert, summary of the published work, enhanced division of the published work into themes, and an appendix with over 85 aphorisms for your reading pleasure The Way to Wealth was an essay written by Benjamin Franklin in 1758. He was on a journey to England and resented the time wasted waiting for the ship to sail (it was anchored in New York for 2 weeks) that he began collecting adages and advice from 25 years worth of publication of Poor Richard's Alamanac (Spelled Alamanack at the time). Because the poor man couldn't afford books, he would spend his earnings on yearly almanacs filled with astrology, jokes, stories, and other works of amusement. In Poor Richard's Alamanac, Franklin copied some of the more popular pieces of advice, slightly modified, and also included original works of his own. The most memorable of these found their way in his Way to Wealth essay presented by a fictional Father Abraham. The lessons of hard work and frugality have shaped the core values of Americans for the next two centuries. 'There are no gains, without pains' is the predecessor of the modern motto of 'no pain, no gain'. The work is a treasured piece of history that every one should read-young and old. The resonating notion is this idea that wealth is not strictly speaking material wealth as we know it today, but wealth means breaking from the cycle of dependability. It means having material (financial) security, and independence from the proverbial rat race. The WAY to Wealth has shaped the American can-do attitude and made the 'American dream' known throughout the world. We don't hear a similar dream in other countries and this is partly due to this one Man who believed that changing one's behavior will change one's life forever even if they were broke and uneducated as he was when he was a young man.