James Allen

Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- James Allen was one of the most popular writers in the fields of self-improvement, success and spirituality at the turn of the 20th century, and here, in this 1912 work, he tackles the myriad problems facing the world and all its people from a perspective of mind over matter. Shining a light of plain-spoken wisdom on everything from the personal (a sense of proportion, good manners and refinement) to the global (war and peace, diversities of creeds), he motivates us all the take a hand in making the world a better place... for ourselves and for everyone. He retired from the business world to pursue a life of writing and contemplation and to help other throug his profound books. Best known for As a Man Thinketh, he authored many other books about the power of thought including The Path to Prosperity, The Mastery of Destiny, and Entering the Kingdom. Some Nuggets from the Book: 1. "There is always a way of doing everything, if it be to boil an egg. Manners are the happy way of doing things right." 2. Confucius paid the strictest attention to dress, eating, deportment, passing speech-to all the so-called trivialities of life, as well as to the momentous affairs of state and the lofty moral principles which he expounded. He taught his disciples that it is the sign of a vulgar and foolish mind to regard anything as "trivial" that is necessary to be done, that the wise man pays attention to all his duties, and does everything wisely, thoughtfully, and rightly. 3. When difficulties and troubles gather thickly about you; when failures come and friends fall away; when the tongue that has sweetly praised you, bitterly blames; when beloved lips that pressed against your lips, the soft, warm kisses of love, taunt and mock you in the lonely hour of your solitary grief; or when you lay beneath the sod the cold casket of clay that but yesterday held the responsive spirit of your beloved-when these things overtake you, remember that the hour of your Gethsemane has come. The cup of anguish is yours to drink. Drink it silently and murmur not, for in that hour of oppressive darkness and blinding pain no prayer will save you, no cry to heaven will bring you sweet relief. Faith and patience only will give you the strength to endure, and to go through your crucifixion with a meek and gentle spirit, not complaining, blaming no one, but accepting it as your own. 4. By self-control a man manifests his divine power and ascends toward divine wisdom and perfection. Every man can practice it. The weakest man can begin now, and until he does begin, his weakness will remain, or he will become weaker still. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy

Classics for Your Collection: goo.gl/U80LCr --------- The Shining Entrance The Shining Gateway is an excellent guide to meditation and the use of the power of positive thinking. James Allen's books have changed the lives of millions of people for the better and this can change yours. From "The Shining Gateway" you learn that in order to accomplish a certain thing we must concentrate. It is of the utmost value to learn how to concentrate. To make a success of anything you must be able to concentrate your entire thought upon the idea you are working out.... The Shinning Gateway describes actions and motives, dealing with temptation, religion, and more. It is one of Allen's deepest and most lucid works dealing with fundamental principles of human experience. Allen insists that it is within the power of each person to form his own character and create his own happiness. Some Gems From the Book 1. The sage, however, never loses sight of the duration of time occupied in the process of temptation, but watches its growth and transition; and just as the scientist can measure the time occupied in the transition of sensation from the brain to the bodily extremities, or from the extremities to the brain, which, ordinarily, appears not to occupy duration, so the sage measures (though by a different method) the passage from pure perception to inflamed desire in a sudden experience of temptation. 2. There are actions which are bad-in-themselves, and there are actions which are good-in-themselves, and good intentions cannot make the former good- selfish intentions cannot make the latter bad. 3. Intentions are more or less superficial, and are largely matters of impulse, while motives are more deeply seated, and are concerned with a man's fixed moral condition. A man may do an action to-day with a good intention, and in a few weeks' time do the same action with a bad intention; but in both instances the motive underlying the action will be the same. 4. They do not need to defend their actions by subtle and specious arguments, not to enter into interminable metaphysical speculations concerning motives; but are content to act and to leave their actions to bear their own fruit. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Other James Allen's Books: 1. The Heavenly Life https: //www.createspace.com/6384480 2. The Path of Prosperity https: //www.createspace.com/6384431 3. The Mastery of Destiny https: //www.createspace.com/6377525 4. The Way of Peace https: //www.createspace.com/6384388 5. The Life Triumphant: Mastering the Heart & Mind https: //www.createspace.com/6377813 6. Entering the Kingdom https: //www.createspace.com/6391507 7. Above Life's Turmoil https: //www.createspace.com/6394137 8. Eight Pillars of Prosperity https: //www.createspace.com/6393763

A Washington Post Bestseller Three Principles for Managing--and Avoiding--the Problems of Growth Why is profitable growth so hard to achieve and sustain? Most executives manage their companies as if the solution to that problem lies in the external environment: find an attractive market, formulate the right strategy, win new customers. But when Bain & Company's Chris Zook and James Allen, authors of the bestselling Profit from the Core, researched this question, they found that when companies fail to achieve their growth targets, 90 percent of the time the root causes are internal, not external--increasing distance from the front lines, loss of accountability, proliferating processes and bureaucracy, to name only a few. What's more, companies experience a set of predictable internal crises, at predictable stages, as they grow. Even for healthy companies, these crises, if not managed properly, stifle the ability to grow further--and can actively lead to decline. The key insight from Zook and Allen's research is that managing these choke points requires a "founder's mentality"--behaviors typically embodied by a bold, ambitious founder--to restore speed, focus, and connection to customers: * An insurgent's clear mission and purpose * An unambiguous owner mindset * A relentless obsession with the front line Based on the authors' decade-long study of companies in more than forty countries, The Founder's Mentality demonstrates the strong relationship between these three traits in companies of all kinds--not just start-ups--and their ability to sustain performance. Through rich analysis and inspiring examples, this book shows how any leader--not only a founder--can instill and leverage a founder's mentality throughout their organization and find lasting, profitable growth.

James Allen (28 November 1864 - 24 January 1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh, has been mass-produced since its publication in 1903. It has been a source of inspiration to motivational and self-help authors. Following his death in 1912, his wife continued publishing the magazine under the name The Epoch. Lily Allen summarised her husband's literary mission in the preface to one of his posthumously published manuscripts, Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success saying: "He never wrote theories, or for the sake of writing; but he wrote when he had a message, and it became a message only when he had lived it out in his own life, and knew that it was good. Thus he wrote facts, which he had proven by practice."

Tel un homme pense est le plus c l bre des livres de James Allen (le titre est tir d'un verset de la bible, "tel un homme pense, tel il est"). L'auteur en donnait lui-m me la description suivante: " (...) traite du pouvoir de la pens e, et particuli rement de l'utilisation et l'application de la pens e pour d'heureuses issues. J'ai essay de rendre le livre simple pour qu'on puisse ais ment le prendre en main, suivre son enseignement et mettre en pratique les m thodes qu'il conseille. Il montre comment, dans le monde propre de sa pens e, chaque homme d tient la cl de sa condition, bonne ou mauvaise, et qu'ainsi, par un travail patient et intelligent sur ses pens es, il peut remodeler sa vie et transformer ses circonstances. C'est un livre qui vous aidera vous aider vous-m me." Extraits: " Pens e et personnalit sont une seule et m me chose, et comme l'environnement et les circonstances sont l'unique moyen par lequel le temp rament peut se manifester et se d couvrir lui-m me, les conditions ext rieures de la vie d'une personne se trouveront toujours en parfaite harmonie avec son tat d'esprit. Cela ne signifie pas que les circonstances d'un moment donn sont une indication de la totalit de son caract re, mais qu'elles sont si intimement connect es avec un l ment vital de sa pens e que, pour une p riode donn e, elles sont indispensables son d veloppement."" Les hommes sont impatients d'am liorer leurs circonstances mais n'ont pourtant pas la volont de s'am liorer eux-m mes; ils y restent par cons quent encha n s. L'homme qui ne recule devant rien ne peut chouer atteindre l'objectif qu'il s'est fix . Ceci est aussi vrai des choses terrestres que des questions spirituelles. M me l'homme dont l'unique but serait de prosp rer doit se pr parer d'importants sacrifices personnels avant de pouvoir r aliser son objectif. Combien ceci est encore plus juste pour celui d sirant une vie pleine et bien quilibr e "" Un train particulier de pens es qui persiste, bon ou mauvais, ne peut chouer produire ses r sultats sur le caract re et les circonstances. Un homme ne peut choisir directement ses circonstances, mais il peut choisir ses pens es et par cons quent, de fa on indirecte mais certaine, donner la forme voulue aux circonstances. "" De la m me fa on que vous ne pourriez obtenir une douce et saine demeure moins d'y laisser l'air et le soleil entrer librement, ainsi un corps fort et un visage clatant, heureux ou serein ne peuvent r sulter que de l'entretien continuel de pens es de joie, de bonne volont et de s r nit . "" Mettre de c t le d soeuvrement et la faiblesse, commencer penser avec un but, c'est int grer les rangs des forts qui seulement reconnaissent l' chec comme l'un des chemins vers la r alisation; qui se servent de toutes les conditions pour y parvenir, qui pensent fort, essayent sans peur, et accomplissent avec ma trise. "" Tous les accomplissements, que ce soit dans le monde des affaires, le monde intellectuel ou spirituel, sont le r sultat d'une pens e s rement dirig e, sont gouvern s par la m me loi et sont de la m me m thode; la seule diff rence r side dans l'objet de la r alisation. "" Dans toutes les affaires humaines, il y a des efforts et il y a des r sultats, et la force de l'effort est la mesure du r sultat. Il n'y a pas de chance."

First published in 1903, James Allen's 'As a Man Thinketh' has never been out of print and continues to find new legions of fans in the digital age. Described by Allen as "A book that will help you to help yourself," it is in many ways the first self-help book. This new edition of 'As a Man Thinketh' includes Allen's essay 'The Way of Peace.'

First published in 1903, James Allen's 'As a Man Thinketh' has never been out of print and continues to find new legions of fans in the digital age. Described by Allen as "A book that will help you to help yourself," it is in many ways the first self-help book. This new edition of 'As a Man Thinketh' includes Allen's essay 'The Way of Peace.

As a Man Thinketh is the classic Pocket Companion for Thoughtful People. it is the guide to help you to help yourself. Described by James Allen as "... dealing] with the power of thought, and particularly with the use and application of thought to happy and beautiful issues." "I have tried to make the book simple, so that all can easily grasp and follow its teaching, and put into practice the methods which it advises. It shows how, in his own thought-world, each man holds the key to every condition, good or bad, that enters into his life, and that, by working patiently and intelligently upon his thoughts, he may remake his life, and transform his circumstances. The price of the book is only one shilling, and it can be carried in the pocket" - James Allen

James Allen (28 November 1864 - 24 January 1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh, has been mass-produced since its publication in 1903. It has been a source of inspiration to motivational and self-help authors. As a Man Thinketh is a literary essay and book by James Allen, published in 1903. It was described by Allen as "... dealing] with the power of thought, and particularly with the use and application of thought to happy and beautiful issues. I have tried to make the book simple, so that all can easily grasp and follow its teaching, and put into practice the methods which it advises. It shows how, in his own thought-world, each man holds the key to every condition, good or bad, that enters into his life, and that, by working patiently and intelligently upon his thoughts, he may remake his life, and transform his circumstances. The price of the book is only one shilling, and it can be carried in the pocket." It was also described by Allen as "A book that will help you to help yourself", "A pocket companion for thoughtful people", and "A book on the power and right application of thought."

Como el Hombre Piensa, As es su Vida. Esa frase de Proverbios 23:7 da t tulo a este cl sico de James Allen, que nos dice que nuestra vida es el resultado de nuestros pensamientos. Somos los nicos responsables de alcanzar las cimas m s altas de este mundo, o de descender a los abismos. Si pensamos en xito y prosperidad, eso es lo que obtenemos. Pero si nos dejamos contaminar por las semillas del fracaso... James Allen fue parte del movimiento del nuevo pensamiento, y junto a William Walker Atkinson, Wallace Wattles, Orison Swett Marden, y otros, pusieron las bases de la literatura de Autoayuda y Superaci n, e inspiraron a todos los dem s autores del siglo 20, y siguen inspirando a los del siglo 21, pues su sabidur a simplemente no pasa de moda: su mensaje es a prueba del paso del tiempo. Esta versi n es una traducci n fiel por el reconocido autor de libros de negocios y autoayuda Mauricio Chaves Mes n.

This little volume is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much written-upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that- "They themselves are makers of themselves." By virtue of the thoughts, which they choose and encourage; that mind is the master-weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain they may now weave in enlightenment and happiness.

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"A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind." --- James Allen, As a Man Thinketh Allen's books illustrate the use of the power of thought to increase personal capabilities. Although he never achieved great fame or wealth, his works continue to influence people around the world, including the New Thought movement. Allen's most famous book, As a Man Thinketh, was published in 1902. It is now considered a classic self-help book. Its underlying premise is that noble thoughts make a noble person, while lowly thoughts make a miserable person.

"A man's mind may be likened to a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated or allowed to run wild; but whether cultivated or neglected, it must, and will, bring forth. If no useful seeds are put into it, then an abundance of useless weed seeds will fall therein, and will continue to produce their kind." --- James Allen, As a Man Thinketh "As a Man Thinketh" is a literary essay by James Allen, published in 1903. It was described by Allen as "... dealing] with the power of thought, and particularly with the use and application of thought to happy and beautiful issues. I have tried to make the book simple, so that all can easily grasp and follow its teaching, and put into practice the methods which it advises. It shows how, in his own thought---world, each man holds the key to every condition, good or bad, that enters into his life, and that, by working patiently and intelligently upon his thoughts, he may remake his life, and transform his circumstances. The price of the book is only one shilling, and it can be carried in the pocket." It was also described by Allen as "A book that will help you to help yourself", "A pocket companion for thoughtful people", and "A book on the power and right application of thought."