It is amazing how a simple book that has not really seen enough space in many bookshops all over the world has become the bible of many people in their efforts to become rich. Of course, the title of the book alone, The Science of Getting Rich, already has the magnetic effect necessary to prompt someone to pry its pages. However, quite a number have claimed financial success after heeding to the book’s recommendations. Despite this, nobody really considered putting Wallace D. Wattles, the author, on a pedestal. For many, he may just have articulated the ideas long held by positive-thinking people.
The science of getting rich is not really a textbook approach at getting the wealth one desires. In fact, it merely points out the correct attitude and outlook one must have in order to attract financial accomplishments. The term “attract” may surely project a passive connotation but that is how this science actually asserts its premise. It gives emphasis not on the intellect, skills, or available capital of the individual as the source of wealth. Instead, it asserts that the way of thinking is the key to it and the rest of the practical matters just follow.
For some people, this may not strictly fall under the category of science. Perhaps, the closest subject it can be related to is philosophy. It is because it does not deal at all with the practical steps or the mathematics in getting rich. This is why its precision is still a point for debate. However, those who have made advances in gaining wealth by following its principles will assert on its accuracy.
The Law Of Attraction is actually the main theme that influences every idea in the science of getting rich. The highly positive thinking it promotes encourages people not to worry over what they do not have but instead to appreciate what they have. It declares that by ridding of the negative ideas, people can come to see more clearly on what can be done. However, it does create the impression that one should overlook certain realities since not everything is good. Again, for the skeptics, this is escapism and they cannot be blamed for it.
If there is anything in the science of getting rich that is an undeniable fact, it is that man can always make a change in the way that he lives, that it is not his fate to remain poor. Correctly, it lays down the necessity to first get rid of the idea that once man is born poor, he will live and die as one. However, beyond this point, it takes one to try applying the science first before believing it.
