As a Man Thinketh

by James Allen

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

The quest for satisfaction in life is often an arduous one, and this book is here to remind readers that the individual is in charge of their own lot. This is a guide on how to take control of that charge.

This is James Allen's most famous book, originally published in 1902. It is now considered a self-help classic.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781722523435
Publisher:	G&D Media
Publication date:	08/11/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	64
Sales rank:	237,256
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

James Allen was born in Leicester, England, in 1864. He took his first job at age 15 to support his family, after his father was murdered while looking for work in America. Allen was employed as a factory knitter and a private secretary until the early twentieth century, when he became increasingly known for his motivational writing. His 1903 work As a Man Thinketh earned him worldwide fame as a prophet of inspirational thinking and influenced a who's-who of self-help writers, including Napoleon Hill, Dale Carnegie, and Norman Vincent Peale. Allen died at age 47 in 1912.

Table of Contents

Preface ix

About the Author xi

1 Thought & Character 1

2 Effect of Thought on Circumstances 9

3 Effect of Thought on Health and the Body 29

4 Thought & Purpose 35

5 The Thought-Factor in Achievement 43

6 Visions & Ideals 51

7 Serenity 61

Editorial Reviews

With the success of THE SECRET, some of the older "positive thinking" gurus are being dusted off and reissued. Allen wrote on the vanguard of the movement, which was facilitated by the marginalization of Protestantism's doctrine of original sin by some Christian leaders in the 1950s. Charley Steiner's brusque, deep voice seems hurried, perhaps due to time restrictions concerning the capture of the entire book on a single CD. He is unconvincing as he delivers the name-it-and-claim-it platitudes that will be repetitive to those who are familiar with them and cloying to those who are not. He has a tendency to fire the bromides rapidly, barely allowing the each one to make its impression before restating it. S.M.M. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine

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