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The Path to Prosperity: The Lesser-Known (But Still AMAZING) Follow-Up Book to “As a Man Thinketh”
This book is criminally underrated, but check out these 11 incredible quotes and see for yourself!
James Allen’s prior book, As a Man Thinketh, is one of my favorite books of all time, and The Path to Prosperity is his lesser-known follow-up book — one that I found almost as spectacular as his first.
There was actually a time when I used to re-read As a Man Thinketh every single year (it’s very short — you can read it in just a few hours), and I have a feeling I’ll be coming back to this one again and again as well.
For such a short book (it’s only 71 pages), the sheer density of wisdom and insight is just tremendous. I have what, 7 pages of notes? From a 71-page book! Here I was, just copying out passage after passage, putting the book down again and again to record something awesome on nearly every page.
The basic idea of As a Man Thinketh is that our thoughts are like a garden, and that we can choose what we plant there. Not only can we choose what gets planted there, but what gets planted there will grow.
Thoughts of goodness and happiness, love and affection, and wealth and prosperity lead to their equivalent…
