Although “The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace Wattles was written decades ago, the concepts hold true today, to an increasing degree. To advance toward being rich, the individual must take actions of faith, not fear; starting where he is now to create riches for himself under ANY circumstances.
No matter where you are, proper mind-set and the actions resulting will move you toward your goal if you let it. No matter what your job or function, start now. Since thoughts create feelings which lead to words and actions, when you have a desire filled with purpose and act in a “Certain Way”, you will become a demonstration of success from where you are now.
To quote Wallace Wattles, “Do all the work you can do, every day, and do each piece of work in a perfectly successful manner; put the power of success, and the purpose to get rich, into everything that you do. But do not do this merely with the idea of currying favor with your employer, in the hope that he, or those above you, will see your good work and advance you; it is not likely that they will do so”.
Why? Because it is better for your employer to pat you on the back, scratch behind your ears and keep you working for him. Employers degrade, insult and reprimand employees to convince us we are nothing other than the profit we generate for the company. How many of us believe what they say? Today, with global competition, selfish greed and deception rule.
At HumanRightsforWorkers.com, Robert A. Senser says “What does it mean to be competitive with everyone from everywhere for everything? When unfettered competition drives economic policy? It means, as some Southern senators have proposed, cutting the wages of Detroit auto workers to the level of those who work for Japanese-owned non-union plants in the South. It means, too, something that pro-competitive advocates won’t discuss: gradually bringing the wages of all American workers, white- and blue-collar employees, in line with the wages of workers in China and other competitive countries in our bigger world”.
Robert A. Senser goes on to say “[G]lobal rules have been improved to protect the rights of businesses and their organizations. No, they still do not cover the rights of working men and women and their organizations. The international labor market, for most of the world’s working men and women, is still a lawless jungle”.
Blue-collar workers have been fooled into believing their interests are represented by the Union when its greed and deception is rampant. At UnionFacts.com, they state “Most people don't know just how many crimes are committed every year through which union officials hurt their own members. The number of reputed and verified crimes is staggering. Nothing illustrates this more clearly than the hundreds of indictments of union officials for violations of the Labor Management and Reporting Disclosure Act. According to the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS), those crimes include “embezzlement, filing false reports, keeping false records, destruction of records, extortionate picketing and deprivation of rights by violence.””
White collar workers are not immune to this trend either. Back in 2003 in USA Today, Stephanie Armour and Michelle Kessler said “General Electric Co. confirmed yesterday that it will begin laying off salaried workers in its Louisville-based Consumer & Industrial division this week as part of an estimated 5 percent reduction in the division's global work force”. That was only the begining.
Until recently, many of us quietly acknowledged the vast difference between the very rich and the rest of us. As long as we could sustain a moderate life-style with limited interference, we went to our jobs, kept our heads low and prayed to keep the income stream flowing. With the economic meltdown, record unemployment, rising costs and more competition, many of us are no longer tolerant of the discrepancy between the “haves” and the “have-nots”. Facing unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy makes it easy to fall into desperation.
Earlier this month, Ray Massey and Becky Barrow said “Hundreds of thousands of workers are accepting effective pay cuts to save their jobs as the recession continues to bite, it has emerged. Amid fears that unemployment will rise sharply next year, unions are agreeing negotiated income reductions in an effort to stave off redundancies. Yesterday representatives of 25,000 steelworkers at Corus were locked in talks with management amid speculation they are set to agree a 10 per cent pay reduction”. But acting out of desperation is the opposite of walking in faith, or as Wallace Wattles puts it, acting in a “Certain Way”. The mental processes of the desperate keep them desperate. Desperation is fear. Fear is a lack of faith. Faith and desperation can not co-exist. So what do we do to advance ourselves in this current economic situation?
I love what Wallace Wattles has to say about this subject. “If a few thousands of its employees would enter upon the Certain Way, the steel trust would soon be in a bad plight; it would have to give its workingmen more opportunity, or go out of business”. Imagine what would happen if one month, everyone who feels underpaid and unappreciated stops working? Business would collapse – starting with the biggest corporations! They need workers more than workers need them. Workers just don’t know it.
Many of us were raised to believe the big corporation would take care of us our entire life-time. That is no longer true – if it ever was. Still, employers expect loyalty, even when they don’t pay enough for basic survival. They don’t care if you work 2 full time jobs just to struggle for food. All they care about is maintaining status quo. The people in charge are not necessarily bad people; just doing what they think is required to survive. Doctors, police officers, politicians, religious leaders, sales people and clerks at the store may start out with honorable, cooperative intentions. After years of trying to make a difference, they feel the pain of dissention, lose their job and feel forced to conform. Except for the very rich, society is brainwashed to believe they can not make a positive difference in their spears of influence and survive. Thoughts, feelings, words and actions conform. Belief makes it true. So we stop trying.
Only when individuals begin to think and act in “A Certain Way” will they feel confident to negotiate their own terms of employment, say “NO!” to unreasonable demands of employment (even if it means termination) and begin to get rich. Do you act out of fear or faith?
No matter where you are, proper mind-set and the actions resulting will move you toward your goal if you let it. No matter what your job or function, start now. Since thoughts create feelings which lead to words and actions, when you have a desire filled with purpose and act in a “Certain Way”, you will become a demonstration of success from where you are now.
To quote Wallace Wattles, “Do all the work you can do, every day, and do each piece of work in a perfectly successful manner; put the power of success, and the purpose to get rich, into everything that you do. But do not do this merely with the idea of currying favor with your employer, in the hope that he, or those above you, will see your good work and advance you; it is not likely that they will do so”.
Why? Because it is better for your employer to pat you on the back, scratch behind your ears and keep you working for him. Employers degrade, insult and reprimand employees to convince us we are nothing other than the profit we generate for the company. How many of us believe what they say? Today, with global competition, selfish greed and deception rule.
At HumanRightsforWorkers.com, Robert A. Senser says “What does it mean to be competitive with everyone from everywhere for everything? When unfettered competition drives economic policy? It means, as some Southern senators have proposed, cutting the wages of Detroit auto workers to the level of those who work for Japanese-owned non-union plants in the South. It means, too, something that pro-competitive advocates won’t discuss: gradually bringing the wages of all American workers, white- and blue-collar employees, in line with the wages of workers in China and other competitive countries in our bigger world”.
Robert A. Senser goes on to say “[G]lobal rules have been improved to protect the rights of businesses and their organizations. No, they still do not cover the rights of working men and women and their organizations. The international labor market, for most of the world’s working men and women, is still a lawless jungle”.
Blue-collar workers have been fooled into believing their interests are represented by the Union when its greed and deception is rampant. At UnionFacts.com, they state “Most people don't know just how many crimes are committed every year through which union officials hurt their own members. The number of reputed and verified crimes is staggering. Nothing illustrates this more clearly than the hundreds of indictments of union officials for violations of the Labor Management and Reporting Disclosure Act. According to the Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS), those crimes include “embezzlement, filing false reports, keeping false records, destruction of records, extortionate picketing and deprivation of rights by violence.””
White collar workers are not immune to this trend either. Back in 2003 in USA Today, Stephanie Armour and Michelle Kessler said “General Electric Co. confirmed yesterday that it will begin laying off salaried workers in its Louisville-based Consumer & Industrial division this week as part of an estimated 5 percent reduction in the division's global work force”. That was only the begining.
Until recently, many of us quietly acknowledged the vast difference between the very rich and the rest of us. As long as we could sustain a moderate life-style with limited interference, we went to our jobs, kept our heads low and prayed to keep the income stream flowing. With the economic meltdown, record unemployment, rising costs and more competition, many of us are no longer tolerant of the discrepancy between the “haves” and the “have-nots”. Facing unemployment, foreclosure and bankruptcy makes it easy to fall into desperation.
Earlier this month, Ray Massey and Becky Barrow said “Hundreds of thousands of workers are accepting effective pay cuts to save their jobs as the recession continues to bite, it has emerged. Amid fears that unemployment will rise sharply next year, unions are agreeing negotiated income reductions in an effort to stave off redundancies. Yesterday representatives of 25,000 steelworkers at Corus were locked in talks with management amid speculation they are set to agree a 10 per cent pay reduction”. But acting out of desperation is the opposite of walking in faith, or as Wallace Wattles puts it, acting in a “Certain Way”. The mental processes of the desperate keep them desperate. Desperation is fear. Fear is a lack of faith. Faith and desperation can not co-exist. So what do we do to advance ourselves in this current economic situation?
I love what Wallace Wattles has to say about this subject. “If a few thousands of its employees would enter upon the Certain Way, the steel trust would soon be in a bad plight; it would have to give its workingmen more opportunity, or go out of business”. Imagine what would happen if one month, everyone who feels underpaid and unappreciated stops working? Business would collapse – starting with the biggest corporations! They need workers more than workers need them. Workers just don’t know it.
Many of us were raised to believe the big corporation would take care of us our entire life-time. That is no longer true – if it ever was. Still, employers expect loyalty, even when they don’t pay enough for basic survival. They don’t care if you work 2 full time jobs just to struggle for food. All they care about is maintaining status quo. The people in charge are not necessarily bad people; just doing what they think is required to survive. Doctors, police officers, politicians, religious leaders, sales people and clerks at the store may start out with honorable, cooperative intentions. After years of trying to make a difference, they feel the pain of dissention, lose their job and feel forced to conform. Except for the very rich, society is brainwashed to believe they can not make a positive difference in their spears of influence and survive. Thoughts, feelings, words and actions conform. Belief makes it true. So we stop trying.
Only when individuals begin to think and act in “A Certain Way” will they feel confident to negotiate their own terms of employment, say “NO!” to unreasonable demands of employment (even if it means termination) and begin to get rich. Do you act out of fear or faith?