The Secret of Success By William Walker Atkinson (eBook)

Writings

Thought Force in Business and Everyday Life

The Law of the New Thought

Nuggets of the New Thought

Memory Culture: The Science of Observing, Remembering and Recalling

Dynamic Thought or The Law of Vibrant Energy

Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World

Practical Mind‑Reading

Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing

The Mind Building of a Child

The Secret of Mental Magic

Mental Fascination

Self‑Healing by Thought Force

Mind‑Power: The Law of Dynamic Mentation (The Secret of Mental Magic)

Practical Mental Influence

Reincarnation and the Law of Karma

The Inner Consciousness

The Secret of Success

The New Psychology of Healing

Memory: How to Develop, Train and Use It

Subconscious and the Superconscious Planes of Mind

Suggestion and Auto‑Suggestion

The Art of Logical Thinking or the Laws of Reasoning

The Will: It’s Nature, Power and Development

Thought‑Culture or Practical Mental Training

The New Psychology: Its Message, Principles and Practice

Human Nature: Its Inner States and Outer Forms

Mind and Body or Mental States and Physical Conditions

The Art of Expression and the Principles of Discourse

The Psychology of Salesmanship

The Psychology of Success or Mental Paths to Power

Telepathy: Its Theory, Facts and Proof

The Crucible of Modern Thought: A Study of the Prevailing Mental Unrest

Scientific Parenthood

The Message of the New Thought (New Thought: Its History and Principles)

Your Mind and How to Use It: A Manual of Practical Psychology

The Mastery of Being: A Study of the Ultimate Principle of Reality

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The Secret of Success

A Course of Nine Lessons on the Subject of the

Application of the Latent Powers of the Individual

Toward Attainment of Success in Life.

1908

William Walker Atkinson

1862–1932

Contents

Lesson I......................................................................................The Secret of Success.

The Fundamental Rules of Success. The Instinctive Impulse how to Succeed. The Leaders

among men. The Unfoldment of Individuality.

Lesson II................................................................................................... The Individual.

Individuality and Personality. What the Self really is. What is the Individual which manifests

the Power of the Self. The Master in the Brain.

Lesson III.......................................................................................................Spiritedness.

Spiritedness not a fanciful, vague quality, but a real, live, forceful Power in Man. The Assertion

of Recognition of Mastery. A wonderful Soul-quality.

Lesson IV.................................................................................................. Latent Powers.

The part played by Earnestness, Enthusiasm and Desire. The Manifestation of Will-Power.

The Will and what lies behind it.

Lesson V........................................................................................................... Soul‑Force.

The Energy of Enthusiasm, and what it really means. What Enthusiasm accomplishes. How

to communicate Enthusiasm.

Lesson VI.....................................................................................The Power of Desire.

The Motive Force that runs the world. A useful servant but a poor master. How to Create

Desire. How to apply its wonderful Energy. How to extend the Mind Force by Desire.

Lesson VII............................................................................... The Law of Attraction.

Nature’s Great Law. From Atom to Man. How to draw to us the things we Desire or Fear.

Desire Force. How to cultivate and master this great power of the Mind. Fearthought and

how to overcome it.

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Lesson VIII..................................................................................Personal Magnetism.

The Rationale of Personal Magnetism. What it is and what it does. How it affects others. The

magnetic attraction manifested by certain people.

Lesson IX..................................................................................Attractive Personality.

How to acquire an Attractive Personality. The Charm of Personality. The quality of Self-

Respect, Confidence and Mastery—What it does for one, and Develops its Personal qualities

and traits that make for success, and how to acquire them.