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Title: As a Man Thinketh by James Allen ISBN: 0-87516-000-X Publisher: DeVorss & Company Pub. Date: October, 1983 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.84 (89 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Priceless Life Values Gained and Lessons Learned
Comment: This is the type of book that is short and "to the point." Allen basically emphasizes that you come to be and are, based on what and how you think. My first impression of this book after the first chapter was that there were way too many elaborate and confusing words. I felt overwhelmed and just wanted to forget about the book; it wasn't worth looking up all the words I didn't know just to try to possibly comprehend what the author was trying to get across. However, once I did decide to read further, I admit that the book eventually grew on me. I began to see the validity of many of the author's very important and yet basic points. Based on what I learned from this book, I think that this is very educational and "mind-expanding," as the author takes you on an adventure, exploring another incredible skill of the human mind. In addition to this, I think that it would be very beneficial for anyone and everyone to read it, as it gives you a very different perspective afterwards about how one's thoughts are able to create and destroy many aspects of your ever-developing life.
As A Man Thinketh is book that shows and guides - not dictates and demands - someone how to change their way of thinking so that it is positive and fruitful. Allen writes, "Man is buffeted by circumstances so long as he believes himself to be the creature of outside conditions. But when he realizes that he may command the hidden soil and seeds of his being out of which circumstances grow, he then becomes the rightful master of himself." This statement itself could sum up the entire book. However, there are many ways to look at and decipher the meaning of this quote.
As stated in the book, the majority of people today have many negative outlooks about different things for different reasons. That's human. However, what all these people who think negatively don't know, is that by their negative and unconstructive thinking they are inevitably just hurting themselves and unconsciously bringing negative situations upon themselves. What this book repeats over and over again is that for good to come to you, you must have good and positive thoughts. If you breed and harness negative thoughts, chance is, it will be highly unlikely for much good to come your way. As said in this book, the fruits and misfortunes of your thoughts clearly show by the type of person you have come to be, and what you have and don't have.
At first I thought this book as kind of a hoax. I kept thinking, "yeah right, like I'm going to be rich if I think it." But then once I continued reading this book, I realized it was true. Let me give you a smaller and less high profile example than becoming rich: if someone always thinks they are sick and is always fearing the thought of becoming sick, they will usually be sick. It seems that the more you think of something, the more it is prone to being drawn towards you. This book just teaches you how to bring forward the good-not the bad.
After completing this book, I would definitely say it has had a positive influence on me. I am now always conscious of what I am thinking and constantly analyzing many of my thoughts, considering the possible benefits of each one. I would definitely read more of this author's books, as I have no doubt that the lessons I learn from them will positively help me for a long time, as did the many lessons I learned from this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: As A Man Thinketh- Self understanding, self confidence
Comment: I picked up this book because of the title, how we think and why is an interesting subject, but this book goes beyond that. I loved how the book immediately went to the point of it's subject. It explains how we as human thinking machines can alter our lives for the better just through our thought process, James Allen gives a simple explanation on how what we think is what we are. As deep and way out there as it may sound, he doesn't just babble, he gets to the point with examples and explanations of why this is so. The book just gives you the key to this power we all have and can easily develop by just changing our thoughts. There's a chapter for different aspects of our lives, and it's easily read in a short time, I've read it 5 times myself, and love it everytime. It's a very positive and inspirational book, and written decades ago by a man "I Beleive" really cares, and was not out just to make money on this "New Age Generation" (with no offense to other authors, there are good ones out there)
Rating: 2
Summary: Surprisingly I didn't like it!
Comment: I bought this because it's considered one of the all time classics. I have to say with some surpise that it failed to inspire me and did nothing for me! I found the old English and style of writing rather bland, yet "The Richest Man in Babylon" is also written in old English and I'm really enjoying it! I also found "Think and grow rich" to be superb. I do not recommend this book, read the other two instead!
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Title: The Richest Man in Babylon by George S. Clason ISBN: 0451205367 Publisher: Signet Pub. Date: 03 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill ISBN: 0449214923 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 12 May, 1987 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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Title: As a Woman Thinketh by Dorothy J. Hulst, James Allen ISBN: 0875164838 Publisher: DeVorss & Company Pub. Date: July, 1982 List Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: The Magic of Thinking Big by David Schwartz ISBN: 0671646788 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 02 April, 1987 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino ISBN: 055327757X Publisher: Bantam Pub. Date: 01 January, 1983 List Price(USD): $7.99 |
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