The Secret of WealthAre you convinced that the process of acquiring a fortune comes down to crunching the numbers and making savvy stock picks? If so, think again. In this classic of the personal affluence genre, Franklyn Hobbs dispenses timeless wisdom about the personal, spiritual, and psychological dimensions of wealth-building. Give it a read and set aside the mental blocks that are blocking your path to financial abundance. |
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... things kept people poor in those days as in our own time and the principles of living well and happily and gradually acquiring wealth have not changed a whit since the year One. There is no condition into which a man may come that is ...
... things kept people poor in those days as in our own time and the principles of living well and happily and gradually acquiring wealth have not changed a whit since the year One. There is no condition into which a man may come that is ...
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... thing, for It means power, leisure and liberty."—James Russell Lowell. Chapter 1 "Money does all things; for it gives and 11.
... thing, for It means power, leisure and liberty."—James Russell Lowell. Chapter 1 "Money does all things; for it gives and 11.
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... while one lives one may enjoy more fully the good things of life." The first of all good things is that one shall have comfort and independence as long as he lives—that means putting money by. "To maintain 12 Chapter 1.
... while one lives one may enjoy more fully the good things of life." The first of all good things is that one shall have comfort and independence as long as he lives—that means putting money by. "To maintain 12 Chapter 1.
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... " To put the whole thing into an epigram: - He who would be poor - "Thinks of life as a goblet to be drained instead of a measure to be filled." Chapter 2 "Thrift produced civilization, and thrift began with civilization." 14.
... " To put the whole thing into an epigram: - He who would be poor - "Thinks of life as a goblet to be drained instead of a measure to be filled." Chapter 2 "Thrift produced civilization, and thrift began with civilization." 14.
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... things,—to accumulate food, to store fuel, to lay away skins for clothing, to hoard the shells which passed for money in his day. Until the human race grasped this idea, people were nothing more than animals, less intelligent than the ...
... things,—to accumulate food, to store fuel, to lay away skins for clothing, to hoard the shells which passed for money in his day. Until the human race grasped this idea, people were nothing more than animals, less intelligent than the ...
Contents
Chapter 36 | 157 |
Chapter 37 | 163 |
Chapter 38 | 167 |
Chapter 39 | 170 |
Chapter 40 | 174 |
Chapter 41 | 179 |
Chapter 42 | 183 |
Chapter 43 | 187 |
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Chapter 15 | 69 |
Chapter 16 | 73 |
Chapter 17 | 77 |
Chapter 18 | 80 |
Chapter 19 | 86 |
Chapter 20 | 90 |
Chapter 21 | 93 |
Chapter 22 | 96 |
Chapter 23 | 100 |
Chapter 24 | 106 |
Chapter 25 | 111 |
Chapter 26 | 117 |
Chapter 27 | 120 |
Chapter 28 | 124 |
Chapter 29 | 128 |
Chapter 30 | 132 |
Chapter 31 | 136 |
Chapter 32 | 141 |
Chapter 33 | 147 |
Chapter 34 | 151 |
Chapter 35 | 155 |
Chapter 44 | 191 |
Chapter 45 | 196 |
Chapter 46 | 201 |
Chapter 47 | 206 |
Chapter 48 | 210 |
Chapter 49 | 214 |
Chapter 50 | 218 |
Chapter 51 | 222 |
Chapter 52 | 226 |
Chapter 53 | 231 |
Chapter 54 | 236 |
Chapter 55 | 240 |
Chapter 56 | 244 |
Chapter 57 | 248 |
Chapter 58 | 253 |
Chapter 59 | 257 |
Chapter 60 | 260 |
Chapter 61 | 262 |
Chapter 62 | 267 |
Chapter 63 | 271 |
Chapter 64 | 275 |
Chapter 65 | 280 |
Chapter 66 | 284 |
Chapter 67 | 288 |
Chapter 68 | 293 |
Chapter 69 | 299 |
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