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Get Rich - Now
By Nina Baruch
Wattles claims because getting rich is a science, there are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches. When these laws are studied and followed by any man, he will get rich. "The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way; those who do things in this Certain Way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich; while those who do not do things in this Certain Way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor".
Now you might think, (as I did when I first read this), that getting rich has a lot to do with where you were born. If you were born in a rich family/city/country you were bound to get rich, and if not - poverty was inevitable.
Wrong, says Wattles. If this were true, he says, "all the people in certain neighborhoods would become wealthy; the people of one city would all be rich, while those of other towns would all be poor; or the inhabitants of one state would roll in wealth, while those of an adjoining state would be in poverty. But everywhere we see rich and poor living side by side, in the same environment, and often engaged in the same vocations".
It is true agrees Wattles, that some environments may be more favorable than others, "but when two men in the same business are in the same neighborhood, and one gets rich while the other fails, it indicates that getting rich is the result of doing things in a Certain Way".
Any One Can Do It
You may also think, "well, this may be true, but only very few people, with special skills or talents can learn how to become rich". Wrong again, says Wattles. "Talented people get rich, and blockheads get rich; intellectually brilliant people get rich, and very stupid people get rich; physically strong people get rich and weak, sickly people get rich". In other words, anybody can get rich, including you and me.
"Any man or woman who has sense enough to read and understand these words can certainly get rich", says Wattles. "Getting rich involves the necessity of dealing with men, and of being where there are people to deal with; and if these people are inclined to deal in the way you want to deal, so much the better. But that is about as far as environment goes".
You will do best in a business which you like, says Wattles, and if you have certain talents which are well developed, you will do best in a business which calls for the exercise of those talents. "Also, you will do best in a business which is suited to your locality; an ice-cream parlor would do better in a warm climate than in Greenland, and a salmon fishery will succeed better in the Northwest than in Florida, where there are no salmon".
Now you may wonder, "even if all this is true, wouldn't people need at least some capital to start a business?" And since you don't have it right now, how can you ever get rich? Well, says Wattles, having some capital might make the process faster and easier; but if you begin to do things in the certain way, you will begin to get rich; and you will begin to have capital.
"The getting of capital is a part of the process of getting rich; and it is a part of the result which invariably follows the doing of things in the Certain Way. You may be the poorest man on the continent, and be deeply in debt; you may have neither friends, nor influence, nor resources; but if you begin to do things in this way, you must infallibly begin to get rich, for like causes must produce like effects. If you have no capital, you can get capital; if you are in the wrong business, you can get into the right business; if you are in the wrong location, you can go to the right location; and you can do so by beginning in your present business and in your present location to do things in the Certain Way which causes success". And so be it.
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By Nina Baruch
Wattles claims because getting rich is a science, there are certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches. When these laws are studied and followed by any man, he will get rich. "The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way; those who do things in this Certain Way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich; while those who do not do things in this Certain Way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor".
Now you might think, (as I did when I first read this), that getting rich has a lot to do with where you were born. If you were born in a rich family/city/country you were bound to get rich, and if not - poverty was inevitable.
Wrong, says Wattles. If this were true, he says, "all the people in certain neighborhoods would become wealthy; the people of one city would all be rich, while those of other towns would all be poor; or the inhabitants of one state would roll in wealth, while those of an adjoining state would be in poverty. But everywhere we see rich and poor living side by side, in the same environment, and often engaged in the same vocations".
It is true agrees Wattles, that some environments may be more favorable than others, "but when two men in the same business are in the same neighborhood, and one gets rich while the other fails, it indicates that getting rich is the result of doing things in a Certain Way".
Any One Can Do It
You may also think, "well, this may be true, but only very few people, with special skills or talents can learn how to become rich". Wrong again, says Wattles. "Talented people get rich, and blockheads get rich; intellectually brilliant people get rich, and very stupid people get rich; physically strong people get rich and weak, sickly people get rich". In other words, anybody can get rich, including you and me.
"Any man or woman who has sense enough to read and understand these words can certainly get rich", says Wattles. "Getting rich involves the necessity of dealing with men, and of being where there are people to deal with; and if these people are inclined to deal in the way you want to deal, so much the better. But that is about as far as environment goes".
You will do best in a business which you like, says Wattles, and if you have certain talents which are well developed, you will do best in a business which calls for the exercise of those talents. "Also, you will do best in a business which is suited to your locality; an ice-cream parlor would do better in a warm climate than in Greenland, and a salmon fishery will succeed better in the Northwest than in Florida, where there are no salmon".
Now you may wonder, "even if all this is true, wouldn't people need at least some capital to start a business?" And since you don't have it right now, how can you ever get rich? Well, says Wattles, having some capital might make the process faster and easier; but if you begin to do things in the certain way, you will begin to get rich; and you will begin to have capital.
"The getting of capital is a part of the process of getting rich; and it is a part of the result which invariably follows the doing of things in the Certain Way. You may be the poorest man on the continent, and be deeply in debt; you may have neither friends, nor influence, nor resources; but if you begin to do things in this way, you must infallibly begin to get rich, for like causes must produce like effects. If you have no capital, you can get capital; if you are in the wrong business, you can get into the right business; if you are in the wrong location, you can go to the right location; and you can do so by beginning in your present business and in your present location to do things in the Certain Way which causes success". And so be it.
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