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Amazing Mind Control Secrets From a Century Old Bestseller
Added: (Fri Jan 28 2005)
A century old classic best selling mind control book, "As A Man Thinketh," has been updated and modernised to celebrate the book's 100th birthday. Says new author and former Mr Australia, Richard Hargreaves, "The original, by James Allen, is a classic best seller, containing secrets and messages as valid today as they were early last century when they were written. But although the content of the message is timeless...the language has dated." For this reason Richard has modernised the language...but still retained the original message and spirit of the text..., which is "All that we achieve and all that we fail to achieve is the direct result of our own thoughts." James Allen said that a person's mind is like a garden, which may be intelligently cultivated, or allowed to run wild. Either way, the garden will bring forth. You are what you think, and by controlling your thoughts and what goes into your mind, you have the ability to control life's outcomes.
The updated book has been given a new title, "Thought Factor". Richard explains the inspiration behind the new version ”I was browsing at books on Amazon.com and reading some reviews. I came across the original As A Man Thinketh and started reading what people had to say about it. Although the original was getting glowing reviews as to its inspiring message...some readers and fans expressed initial difficulty in getting into it because of the old style language. Additionally, the books sexist title, and continual reference to the male gender, makes it politically incorrect in today’s age. Here’s what one reader said about As A Man Thinketh "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."(from an Amazon.com review by Jess Baxter Scottsdale, AZ USA)
Says Richard..."I thought that's a shame that such a powerful little book with such a timeless inspiring message, which influenced me greatly when I first read it 15 years ago, was not having the maximum impact it could for the simple reason that we speak and write differently to people a century ago. With this in mind I rewrote the books timeless message in today’s language...still retaining the original essence, but expressed in terms more easily understood and accessible to today’s modern generation.
As A Man Thinketh has influenced many contemporary writers including Anthony Robbins, Denis Waitley, Earl Nightingdale, and Dr Norman Vincent Peale, among others. To indicate just how well respected and revered the original is...Here's what some notable heavyweights in the self-improvement field have had to say about this classic book...said to be the instigator of today’s multi million dollar personal development industry.
"I have personally read As a Man Thinketh over 25 times. Timeless material." - Mark Victor Hansen, co-author, the Chicken Soup books.
“I read As a Man Thinketh once a year for over 15 years when I was in my 20s and 30s.” - Paul J. Meyer, recognized as one of the leading self-improvement authors of all time
“Some books are so good and meaningful that you read them again and again. Primarily because you know the substance and content is so important that you need to be reminded of what it has to say. As A Man Thinketh, by James Allen is just such a book.” - Book Review, Michigan Chronicle
"Beyond the New Testament, the Old Testament and other books documenting the beliefs of the greatest religions of the world, there is one little book that impacted my life dramatically during my formative teenage years. The book is As A Man Thinketh, the most widely acclaimed book written by James Allen, who might be likened to the Norman Vincent Peale or Earl Nightingale of the late 1800's." - Denis Waitley,Apollo astronauts psychologist and author of The Psychology of Winning, the best selling audio program in the world.
Og Mandino counted "As a Man Thinketh" among the top ten success books of all time.
Says Richard "I'll probably outrage some purists who reckon the original shouldn't be touched...but I haven't altered the message, and I think my version is easier to understand. If the message in my version is more accessible to today’s generation, then it's worth copping any flack. Why not read it today and put its wisdom to work for you"
As an introductory special, an e-book version of the “Thought Factor” may be downloaded together with the original "As A Man Thinketh" and another James Allen classic “The Way of Peace”, all for only $9.99. The three books may be obtained by visiting http://ironpower.biz/thought-factor.htm