There is A Science of
Getting Rich
THERE is a Science of getting rich, and it is
an exact science, like algebra or arithmetic. There are certain laws which
govern the process of acquiring riches; once these laws are learned and obeyed
by any man, he will get rich with mathematical certainty.
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.
It is a natural law that like causes always
produce like effects; and, therefore, any man or woman who learns to do things
in this certain way will infallibly get rich.
That the above statement is true is shown by
the following facts:
Getting rich is not a matter of environment,
for, if it were, 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.
When two men are in the same locality, and in the same business, and one gets
rich while the other remains poor, it shows that getting rich is not,
primarily, a matter of environment. 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.
And further, the ability to do things in this
certain way is not due solely to the possession of talent, for many people who
have great talent remain poor, while other who have very little talent get
rich.
Studying the people who have got rich, we find
that they are an average lot in all respects, having no greater talents and
abilities than other men. It is evident that they do not get rich because they
possess talents and abilities that other men have not, but because they happen
to do things in a Certain Way.
Getting rich is not the result of saving, or
"thrift"; many very penurious people are poor, while free spenders
often get rich.
Nor is getting rich due to doing things which
others fail to do; for two men in the same business often do almost exactly the
same things, and one gets rich while the other remains poor or becomes
bankrupt.
From all these things, we must come to the
conclusion that getting rich is the result of doing things in a Certain Way.
If getting rich is the result of doing things
in a Certain Way, and if like causes always produce like effects, then any man
or woman who can do things in that way can become rich, and the whole matter is
brought within the domain of exact science.
The question arises here, whether this Certain
Way may not be so difficult that only a few may follow it. This cannot be true,
as we have seen, so far as natural ability is concerned. 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 and
sickly people get rich.
Some degree of ability to think and understand
is, of course, essential; but in so far natural ability is concerned, any man
or woman who has sense enough to read and understand these words can certainly
get rich.
Also, we have seen that it is not a matter of
environment. Location counts for something; one would not go to the heart of
the Sahara and expect to do successful business.
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.
If anybody else in your town can get rich, so
can you; and if anybody else in your state can get rich, so can you.
Again, it is not a matter of choosing some
particular business or profession. People get rich in every business, and in
every profession; while their next door neighbors in the same vocation remain
in poverty.
It is true that you will do best in a business
which you like, and which is congenial to you; 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.
But, aside from these general limitations,
getting rich is not dependent upon your engaging in some particular business,
but upon your learning to do things in a Certain Way. If you are now in
business, and anybody else in your locality is getting rich in the same
business, while you are not getting rich, it is because you are not doing
things in the same Way that the other person is doing them.
No one is prevented from getting rich by lack
of capital. True, as you get capital the increase becomes more easy and rapid;
but one who has capital is already rich, and does not need to consider how to
become so. No matter how poor you may be, 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, 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--
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