The Science of Getting Rich on the Internet

When I initially studied the Science of Getting Rich by Wallace D Wattles, I was instantly struck by the fact that there was positively no reason that I should not become rich myself. Before that point, somehow, I had not really understood what caused people to become rich and so I guess I had never seriously considered the reality that it would be doable for me too.

It was difficult to disagree with the powerful argument of the author to the effect that the causes of wealth are not those that people normally associate with getting rich. For example, your level of education, access to opportunities or even the social circles you move within. In fact, the book begins with a comprehensive demolition of such erroneous thinking.

After dealing with the matter of what things are not the causes of wealth, he goes on to make a strong case for his main proposition that the real cause of wealth is the way things are done; and not what is being done. Doing things in the right way, he says, is what is responsible for the generation of riches.

Wattles’ proposition is that anyone who can learn how to do things in a particular way - what he called the ‘certain way’ - can become wealthy. It is an amazing statement, but it is also the natural conclusion to be reached if his analysis of the causes of wealth is correct. However, he also suggests that you need to be operating a business of some kind.

You should give everyone more in use-value than you take from them in cash-value, he says; and, from that statement, we can immediately see that he is implying you should be in business. The principle is essentially that of continually exceeding your customer’s expectations.

It is self-evident, when to come to think about it, that you are very unlikely to become rich whilst you are working for another person. Quite simply, you are being paid the market-rate for your job; if you are lucky, you are being paid the market rate for your skills - but that’s it. You will never be paid more than that while you have a job.

On the other hand, when you work for yourself, there is no top limit. There are plenty of challenges, of course, but theres no top limit on your income as there is at present. The time is right I believe, with the age of the internet, for ordinary people to seize the day and make their fortunes because it has never been easier to start a business than it is on the internet.

Wallace D Wattles’ ideas can easily be translated to doing business on the internet. Using his simple principles like being focussed on what you want, taking efficient action and over-delivering in every business transaction, many people are applying the Science of Getting Rich to their lives and seeing quite a transformation.

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