Author: James Allen
Narrator: Vic Case
Unabridged: 1 hr 4 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Visionspan Media
Published: 04/12/2021
Categories: Nonfiction, Self-help
James Allen (1864-1912) was a British writer and pioneer of the self-help movement. Born to a working-class family in Leicester, England, Allen left school at age fifteen, after which he worked as a private secretary and later as a magazine writer. In 1902, he began to publish his own spiritual magazine, The Light of Reason. Over the course of his life, Allen wrote nineteen books, some of which include As a Man Thinketh, Eight Pillars of Prosperity, Above Life's Turmoil, From Passion to Peace, and From Poverty to Power.
"To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve." "You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your dominant aspiration:" How the author had managed to deliver so many helpful lessons in so little number of pages seems most incredible. Self-help or Self-development books are ofte......more
"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." Thought is the seed for action. If you control the cause- you can control the effect. The main message of this succinct, yet powerful, book is: the quality of your thoughts determine your quality of life. If your thoughts are pure and good, your life will a......more
In 2003, a number of leading self-help authors were asked to list the works that were, to them, most inspirational. The book mentioned most often was James Allen's As a Man Thinketh. Despite the fact that his books have been inspirational for generations, very little is known about the man himself. H......more
I found this in one of my apartments on my religious mission, and it looks like it used to be required reading. I read it then and thought it was decent. I read it recently and thought it was pretty poor. It felt a little bit too much like "The Secret" ... just think about something and you'll get i......more
"A man sooner or later will discover that he is the master gardener of his soul, the director of his life." The book is a self-help classic that believes that harnessing the power of your thoughts is the key to mastering your life and assists you in cultivating the philosophy and attitude of a po......more