As a Man Thinketh: Original 1902 Edition

This little classic gem “As A Man Thinketh” by James Allen is one of my all time favorite personal development books and literally a blueprint on living. It serves as a course of action for approaching life in a meaningful manner while capturing the pure essence of the human mind and unlimited potential each of us has if we simply will change the way we think.Everyone should read this wonderful philosophy book many times throughout their life because it takes more than one reading to fully understand the powerful insights given in taking responsibility for your thoughts, actions and circumstance. I first read this book when I was 16 years old for personal growth and it quickly became my guide for shaping my thought processes and creating self awareness throughout my entire life. I have given it as a gift to many clients and friends and continue to use all of the principles in my coaching practice for well over 30 years. There is so much life-improving wisdom, advice, and guidance packed inside this motivational book that you will still learn something new every time you read it.They say what's old becomes new again. Many people consider James Allen as the founder of the personal development industry and current motivational speakers, success coaches and authors credit this book for providing the foundation to their teachings. Allen understood over a century ago what everyone is now calling "The Law of Attraction” and set the stage for the book, “The Secret” to be written. We are what we think...and you always have the choice to determine what that is!

So inspiring and well written. My mentor suggested this book to me and what an amazing book. The lessons one can take from this book is worth every cent. The fact the books has and concisely stands the test of time is enough in its self.

What an awesome book!!! We do become what we think about. Believe it or not, after reading this book and the Power of Subconscious Mind, I normally get an extremely bad cold every year, and it starts with a sour throat. This time, when I felt the sour throat, I keep repeating to myself, "I'm healed, thank you, Father, for my healing." I said this the whole day with conviction. My cold that normally lasts a week was gone within two days. So, if you ask me, does this work? YES!!!!! This definitely WORKS!!!!

For a 44-page book written in the early 1900s, I expected me to be able to blow through it in 10 minutes. Suffice to say, I now recognise my own arrogance.There’s a reason why some of the greatest thinkers and successful people today laud this book and recommend it freely. Every other sentence is a food for thought.They are simple concepts although, borrowing from the language of the time, a little bit hard to understand sometimes. Not as bad as Shakespearean English but sometimes I feel it’s halfway there 🙈They are also not new concepts but perhaps sometimes we just need a reminder of things we should already know. I won’t call them common sense because honestly, I don’t believe there’s such a thing as common sense. What’s common to one may not be common to others. Especially coming from different backgrounds and cultures. But I digress...This book, for me, was a reminder. A reminder of basic human behaviour and conduct and thoughts. It reminds us that wholesomeness does not equal wealth. So often we get upset and rant about “I’m a good person, why am I not successful or rich or famous or...”.For some reason we equate being nice/kind/loving/religious/pious/filial with deserving of success or riches or fame. News flash, they’re completely different things!Anyways, short read, but expect to spend more than you would estimate on reading and understanding and internalising the words. I know I did 😁

Is a short read, however it goes down to earth and guide us readers to take action. I believe in self-control, everything that he said ( 1/3 of the time you'll be walking around the same spot over and over again) goes to de deepest points of your soul if you are looking to change something in your life.I was amazed by the way he addressed self development in a nutshell. It gives you a live worth of wisdom in less than a day to read. I would really recommend this book to someone that feels out of herself/himself, and is looking to check whether a decision or a circumstance is the reason to regret not having taken action on time.Pd: btw, this is my first review and I related everything from my current point on view. I'm open to comments or new insights that can help me understand different points of view. Thanks.

This book is definitely something I was looking for. I've had some problems in life, for all my life. Reading the book, I've realized what was in common of all my problems: wrong thoughts. I would never think to myself, that situation is much simpler as I thought at first: what you think and firmly believe in your mind, that you become. I was not a believer, I was never really trying to change my thoughts to something more positive or to something that I want to become. My thoughts were often completely uncontrolled, completely wild. I was living in the past, relieving some painful moments from my past over and over. Consequenlty, my every day reality was completely aligned with my thoughts and I was not as successfull as I could be. Sometimes those thougths become so strong, that I wasn't able to work and live normally. The book gave me most needed medicine: the Truth about the things. There was something that I've never tried: stirred effort to better thoughts, to thoughts of my own deepest desires, without fears and doubts which were constantly in my mind and preventing me from achieving success. I am still on my way, it' going to be a long way, till the end of my life. But thanks to this man - James Allen - who so brilliantly and shortly wrote the Truth I now know the path.

Good

Life teaching thoughts shared in very sumptuous ways. Tremendous help for anyone who wants to know your own decision making failure.

Most satisfying thing is the content is same as compared to its english version

I didn't realize how short this book was; I also didn't realize it was possible to pack so much insight into such a small book. I've only read it once, but this is a book I'll be keeping on regular rotation. Simple to read, but demands a contemplative effort and mindset.

The way its written can be hard to comprehend if English is not your first language !