As A Man Thinketh Summary And Review

As A Man Thinketh Summary And Review

Hey guys, what’s up? It’s Matt Hale with operationawesomelife.com. Today, I’m going to record a video on As A Man Thinketh Summary And Review.

[Video Transcript] As A Man Thinketh is a book written by James Allen. If you guys haven’t read it, I would highly, highly recommend reading this book. It Really is an incredible read and a fast read. I actually read it twice today because I received that much value out of it. I would highly recommend you guys invest the short amount of time to check this book out. It’s a classic, and it’s got some real awesome points in it.

With that being said, I’m going to do my best to summarize the book as quickly as possible and hit on the major points that I extracted out of it.  The points that I think will be the most help for you guys. So let’s get right down into it.

The first thing that I noticed is that James Allen talks an awful lot about dreaming lofty dreams, and he even goes so far as to say that we should cherish our dreams, and guard them. Be on constant guard against doubt and fear, and worry, and really to constantly be nurturing our positive thoughts, energy and especially our lofty thoughts.

James Allen Says Dreamers Are Saviors Of The World

He said lofty thoughts are that of dreamers, and he also said that dreamers are the savior of our world. He references Columbus, and he says that before America, Columbus had no clue that there was America. Before discovering it, he had only a vision that America existed, and others thought that he was crazy, but he kept strong to his lofty goal, and his lofty vision. He continued to visualize America and seeking out America, and lo and behold, he actually was able to find ti.  That is some pretty powerful stuff, really deep, but incredibly inspiring.

Another James Allen talks about is that you attract that which you already are. A lot of times, we’re trying to get something that we don’t have. The trouble is, we’re not in the same harmony with the thing that we’re trying to get.

If you think about that, a lot of times when we’re trying to get something new in our life, we’re trying to obtain something or reach a new level, we often feel out of harmony with that thing because we don’t have it. The trick is, we need to feel in harmony as if we already have it. We need to trick our brain and do things that make us think we already have it. We need to affirm to our self and act as if it’s already in our possession.

Become That Which You Desire To Be

If you want to be in better shape, do things that people in better shape are doing. If you want to be more financially secure, do things that make you feel that way. Go places that make you feel that way. Be around people that make you feel that way. Whatever you have to do, to put yourself in harmony with that thing you want in your life.

He also touches on how through changing our thoughts, we can rapidly transform and change our life. Which is good news because all of us want rapid change, right?  I really think James Allen is onto something when he says that we can create rapid change, just by changing our thoughts. If you think about it, our thoughts are our perception of the world. If you perceive the world to be how you want the world to be, then it would only make sense that you would get the things you want to get. I think that makes perfect sense to me.

James Allen On Self-Discipline And Self-Sacrifice

Another thing I wanted to talk about is self-discipline and sacrifice. James Allen talks a lot about self-discipline and sacrifice. He doesn’t always come right out and say it, but it was a constant theme that I kept noticing.  Furthermore, he said a person that’s always constantly thinking about beastly indulgences cannot in become successful, because their focus is constantly on these indulgences, instead of on doing the things, making the sacrifices, having the self-discipline that they need to have, so that they can get the thing that they want to.

He goes on to say that anything that is at a high level, any lofty vision or dream, to get it, sacrifices must be made. You don’t have to sacrifice everything, but some sacrifices are going to have to be made.

Failure Is A Must If You Want To Succeed

I also want to hit on a point by reading this excerpt from the book to you guys, because I thought it was really powerful. He said “a man that fails, again and again, to accomplish his purpose, as he necessarily must until weakness is overcome, the strength and character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph.”

That is so powerful because if you think about it, a lot of times we’re so afraid to fail. We don’t want to fail, and so because we don’t want to fail, we avoid things we should be doing. What he’s saying here, essentially is, you must fail. If you want to succeed, you must fail. If you don’t fail, you’re not trying, and you’re not going to succeed. You must fail and continue to fail. That’s a necessary process in getting where you want to go. I thought that was a really awesome point.

Taking Action On Vision And Outgrowing Circumstances

Here’s a story that I wanted to read you guys as well, real quick from the book. “Here’s a youth, in a workshop. Uneducated and lacking refinement, but he dreams of something better. He conceives of an ideal condition of life. This vision takes possession of him, and urges him into action, and he utilizes all his spare time and means to the development of his latent powers and resources. Very soon, his mind is so altered, that the workshop can no longer hold him. It has become so out of harmony with his mentality, that it falls out of his life as a garment cast aside. With the growth of opportunities, which fit the scoop of his expanding powers, he passes out of it forever.”

That point is just amazing. It honestly gives me the chills, because it’s so good. He sits there and tell us blatantly, that if you will only rise, if you only improve yourself and if you will only take it upon yourself to become better than your current circumstances, your current circumstances will no longer be able to hold you down, or keep you locked up. Because you will eventually outgrow those circumstances to the point where you explode through them, and overtake them, and never go back to them.

Final Thoughts On As A Man Thinketh

I hope you guys have loved this small little As A Man Thinketh Summary And Review. I hope you extracted a lot of powerful thoughts and ideas out of this. Like I said once again, amazing book, As A Man Thinketh, by James Allen. If you guys haven’t read it, I would highly recommend doing that.

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