Wallace D. Wattles (1860–1911) was an American New Thought writer whose ideas on prosperity, mental discipline, and creative thinking have been quoted, adapted, and rediscovered by every generation of personal-development authors since. Though he remained personally obscure during his lifetime, his work has never gone out of print — most famously The Science of Getting Rich, the slim but radical 1910 manifesto that has influenced everyone from Earl Nightingale to the modern wave of success and abundance teachers.
Wattles' core conviction was startlingly direct: there is a Science of Getting Rich, and it can be studied and applied like any other science. Wealth, in his framework, begins with a clear vision held in the mind, sustained by gratitude, and acted upon through deliberate, focused effort. He insisted that thinking and acting in a "Certain Way" — purposefully, gratefully, and in harmony with creative rather than competitive principles — would produce results as reliably as the laws of nature. These ideas planted the seeds for nearly a century of motivational literature on success consciousness.
Nightingale-Conant carries forward Wattles' work for listeners who want to study the original blueprint behind so much of today's success teaching. The Science of Getting Rich IN ACTION takes his classic principles and translates them into practical, step-by-step application — a chance to engage directly with one of the foundational voices of the modern prosperity-thinking tradition.
The Science of Getting Rich IN ACTION