To achieve long term success, you must keep going when things get tough, and avoid losing focus when the going is good. That’s easier said than done though! Which is why you need a guiding philosophy. Without it, even highly skilled and talented people have failed.

When inevitable “tests” of qualities like endurance and integrity came, they had nothing to draw on e.g. successful people who fell to scandals. Those who (re) discover or use it, however recover e.g. Tiger Woods. This article describes a time tested philosophy that has helped millions across the world – which you can also use.

A Time Tested Philosophy That Yields Balanced Success

This philosophy is contained in a free e-book titled “Science of Getting Rich”(SOGR) – authored by Donald Wattles in the early 1900s.

Keep in mind that “riches” mentioned go beyond material possessions, to include good (physical, mental and emotional) health, relationships, spiritual well being etc. YOU are to achieve success in all those dimensions. Nature abhors imbalance.

It was in 2002 that I first got a copy of the SOGR PDF e-book.

I will confess that when I first read it, nothing happened. There was no mind blowing revelation.

This happened because – as Napoleon Hill said in “Think and Grow Rich” – I was not ready for the truth.

(This may also be your experience at first – but keep it with you, and one day you will be ready).

Fast forward one year after I started my business (i.e. 2003), and I was – ready that is.

I’d received my baptism of fire from the University of Hard Knocks as a start-up entrepreneur. And I was looking for help and answers – to many challenges I faced.

So I read everything: James Cook’s “Start-up Entrepreneur”, Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”, and other books, including countless articles on the web.

Then one day I stumbled on the CDROM (given to me at a conference I attended the year before) containing the SOGR e-book.

This time around the words in the e-book came alive to me. By the time I devoured the first chapter on the PC, I knew I had to have it in print.

TIP: I suggest you do the same. Download and print out your copy of this free e-book. Then use a highlight pen to mark blocks of text you wish to recall.

I’ve since given the e-book to more people than I can remember.

NB: This is not a religious thing. And it does not require changing your religious preference in any way. If anything, it will complement it. When you read the book, you’ll see what I mean.

Here’s what I’ve (so far) learnt from applying the SOGR successfully in my life and business…and from sharing what I learnt with others so they can do the same:

1. There Is No Room for Doubts or Biases

The SOGR will work for you, IF you apply it with what the author called “ABSOLUTE and UNQUESTIONING FAITH“.

Wattles states the above as a fundamental requirement. It won’t work if you don’t do it!

So, dispense with any doubts or biases – and grab this with both hands.

2. Do It Right, and You’ll Experience Many Useful “Coincidences”

Something amazing will begin to happen when you diligently do it. The emphasis on “diligently” is deliberate.

Strange – but pleasant – coincidences (benefits you seek, when most needed!) will occur often.

Others who use the SOGR have reported similar experiences for decades. The uninitiated will marvel at your unusual ability to harvest “good fortune” in seemingly hopeless situations.

This true story proves some of us even unconsciously apply SOGR. The book will equip us to do it more deliberately, for more predictable results.

It takes some doing, but it works. You simply need to do it consistently.

This is no exaggeration. Over 10 years of applying this philosophy to better achieve my goals, makes me say this with conviction. Lord knows I would not have gotten this far, doing what I do, without the SOGR!

3. Continually Visualise What You Want, Even When the Opposite Is Your Current Reality

Years of re-reading this book, have led to certain blocks of text in it being imprinted in my memory.

Whenever I need an inspirational boost in the face of adversity (e.g. unforeseen challenges in a new country), I draw on this mental reserve. It enables me continue THINKING and ACTING in the CERTAIN WAY as prescribed in the book.

The following is a quote I took from that “reserve” in sharing on this subject with someone in a recent discussion:

“To think riches in the midst of the appearances of poverty requires power…But whoever acquires this power becomes a master mind…He can conquer fate, and have whatever he wants.”

The above excerpts will be found, if I recall correctly, in Chapter One.

Memorize them.

They will provide valuable inspiration when you most need it. Believe me. I’ve been there!

4. How to Get Started With the SOGR, & Make Useful Progress

Visit Rebecca Fine’s SOGR website to download your copy (join the forums too).

Read the book repeatedly. Aim to know most parts by heart. That way, anytime you need to drink from its deep well of wisdom, you will be able to do so literally at will.

You’re bound to make rapid progress in using the SOGR when you do this.

For even better results, make notes you can consult, and also build a CMI (i.e. “Clear Mental Image”) of your desired outcome.

Read Rebecca Fine’s “What the heck is a CMI ?” in the forums.

5. Signs That Will Confirm You’re Doing It Right

Please understand that the SOGR is not a promise of overnight success.

You will reap the benefits you seek if you follow the prescribed steps. How well you do that (and how ready your creator determines you are to move to the next stage), will determine your rate of progress.

a. The most important sign that you’re doing it right, will be the peace of mind you’ll suddenly discover to be yours.

This will be a direct outcome of you understanding the eternal truth that there is no scarcity. That only abundance exists for you.

In essence, you’ll know you need not compete, or hurry, to get what you want.

b. Another sign will be the earlier mentioned coincidences.

I stopped believing in coincidences when I began using the SOGR.

You will also discover that coincidences you experience are not normal. As the book promises – they will be solutions created and delivered to you from “your creator”, in response to your diligently thinking and acting in the certain way.

c. All the additional nice benefits you seek in life will ultimately make their way to you, as long as you continue to do it right.

I wish you well as you begin to use the SOGR.

PS: Go get the life changing PDF e-book now – it’s free.

PPS: And here’s an admonition from the author worth bearing in mind as you begin: “Do not…get into arguments upon the matter.” – Donald Wattles

PPPS: Lastly, I remind you that the SOGR is not a religious philosophy. And it does not require changing your religious preference in any way. If anything, it complements it. When you read it, you’ll see what I mean!