In order to receive his own when it shall come to him, man must be active; and this activity can only consist in more than filling his present place. He must keep in mind the Purpose to get rich through the realization of his mental image. And he must do, every day, all that can be done that day, taking care to do each act in a successful manner. He must give to every man a use value in excess of the cash value he receives, so that each transaction makes for more life; and he must so hold the Advancing Thought that the impression of increase will be communicated to all with whom he comes in contact.

The last part of the science of getting rich, according to Wallace Wattles, consists in opening up a channel to receive all the riches we asked for. We are to fill more than our place. Doing every action with riches in mind and give more use value than we receive in money in return.

How? Simply by keeping our mind on it. We need to do this for every person we meet, so we should give, even if we do not receive anything. In Buddhism, they have the practice of ‘being the Buddha’. I think Wattles means something similar:

Feel like being rich, healthy and great!

One of the things to keep in mind for this, is our posture: a great person does not slouch. He walks upright, with a dignified posture, but not condescending.

I like to smile at people. They like this. I smile with my lips, but especially with my eyes. People tend to respond very well to this. They even start to have small conversations with me (which never happened before).

The part on doing everything one can do in a perfect way is also a very difficult one for me. I like to touch and learn and experience as many different things as I possibly can. But that tends to backfire. I know something of many things, but I do not do many things very well. It means we have a handicap in almost every discipline.

It is also a good habit to do one thing at the time. Multi-tasking often results in not doing most of the things on the list, and when they are done, they are not done correctly. It is one of those areas in my life that need improvement. But we are getting there …

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