A Rich Man's Secret a Rich Man's Secret: An Amazing Formula for Success an Amazing Formula for Success

by Ken Roberts

Book Overview

It's the key to wealth and wisdom. It's an intriguing mystery. It's a novel that will fascinate and educate. It's "A Rich Man's Secret "by Ken Roberts. Ken Roberts spent years studying self-help... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1567185800
• ISBN13: 9781567185805
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: Llewellyn Publications
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

For the seeker in you.

This is a story about a man named Victor who didn't know his place in the world. He was selling life insurance to earn a living but knew there was something better for him, something he was seeking that would fulfill him. Him self-doubts caused him to continually compare himself to others, and his self-talked was a never-ending barrage of criticism. He felt guilty that he could not support his wife the way he desired and that she was stuck with such a loser. The story starts with them planning a trip that his wife had won from her real estate company-to his deep shame. At the end of the story he finds peace and happiness and true freedom. The upshot is that we live enslaved by our thoughts. We are either thinking over the past with regret or longing or worried about the future. We search our mind to find answers to all our questions, but our mind can only dredge up old thoughts and programming. Or it can project itself into an imagined future. Neither holds an answer. (If it did, you'd be exactly where you want to be in life.) When you release your mind and thoughts, and dwell in the present moment, you open yourself to receive wisdom "from above." Some call this intuition, some call this the higher self, and some call it God or the universe. Perhaps it's just clarity.In practical application, next time you're upset about something, stop, bring yourself to the present, and ask "What am I upset about?" It's probably something that happened to you earlier or some future that you're imagining. You've gotten agitated and thrown your body and spirit into chaos because your mind won't shut up! You have spoiled the present living in the past or the future. Now think about the last time you drove home from work? Do you remember the drive or were you so lost in thought that you entered a hypnotic state and got home on programming? You were asleep.I can't begin to say how glad I am I stumbled upon this book. I have already reaped enormous benefits from stilling my thoughts and refusing to allow them to poison my present. I never realized how much I have allowed my mind to control my present experience and poison it. I didn't know any other way. I highly recommend this book to those seeking release from mental chaos and uncertainty.

A RULE TO LIVE BY, A BOOK TO READ MANY TIMES.

After reading the previous reviews, it seems that several people misunderstood the messages in this book. Ken Roberts wasn't talking commodities or giving you a clear-cut road map to wealth, he provided you with a foundation to build off of, "Take the first step, no more, no less, and the next one will be revealed." If you don't try, if you never take that first step, you will never know what awaits you. This book is well written and worth it's weight in gold, remember it's a foundation that can be applied to almost any decision in life. You can't get rich by reading a book, but you can extract the messages given and apply what you like to your life in an attempt to improve your life style and perhaps the end result may be personal wealth through all the knowledge you have acquired. Good luck, this book is a great tool to add in your box for success.

Don't walk,run and get this book

I've read all the success books,Stephen Covey,Zig Zigler,Tony Robbins,I could go on and on,they were all exiteing to read,there was only one problem,if you've read them,you know what I'm talking about,the exitement always turns to dispair when the formula fails,If you want to know why,if you want to sit back and watch a higher power come and kick the crap out of all your problems and fears,start with this book then read everything you can get your hands on by Guy Finely and Vernon Howard.It takes time,but with this formula,you can, experience true magic.Forget the bad reviews,those people had the secret of life in their hands and diden't even know it.

Its one great promise was that I learnt something.

I have just finished reading this book and would like to make a few comments. I believe the message that Ken Roberts is trying to get across is a very important one - do not let negative thoughts and emotional urges cloud your thinking and actions. However, emotions are an important facet and make-up of our existence - to have emotions is to experience life. In esssence, Roberts' philosophy is not a message of total zombie-like emotionless existence, but that we should, and as a result of trying to control our thoughts and actions, especially those that impact negatively, would live life with greater awareness and in turn, prosperity. We would view life and its events from "higher level" where the truth is always revealed. That is, watch, don't react and learn, and the next action to take will always be the right action. Make sense?In essence, it is all about "leaving your thoughts behind". Roberts' message is an important one, but there are many other factors just as vital to achieving happiness, wisdom and prosperity, which really, is a result of the former. In all, a good read that was recieved warmly and understood.

This book literally changed my life and the way I think!

Easy to read and thoroughly absorbing from start to finish. If you are a "seeker" of a better you, it is a MUST READ. The ideas that "you are not your thoughts" and that by bringing yourself to the present ("now") allows the "spirit" (my interpretation) to whisper truths to you have made a significant impact on the way I behave. It has payed great dividends for me in my personal life and business. How could I not have know this already? I have questioned this many times and I can't answer it except that I read it at the right time in my life. Maybe its the right time in your life too. Try it and good luck!!! Read it several times...I continue to read and re-read it.