
POWER & SUCCESS COLLECTION: The Secret Of Success, The Power Of Concentration, Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life, How To Read Human Nature, Practical Mental Influence and more (Annotated)
Enriched Edition.By William Walker AtkinsonLength24h 49m
About this audiobook
Power & Success Collection gathers William Walker Atkinson's most influential manuals of self-mastery, including The Secret of Success, The Power of Concentration, Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life, How to Read Human Nature, and Practical Mental Influence. Written in a direct, aphoristic, and instructional style, these works stand at the intersection of early twentieth-century self-help, New Thought metaphysics, practical psychology, and business culture, presenting the mind as an instrument to be trained for achievement, persuasion, and disciplined action. Atkinson was a lawyer, editor, prolific author, and central figure in the American New Thought movement, writing both under his own name and several pseudonyms. His personal recovery from professional collapse and ill health, often associated with his embrace of mental science, shaped his lifelong conviction that thought, will, and concentration could transform circumstance. His books reflect the era's fascination with psychology, character formation, and the hidden powers of personality. This collection is recommended for readers interested in the intellectual roots of modern success literature, motivational psychology, and mind-power traditions. Though some claims should be read historically, Atkinson's emphasis on attention, self-command, habit, and purposeful thinking remains provocative and unexpectedly practical.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A comprehensive Introduction outlines these selected works' unifying features, themes, or stylistic evolutions.
- A Historical Context section situates the works in their broader era—social currents, cultural trends, and key events that underpin their creation.
- A concise Synopsis (Selection) offers an accessible overview of the included texts, helping readers navigate plotlines and main ideas without revealing critical twists.
- A unified Analysis examines recurring motifs and stylistic hallmarks across the collection, tying the stories together while spotlighting the different work's strengths.
- Reflection questions inspire deeper contemplation of the author's overarching message, inviting readers to draw connections among different texts and relate them to modern contexts.
- Lastly, our hand‐picked Memorable Quotes distill pivotal lines and turning points, serving as touchstones for the collection's central themes.
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion
Length24 hrs 49 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 6, 2016
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Introduction
3Historical Context
4Synopsis (Selection)
5POWER & SUCCESS COLLECTION: The Secret Of Success, The Power Of Concentration, Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life, How To Read Human Nature, Practical Mental Influence and more
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6The Secret of Success
7The Individual
8Spiritedness
9Latent Powers
10Soul-Force
11The Power of Desire
12The Law of Attraction
13Personal Magnetism
14Attractive Personality
15An Afterword
16Preface
17Salutatory
18The Nature of the Force
19How the Thought Force Can Aid You
20Direct Psychic Influence
21A Little Wordly Wisdom
22The Power of the Eye
23The Magnetic Gaze
24The Volic Force
25Direct Volation
26Telepathic Volation
27The Adductive Quality of Thought
28Character Building By Mental Control
29The Art of Concentering
30The Practice of Concentering
31Valedictory
32Part I. Suggestion
33Chapter I. What is Suggestion?
34Chapter II. Suggestion of Authority.
35Chapter III. Suggestion of Habit and Repetition.
36Chapter IV. Suggestion of Imitation.
37Chapter V. Instances of Suggestion.
38Chapter VI. Suggestion in Business.
39Chapter VII. Suggestion and Character.
40Chapter VIII. Suggestion in Childhood.
41Part II. Therapeutic Suggestion
42Chapter IX. Suggestion and Health.
43Chapter X. Masked Suggestion.
44Chapter XI. Suggestive Therapeutics
45Chapter XII. Mental Cause and Cure.
46Chapter XIII. Therapeutic Suggestion.
47Chapter XIV. Suggestive Treatments.
48Chapter XV. "The New Method."
49Part III. Auto-Suggestion
50Chapter XVI. Auto-Suggestion.