The Path to Prosperity

by James Allen

Overview

Being one of James Allen's earliest works, this book will guide you towards the proverbial road to financial wealth. The "Path of Prosperity" highlights the necessity of self-realization, because every human being is capable of building a path of prosperity that will help him attain success in all his endeavors.
"What you are, so is your world" said James Allen. His books have been a primary source of inspiration and still today he's able to motivate people everywhere. In this book attributing 'prosperity' as a personal characteristic, the author guides the readers to plunge deeper in one's mindset to identify the evils and focus on bettering oneself.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940185629321
Publisher:	Ebooks World Editor
Publication date:	12/29/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	308 KB

About the Author

James Allen (1864 – 1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work: "As a Man Thinketh", has been mass-produced since its publication in 1902. It has been a source of inspiration to motivational and self-help authors. Away from school, James was happy to be alone with his books, curled up beside the fire, with his father sitting opposite in an armchair also engrossed in a book. In 1879, following a downturn in the textile trade of central England, Allen's father travelled alone to America to find work and establish a new home for the family. Within two days of arriving his father was pronounced dead at New York City Hospital, believed to be a case of robbery and murder. At age fifteen, with the family now facing economic disaster, Allen was forced to leave school and find work.
After nine years of factory life and various industrial jobs, James felt impelled to leave Leicester, and at the age of twenty five he made the decision ‘to move south’. For much of the 1890s, he worked as a private secretary and stationer in several British manufacturing firms. In 1893 Allen moved to London and later to South Wales, earning his living by journalism and reporting. In South Wales he met Lily Louisa Oram (Lily L. Allen) whom he then wed in 1895. In 1898 Allen found an occupation in which he could showcase his spiritual and social interests as a writer for the magazine: "The Herald of the Golden Age". At this time, Allen entered a creative period where he then published his first of many books, "From Poverty to Power" (1901). In 1902 Allen began to publish his own spiritual magazine: "The Light of Reason", later retitled: "The Epoch". In 1903, Allen published his third and most famous book "As a Man Thinketh". The book's minor audience allowed Allen to quit his secretarial work and pursue his writing and editing career. In 1903, the Allen family retired to the town of Ilfracombe where Allen would spend the rest of his life. Continuing to publish the "Epoch", Allen produced more than one book per year until his death in 1912. There he wrote for nine years, producing 19 works. Following his death in 1912, his wife continued publishing the magazine under the name "The Epoch". Lily Allen summarised her husband's literary mission in the preface to one of his posthumously published manuscripts: "Foundation Stones to Happiness and Success".