As a Man Thinketh (version 2)

This is a book about the radical power of what happens inside your own mind. Written in 1902 but feeling remarkably urgent today, James Allen argues that we are not passive creatures buffeted by circumstance. We are the architects of our own souls, and everything we become begins with a thought. Allen writes with the precision of a philosopher and the warmth of a spiritual counselor, exploring how noble thinking elevates while petty thinking diminishes. He shows that character is not given but earned, built thought by thought, choice by choice. The world around you, he insists, is merely the mirror of what's happening within. This is a slim volume, barely an hour's read, but it contains the seed of a complete transformation. For anyone who's ever suspected that their circumstances might be a story they're telling themselves, this book offers both a challenge and a liberation.