Re: ...Paul G. Thomas

Gordon,

My neighbor has reprinted, in hard copy (paperback), a book called "The Master Key" by Charles F Haanel.

Apart from the usual metaphysical undertones found in the book, and in books like "Riches Within Your Reach", "Think and Grow Rich" etc., this book gives you, the reader, exercises to perform to HELP you achieve the ability of belief.

Exercises to help you gain control of your body and mind and help you gain the ability to focus.

This version/edition of the book (British Empire Edition), written BEFORE "Think and Grow Rich" and not reprinted by anyone else, was apparantly banned by the Catholic Church (reading it I can see why). AND, it delves into the HOW and WHY it works. Backed by scientific reasons.

Originally it was sold as a weekly course in twenty four parts. But in its book form it's all there for you to go through in one hit. Of course, it has the recommendation that you shouldn't go through all 352 pages in one go, but instead go through it a chapter a week. This is so you DO each exercise every day for a week before going on to the next exercise.

It's not full of entrepreneurial examples like my Yellow and Green 1963 copy of "Think and Grow Rich". And my neighbor tells me Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich - The Master Key" is a scaled down rip-off of Charles Haanel's "The Master Key."

Not having read Hill's version I can't say whether that's the case or not. But if Haanel's book came out first you'd at least have to wonder.

While the book (The Master Key) is itself all right, I feel the TIME asked of the reader is something that won't ever be complied with.

Twenty four weeks is a long time to learn a basic skill before being able to apply it fully.

And this is where I see the SQ1 excels. I'd rather spend a few hours on something, and be able to apply it while spending those few hours, than the alternative - read a book in one hit, cause you just know that's what everyone will do anyway, think "how cool" and then be faced with six months of practice-time.

Michael Ross.