Continuing our journey from last week, we will move into the 2nd chapter of “The Science of Getting Rich” by Wallace D. Wattles.
As in the pervious week, below you will find a series of question which you may like to consider in reflection of the content covered in the second chapter.
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The Science of Getting Rich Study Questions – Week 2
Q1) How may a person get rich with mathematical certainty?
Q2) What causes the ownership of money and property?
Q3) In relation to Q2, what happens if you do so, and what happens if you don’t?
Q4) Explain how getting rich is not a matter of location.
Q5) Explain how getting rich is not a matter of talent.
Q6) Explain how getting rich is not a matter of saving or thrift.
Q7) Explain how getting rich is not a matter of doing things that are neglected or overlooked by others.
Q8) Explain how getting rich is not a matter of the right business or the right profession.
Q9) What type of business or vocation will you tend to do best in?
Q10) Do you need to change businesses or careers to get rich? Why?
Q11) Explain the benefit of capital and what you should do if you don’t have any.
Chapter 2 There is a Science of Getting Rich
Review Chapter 2 of The Science of Getting Rich below.
Join us next week for a study of Chapter 3.
Day 1
Q1) A person may get rich with mathematical certainty through the application of the Science of Getting Rich as it is an exact science for which there are certain laws that govern acquiring riches which once learned and obeyed, and man or woman can get rich with mathematical certainty.
Q2) The ownership of money and property come through doing things in a certain way which is aligned with the laws behind the Science of Getting Rich. It doesn’t matter if you know that you are doing these things in this certain way or not, all that matters is that you are. Faith is the key.
Q3) If you do these things in a certain way, you will get rich. If you do not, you will not get rich regardless of how hard you work. Like cause produces like effect, and in such, the need to be in harmony with these laws is unnegotiable.
Q4) Getting rich is not a matter of location or environment, if it were, you would find all of the rich people come from the same neighborhoods. Getting rich is connected to being in the right place to execute a market opportunity though. So, that is to say that it doesn’t matter where you come from as long as you are prepared to go to where you need to so you can execute on market opportunities. Be where there are people to deal with, and be inclined to deal with those people who wish to deal with you. Learn how to do things in a certain way. Learn how those who succeed are doing things, and follow their lead. Success leaves clues. One may get rich in the same environment as where another fails. This can be said of two people being in the same business, in the same area. So, your location is not inherently exclusive to riches. If anybody in my town can get rich, so can I. If anybody in my state can get rich, so can I.
Q5) Getting rich is not a matter of talent, if it were, only talented people would be rich, yet many people who have great talent remain poor. Men and women with less talent can and do become richer than those who already have talent.
Q6) Getting rich is not a matter of saving or thrift, if it were, only those who are capable of saving will ever get rich. Riches also come to those who spend freely. This is where the mindset of abundance plays a key part. Behaving like there is always going to be more than enough attracts riches in that it opens your mind to the idea of riches, where being tight with money narrows the focus to cutting back. The poverty mindset pushes riches away with its energy.
Q7) It does not a matter if you do things that are neglected or overlooked by others as these are not required to be given attention to in order to get rich. People who overlook things still get rich where others dot every i and cross every t. Talented people and untalented people get rich. Intelligent people and unintelligent people get rich. The ability to do your work meticulously is not on it’s own in harmony with the laws behind the Science of Getting Rich.
Q8) Getting rich is not a matter of the right business or the right profession as there are plenty of examples of the right businesses in the right places failing for one while another succeeds. What matters is the ability to do certain things in a certain way.
Q9) The type of business or vocation I tend to do best in is the type that I have capacity to execute upon with optimal value based outcomes for me, my business, and my Customers.
Q10) There is no need to change businesses or careers to get rich as the vehicle is not what matters on it’s own. Getting rich is not primarily about the business or vocation. It is about the application of the laws of success within the business or vocation.
Q11) The benefit of capital helps with being able to more promptly execute in dealings that attract riches. Capital that can be deployed into a venture will return a positive outcome when done in line with the laws behind the Science of Getting Rich. If you have no capital, you can get capital.
Day 2
Q1) Through applying the laws within the Science of Getting Rich and operating from faith that the fundamental statements as acted upon without fear or hesitation will see a man or woman get rich with mathematical certainty.
Q2) The causes the ownership of money and property is found in the holding to the faith that the laws within the Science of Getting Rich are true and their delivery certain. To entertain even the slightest of thoughts to the contrary is counterproductive in that faith the size of a mustard seed can move a mountain. If all you see is faith and it is simply the size of a mustard seed, then all you see is 100% faith. This, and the application of the self to the required tasks will see the ownership of money and property come to fruition.
Q3) If you focus only on the laws within the Science of Getting Rich, and apply yourself with faith in the fundamental truths in this certain way, you will infallibly get rich. On the other side of the coin, if you do not, you will not.
Q4) Getting rich is not a matter of location in that when two men or women in the same business, in the same neighborhood, have differing outcomes, and one gets rich while the other gets poor or remains bankrupt, the only indicative point of difference is in how they do what they do.
Q5) Getting rich is not a matter of talent in that very talented people remain poor, while there are plenty of examples of rich people who have no comparable talents.
Q6) Getting rich is not a matter of saving or thrift in that many men and women who are free spenders get rich, while others who are conservative with their spending remain poor. Operating with an abundance mindset is something that echoes the point made with the mustard seed illustration. What you focus on expands. If you focus on surplus and abundance, you will see more examples of this around you. If you focus on lack, you will attract this and see more evidence of this around you.
Q7) Getting rich is not a matter of doing things that are neglected or overlooked by others in that very intelligent people can be found who do not get rich, while there are ample situations that can be found where men and women who are not of the same intelligence are far richer. Doing things that are neglected or overlooked is of no consequence when doing things in a certain way.
Q8) Getting rich is not a matter of the right business or the right profession in that you can change things about your current business or profession to attract riches in line with the laws in the Science of Getting Rich. You may be in the right business or vocation, but in the wrong locality, or serving the wrong market. Simple changes in line with the laws spoken of can attract riches through serving people where they have a need in a certain way. If you help enough people, through application of the laws within the Science of Getting rich in your business or vocation get what they want, you will inevitably get what you want.
Q9) I will tend to do best in the type of business or vocation that brings value to those who are my Customers which I can deliver goods and services to through doing things in a certain way which causes success.
Q10) There is no need to change businesses or careers to get rich unless the business or career is one that is by nature of it’s necessity void or fallible, meaning, selling ice to Eskimos is arguably not the most commercially viable of strategies. Systemic redundancy requires thought to be given to the vehicle in terms of general limitations. Remembering that success leaves clues, it is easy to find opportunities, as long as you are prepared to learn how to look for the clues. Do things in a certain way so that you too can succeed.
Q11) The benefit of capital are that it allows for a quicker ability to execute on dealings. If capital is something that is not possessed, this can be obtained when things are done in a certain way in line with the laws outlined in the Science of Getting Rich through the faith that like causes produce like effects.
Day 3
Q1) A man or woman may get rich with mathematical certainty? by learning and obeying the certain laws which govern the process of acquiring riches.
Q2) The doing of things in the Certain Way causes the ownership of money and property. Like causes always produce like effects.
Q3) If you do things in the Certain Way regardless of if it by accident or intentional you will get rich, and so if you don’t do things in the Certain Way you will not. Regardless of how hard you work, or how able you are, riches will not come to you if you don not do things in the Certain Way.
Q4) Getting rich is not a matter of location or environment, if it were, all those who are rich would be found in the same neighborhoods. Being in a suitable location matters in as much as there need to be people for you to deal with in the Certain Way in order to get rich.
Q5) Getting rich is not a matter of talent as there are very capable and talented people who are rich, much the same as there are untalented people who are rich. What matters is the doing of things in the Certain Way.
Q6) Getting rich is not a matter of saving or thrift as there are thrifty people who are rich, much the same as there are people who are not as conservative and spend easily who are rich too. What matters is the doing of things in the Certain Way.
Q7) Getting rich is not a matter of doing things that are neglected or overlooked by others in as much as two men or women in the same business, in the same area who do the same things in their business can have varying results. One can get rich, while the other does not. The difference between them being the doing of things in the Certain Way.
Q8) Getting rich is not a matter of the right business or the right profession, however, it matters that you like and find pleasing what you do. This will influence your energy, and the vibration of your output. Your market will intuitively pick up on this, and they will know in their core if they like dealing with you or not. This and the doing of things in the Certain Way within your business or profession is what matters.
Q9) The type of business or vocation I will tend to do best in is one that I have an ability for, or can learn to have an ability for, along with it being pleasing and enjoyable to do. Feeling that what I do is of value and that the purpose matters is key. I do it because I love doing it.
Q10) There is no direct need to change businesses or careers to get rich. Application of effort and energy in doing things in the Certain Way can change the trajectory. Cases where changes may be necessary is where the need for the business or career is redundant or irreversibly disrupted is the only immediate instigator for change. Typically, most business undertakings done in a market where there is a need for them are sustainable. When they are done in the Certain Way, this is where one attains riches.
Q11) The benefit of capital brings with it the ability to execute on the attaining of things in life to develop and live fully. If capital is not something that is on hand and available there are ways of getting capital. By working in your business or profession and adhering to doing things the the Certain Way you will attract the capital necessary to attain the things required to develop and live fully.
Day 4
Q1) A man or a woman may get rich with mathematical certainty through understanding and obeying the laws within the Science of Getting Rich and doing things in the Certain Way.
Q2) It is the doing of things in this Certain Way that causes the ownership of money and property.
Q3) If the way of doing things is within the Certain Way, riches will come. If they are done in a way that is not the Certain Way then riches will not come.
Q4) Getting rich is not a matter of location in that a man or a woman who is in the same neighborhood as another, and in the same business field as another, and they do not get rich while their neighbor does, this is because they have not done things in the Certain Way.
Q5) By the same logic, getting rich is not a matter of talent as talented men and women who do not do things in the Certain Way do not attract riches, while those who do things in the Certain Way attract riches. The same can be said for those who have attained riches but had little talent when they have done things in the Certain Way.
Q6) Getting rich is not a matter of saving or thrift in that both men and women who do not do things in the Certain Way but save diligently fail to become rich, while men and women who are just as focused on their portfolio, and those who are more relaxed with their spending, but do things in the Certain Way become rich.
Q7) Getting rich is not a matter of doing things that are neglected or overlooked by others. These neglected or overlooked things may not be the things that matter. What does matter is the what is to be done is done in the Certain Way. Looking for examples of where others doing the same things as you, but finding better success is a good way to begin your investigation into how you can better do things in the Certain Way.
Q8) Getting rich is not a matter of the right business or the right profession as there are plenty of examples of men and women who are in the same business, or the same workplace, who have varying levels of success and capacity to attract riches. The differentiator between them is in their ability to do tings in the Certain Way in order to attract riches.
Q9) The type of business or vocation that one will tend to do best in is likely the one that they are already in. Additional to that being in a business or profession that is suited to you, one which you enjoy and fins a sense of purpose in, one which your Customers find value in, you can attract riches in these through like cause with like effects by doing things in the Certain Way. Being of value to your Customers is a way to ensure you attract their business. Being of value to your Employer is a way to ensure you attract better opportunities at work.
Q10) There may be no need to change businesses or careers to get rich. Riches will come when things are done in the Certain Way when dealing with others who are inclined to deal with me in a manner that I find appealing. Putting my hand to the things that I already have skills and knowledge in provides a better start than needing to learn something completely foreign. Change in this is only really necessary for consideration if there is no calling for what I have to offer the marketplace at that time.
Q11) The benefit of capital provides a platform to begin developing and living life to the full as having capital is a product of becoming rich. If capital is not on hand it can be obtained through doing things in the Certain Way.
Day 5
Q1) A man or woman may get rich with mathematical certainty by doing things in the Certain Way which are through following the laws that govern this.
Q2) Doing things in the Certain Way causes the ownership of money and property.
Q3) If you do things in the Certain Wat then riches will come to you. If you do not do things in the Certain Way, then riches will not come to you.
Q4) Getting rich is not a matter of location. If it were, then everyone in the location in question would get rich without any other consideration. However, two men or women who are in the same location, in the same neighborhood, in the same business type, will have different outcomes with regard to their ability to attain riches with the differentiator being the way in which they do things. The one who does things in the Certain Way will gain riches, while the one who does not, will not.
Q5) For the same reason as to location, getting rich is not a matter of talent. Extremely talented people can be rich or poor. It is not the talent that matters, it is the way in which they do things.
Q6) Getting rich is not a matter of saving or thrift for the same reason also. Men and women who save can be either very rich, or just able to save. An men and women who spend easily are able to get rich as it is not about their saving capability. It is about the way in which they do things. The doing of things in the Certain Way is what attracts riches.
Q7) Getting rich is not a matter of doing things that are neglected or overlooked by others. As important as it is to be diligent in business, dotting every I and crossing every T is a matter of ensuring compliance and attention to what really is limited to operational detail. Doing the other things in business in the certain Way is what causes you and your business to stand out within the market.
Q8) Getting rich is not a matter of the right business or the right profession as two men or women can be in the same business or profession and one can be very rich while the other is not. The difference being that one does things in the Certain Way, either knowingly or unknowingly, and the other does not.
Q9) The type of business or vocation I will tend to do best in is one that I already have skills and knowledge within, and a penchant for. If it brings me a sense of happiness and fulfillment I am inclined to do it for reasons other than money, and this feeling is picked up on by my Customers. The doing of things in the Certain Way is what matters here.
Q10) There may be no need to change businesses or careers to get rich unless there is absolutely zero market demand for what I have. If there is a market demand, or one can be found and nurtured, then this can be carried out in the Certain Way.
Q11) The benefit of capital, when it is on hand, is that it shortcuts the path to getting what is needed to develop as detailed in Chapter 1 and enables the ability to seek development and the unfolding of the talents and the soul. If capital is not on hand, it can be obtained by doing things in the Certain Way in the current business or vocation.
Day 6
Q1) A man or woman may get rich with mathematical certainty when they do things in the Certain way according to the laws within the Science of getting Rich. These are Universal laws, which, when all things that are done in the Certain Way are in harmony with these laws and riches then come.
Q2) The causes the ownership of money and property is the doing of things in the Certain Way.
Q3) If you do things in the Certain Way, riches will naturally come, and if you don’t, they won’t.
Q4) Getting rich is not a matter of location. Two men or women in the same town and the same neighborhood, both engaged in the same type of business can have different outcomes. One can find riches while the other does not. This is not a consequence of location, but a consequence of the doing of things in the Certain Way.
Q5) Likewise, getting rich is not a matter of talent. Very talented and not so talented men and women can get rich. The matter is not a question of talent, but of how things are done.
Q6) The same can be said about the men and women who focus on saving or thrift. Getting rich is not aligned with these abilities, and in some cases, they amplification of their characteristics can result in a miserly attitude, which them resonates with a counterproductive vibration to that of doing things in the Certain Way. Abundance does not require one to act as if the supply is limited and needs to be horded away.
Q7) Getting rich is not a matter of doing things that are neglected or overlooked by others as there are those who do all the things required of them, but fail to get rich. It is a matter of how things are done. When they are done in the Certain Way, riches will come.
Q8) Neither is getting rich is a matter of the right business or the right profession. Two men or women in the same business or the same profession can have different outcomes. One can get rich, while the other does not. The process of getting rich is aligned with the doing of things in the Certain Way.
Q9) The type of business or vocation I will tend to do best in? is the one that I have a natural liking for. One that I find enjoyment in the doing of. One that I believe brings value for those that I serve through what I do. As I do things in the Certain Way, I attract riches regardless of the business or vocation, but this will happen quicker in one that I have experience in, as I am able to put my hand and mind to effective outcomes more efficiently and skillfully with greater capacity to focus on the energy required.
Q10) There is no real need to change businesses or careers to get rich unless the business or career is inherently redundant. If there are gainful opportunities in the marketplace, riches can be found when the doing of things in these businesses or careers is done in the Certain Way.
Q11) Capital brings the benefit of speeding up the ability to obtain the things that are required for one to express, develop, and allow the talents and the soul to fully unfold in the process of getting rich. If capital is not on hand, it can be gained through placing attention on the doing of things in the Certain Way within the current business or career to attract it.
Day 7
Q1) Through applying the Science of Getting Rich, by doing things in the Certain Way which is in harmony with the laws of the Universe, a man or woman can get rich with mathematical certainty.
Q2) It is the doing of things in the Certain Way that causes the ownership of money and property.
Q3) If you do things in the Certain Way, riches will be drawn to you. If you do not, then riches are not likely to be drawn to you as they may be if you had done things in the Certain Way.
Q4) Getting rich is not a matter of location alone as there are examples of men and women in the same towns, cities, neighborhoods and streets which are both rich and poor. So, location is not the only determining factor. True, you will need to be in a suitable location where opportunities exist, but by simply being there alone this is not a path to gaining riches.
Q5) Getting rich is not a matter of talent alone as there are both rich and poor who are equally brilliant in their talents. And there are also examples of those who are rich, yet have little talent.
Q6) Getting rich is not a matter of saving or thrift alone in that there are examples of men and women who freely spend and yet attract riches. While there are other men and women who are miserly and regardless of their efforts in saving, they never attract riches.
Q7) Getting rich is not a matter of doing things that are neglected or overlooked by others unless those things that are neglected or overlooked are the doing of things in the Certain Way.
Q8) Getting rich is not a matter of the right business or the right profession in that two neighbors engaged the same profession who do the same things can have different outcomes. One may get rich, while the other stays poor. The differentiator being their doing of things in the Certain Way.
Q9) The type of business or vocation I will tend to do best in is one that I have some degree of ability to carry out, one that calls for the application of my talents, and one that I enjoy doing so. If it doesn’t bring me happiness, then it is less likely to bring me riches as it will not support the required energy of positive projection.
Q10) There is generally no need to change businesses or careers to get rich unless there is absolutely no call for the business or career. Then, there is a need to find a market that is in need of my goods and services. This is easy to find and easy to bring value to. So, wholesale change is not necessary, but adjustments may be required.
Q11) The benefit of capital enables the capacity for increase to become more easy and rapid. If capital is not currently available, it can be sourced with mathematical certainty by the doing of things in the Certain Way.