As you think

CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION BY SUCCESS.COM FORWARD FROM THE AUTHOR THOUGHT AND CHARACTER EFFECT OF THOUGHT ON CIRCUMSTANCE EFFECTS OF THOUGHTS ON THE BODY THOUGHT AND PURPOSE THE THOUGHT-FACTOR IN ACHIEVEMENT VISIONS AND IDEALS SERENITY 3 4 5 8 17 19 21 24 27

INTRODUCTION BY SUCCESS.COM
Few works of literature can be said to inspire millions and help launch an entire industry, but this is one of those books. Written at the turn of the twentieth century, As a Man Thinketh was the masterpiece of James Allen and has influenced the work of many other authors and great thinkers, from Norman Vincent Peale to Anthony Robbins. We at Success.com are excited to bring you a slightly revised edition of this classic. As You Think retains the ideas and elegant phrasing of James Allen while inserting a more inclusive, modern sensibility. We hope you find these words as life-changing as millions of others have over the past hundred years. And for other transformational materials, we hope you will come by and visit us often at www.success.com!

FORWARD FROM THE AUTHOR
This little volume (the result of meditation and experience) is not intended as an exhaustive treatise on the much-written-upon subject of the power of thought. It is suggestive rather than explanatory, its object being to stimulate men and women to the discovery and perception of the truth that “They themselves are makers of themselves” by virtue of the thoughts which they choose and encourage; that mind is the master weaver, both of the inner garment of character and the outer garment of circumstance, and that, as they may have hitherto woven in ignorance and pain they may now weave in enlightenment and happiness. James Allen Ilfracombe, England

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THOUGHT AND CHARACTER
“As you think, so you are.” This not only embraces the whole of your being, but also everything that ever happens to you in life. You are, literally, what you think, and your character is the complete sum of all your thoughts. As the