Florence Shovel Shinn Will Show You How to Win at Life.

Let Florence Scovel Shinn Show You How to Win at Life

Florence Scovel Shinn was born Septemer 24, 1871, in Camden, New Jersey. She was educated in Philadelphia at the Friends Central School and studied art at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts from 1889 to 1897. It was there that she met her future husband, Everett Shinn (1876 – 1953), who was a fairly celebrated painter of …

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We Live in a World of Plastic Mind Substance.

Plastic Mind Substance

“We live in a fathomless sea of plastic mind substance.” That comes from Point #1 of Week 25 of Master Key Arcana by Charles F. Haanel. In full, it reads: 1. We live in a fathomless sea of plastic mind substance. This substance is ever alive and active. It is sensitive to the highest degree. …

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The 5 Simple Steps to Solve Any Problem Using the Philosophy of Charles F. Haanel

The 5 Simple Steps to Solve Any Problem

Problems. We all have them. You know what they are. But aside from the normal definition of that word, do you know what else are problems? Your goals. Yes, your goals. Why? Because of the fact that you have to devise a way to attain your goal. In other words … … a goal is a …

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It Is Important That You Practice the Exercises in The Master Key System.

The Importance of the Master Key System Exercises

Friedrich Nietzsche once remarked that all books could be reduced to one paragraph without losing any meaning. While that might be tough with The Master Key System, it could be reduced to maybe five or six pages. That’s because the same ideas in the book are presented in many ways: You have the various “laws” (attraction, love, …

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One Man's Junk Is Another Man's Treasure -- Or Fortune

One Man’s Junk

You probably know that old adage, “One man’s junk is another man’s treasure.” As a matter of fact, you have probably seen or heard about it in operation. Perhaps you’ve seen the television show where auction people appraise what appears to be junk; then they startle the owners of the junk by informing them that in …

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Why You Should Read Your "Bible" Every Day by Jim Straw

On Reading Your “Bible” Every Day (J.F. (Jim) Straw)

In all religions, the faithful are constantly admonished to “read your Bible every day” — or whatever Holy Book the religion adheres to. Unfortunately, too many people read a book once and, thinking they know everything it says, never open it again. Those who really succeed read and study their “bibles” every day — re-reading those books …

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The Crux of Charles F. Haanel's Philosophy of Success

The Crux of Charles F. Haanel’s Philosophy of Success

How do we create? How does “it” — God, the Universe, the world — create? By thinking — by the creative power of thought. If those thoughts destroy — if the results are bad — then we call that evil. If the thoughts create — if the results are good — then we call that …

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