William Walker Atkinson

The Secret of Success William Walker Atkinson

All people are striving and seeking Success. Their idea of Success may differ, but they have all agreed upon the desirability of Attainment. 'Attainment', that is the word, which embodies the essence of that which we call Success. It is the 'Getting There' idea, the idea of Attainment, of Reaching the Goal for which we set out. That is the story - Attainment. The great men, the strong men, care nothing for the flock, which so obediently trots along after them. They derive no satisfaction from this thing, which pleases only inferior minds, and gratifies only petty natures and ambitions. The big men, the great spirits of all ages, have derived more satisfaction from that inward conviction of strength and ability which they felt unfolding into activity within themselves, than in the plaudits of the mob, or in the servility of those imitative creatures who sought to follow in their footsteps. But there is another side of the question. There is, besides the mere recital of a List of Good Qualities Leading to Success, a list with which every schoolboy and reader of the magazines is acquainted, a Something Else; and that Something Else, is a suggestion that the Seeker for Success has a Something Within himself which if expressed into activity and action will prove of great value to him, a veritable Secret of Success, instead of a code of rules. And, so we propose to devote this little book to unfolding our idea of what this Something Within is, and what it will do for one who will unfold it and thus express it into action.