existed, and that I could study it and practice it and gain the results thereof. If I could know for sure that these things were possible, then it would be a comfort to me. In my quest for knowledge and power, I sought out Mystery and Project Hollywood, where I studied and trained in the pickup and seduction community, and where I underwent a process of personal transformation culminating in the authoring of this book.
THE NATURAL OF PERSONAL REALITY Some people might say that a rich man is a man who has a lot of money, and that a poor man is someone with very little money. But is it really correct to distinguish them by their outward possessions? Is it not true that if you took away the money from a rich man, within a few years he would likely be rich again? And also, if a poor man wins the lottery and comes into a million dollars, is it not likely that within a few years he will be poor again? Of course there are always exceptions due to circumstance. But with the vast majority of us, the outside circumstances of your life are a direct reflection of what kind of person you are on the inside. Your outside circumstances are the natural expression of your character through time. This is the secret—the nature of personal reality. Being rich isn’t really about having money. It’s about being a certain kind of person on the inside, such that money becomes naturally abundant in your life. Financially successful people tend to be more industrious, more ambitious, a constant source of value, eager to learn from mistakes and improve, prudent where it is profitable to be prudent, risk-taking where it is profitable to be risk-taking, not overly discouraged by P R E FAC E
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