It Works – Rh JarrettIT WORKS – RH JARRETTRoy Herber Jarrett was a sales executive in Chicago. Not much is known about him. In fact, he even wanted to publish “It works” anonymously, due to his belief that greatest good comes from helping people without expecting praise.“It works” is a very short self-help book first published as a multi-page pamphlet in 1926 and later marketed as “The little red book that makes your dreams come true”. The book title is borrowed from the reaction on its very first review. The book lays out a very simple and well-defined, yet very effective way to achieve one’s goals. The author advices to harness the potential of the subjective mind, which the he believes is the Great Power. The core idea in the book is to know what you want and belief in our subjective mind. Thus, the first step is to prepare a list of our desires, which should be reviewed and updated on a daily basis. This will give clarity to our wishes and their priority.
Once the list seems ready, it is time to apply the 3 rules of accomplishment. Read it three times a day – morning, afternoon and night, every day. Think about your goals as much as possible. Talk about them to your subjective mind. One should not worry about any goal – how unachievable it may seem – and trust the great power within one to chalk out a plan for us to achieve one’s goals.The author concludes it with a word of caution not to have goals which can cause harm to anybody, but to work on common good.I liked the author’s way of sharing his idea in an easy to understand yet very effective manner. Keeping the book short and clear focus on the central idea keeps the reader’s interest alive.
Praise
– David O. Scott, C.A.M.B.E. “A classic about human endeavour. ” — National Academy News, Vol. 1, No. 1 (“We are now up to 686 people with their own stories. I’ll be doing a little bit more, though. See what I do for you next week”)
– James Allen, American Journalism Review (“To be a successful writer you’ve had to look after and develop a lot of characters before you are going to write a successful book”)
– Richard Largent, The New Yorker (“You have to work a lot harder to write a good book, and if you’re going to be successful you have a lot to take care of!”)
– Robert F. Kennedy II, The Great American Thinker (“If you don’t have that kind of freedom to think about one and go into that world, then it’s not going to be a great book to write, and don’t say you can’t do it.”)
– Thomas Merton, The Economist (“A book on freedom.”)
– Christopher Hitchens, New York Times (“I’ve never been a great writer, but when I was doing that I wanted writers. I said to myself ‘Maybe I should write for some people who know more than I do. Maybe I can write for myself. Maybe I could write at a level where others have no ideas about working with me because I have always been an asshole, and because I think some writers are bad and some better than others.”)
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– John D. Rockefeller, New York Times (“If you’ve got one book with a chance to win, it’s this one.”)
– James Gartner, New York Times (“I’m proud of my work, and I promise I won’t give up. I don’t look at other artists’ books as the best on the planet and I think that kind of style helps you to keep up my good work.”)
– Mark Twain, New York Times (“It is the job of a writer to write about the world, and the best novels are the best novels of the year. A writer who wants to write great writing can do it.”)
– Frank Thomas, New York Times (“I do not want to write about my life as if it’s an excuse to have a bad week if one of my novels makes it out of the category.”)
– Jonathan Cookson, The Globe and Mail (“I’ve got a really good idea, if it’s one of the best about humanity