Summary of book : As a man thinketh

Reading books is really a good habit. When you read any book then it seems as if you have entered into a different world. You don’t even come to know when you get lost in the book you are reading. In this blog, I would share the summary of a very inspiring book that is ‘As a man thinketh’.

The book is authorized by a very famous author ‘James Allen’. He mentioned that a man is literally what he thinks and his character is sum of all his thoughts. He assumed our mind as a garden in which the thoughts named seeds are sown. The thought takes root over there and produces it’s own bloosming sooner or later. Our thoughts are changed into our acts which further lead to the different circumstances. Ultimately, good thoughts bear good fruits and and bad thoughts bear bad fruits. In short, “Thoughts become Things.” So if we good thoughts come into our mind they would help us to be a good human being.

We sometimes think that a thought can be kept as a secret in the mind but literally it doesn’t happen. Somehow it would get expressed and reveal the man’s character. According to author, it rapidly crystallizes into habit and a habit solidifies into circumstance. For example, thoughts of fear, doubt, indecision crystallize into weak and irresolute habits which solidify into circumstances of failure, indigence and slavish dependence. On the other hand, thoughts of courage, self reliance and decision crystallize into manly habits and solidify into circumstances of success plenty and freedom.

Sometimes we get discouraged from accomplishing our goals because we fail again and again. In that case the strength of character gained will be the true success of man. The one who has conquered doubt and fear, has conquered failure because doubt and fear are great enemies of knowledge.

At last, I would recommend everyone to read this life changing book. It has that power to bring a drastic change in one’s life. Last but not the least, it can help us to be a good human being.