Three Magic Words: The Key to Power, Peace and Plenty
by U. S. Andersen
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Author: U. S. AndersenEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1977-12
ISBN: 0879801654
Number of pages: 318
Publisher: Wilshire Book Company
Book Reviews of Three Magic Words: The Key to Power, Peace and Plenty
Book Review: Two points from this book, I disagree with.
Summary: 3 Stars
I have read this book, "Three Magic Words" or "Key to Power" several times and even wrote down some of the review pointers at the end of the chapters and can speak from my experience after trying to apply the concepts from this book.
The two points that I disagree with him on most out of the entire book are (1)Competition versus Creativeness and (2) Legend of the Go-Getter. The other stuff in his book seems okay, like to follow your heart more than your head, because the heart knows more. I have tried this point out and it seems to be correct. I am not sure if this works with logical math problems though but for other questions such as who can I trust or what job should I take, listening and following your heart will probably give you a better answer than what your head may think is best.
After following his advice on these two issues, somewhat to my regret and disappointment, I would say that it might be bad to follow these two points and I will state the reasons why I think they are not good to follow them. For the first point, it is difficult to be creative in a competitive society and to try to make a living. Usually from my experience, the only time you can be creative is when you are already in luxury and have all your needs met. This might be difficult for someone who depends on a paycheck. And from my experience you need to be competitive to be financially successful and not just creative. In some ways creativeness can be very costly and the benefits not that great, and so it may actually be a financial failure instead of success. A real world example is car companies. If car companies don't compete and ignored the competition, they may lose business and also their jobs later on to the competition, which basically means financial failure. Those who don't compete usually end up getting bought up by other more competitive and financially successful car companies such as Ford buying up Jaguar, BMW or VW buying up Rolls Royce. Or their products end up looking inferior to other car manufacturers products which may cause the consumer to choose the better product and thus that car manufacturer gets the sale and the other one doesn't. For a business to be successful it has to have customers who are willing and able to purchase from them and if no one is willing to purchase products from you then your sales decrease and you may have to cut jobs to reduce your costs to stay profitable. Otherwise the company may have to go out of business, which again, means financial failure. An real world example of when a company tries to be creative and not competitive and fails financially was the Delorean car with the stainless steel body and gullwing doors. The Delorean was creative and unique, but it wasn't competitive enough with some other cars, mainly Chevrolet Corvette and Ford Mustang, that it eventually lost in a few years, whereas Ford and Chevrolet are still around. So, when he talks about being creative and not competitive, the Delorean Car is a good real world example of how this philosophy does not work too well in the business world.
The second point he made was the idea that you should not be a go-getter versus being one. This also, I believe from personal experience, is bad advice. From what I know the people who go out and get things, are usually better off, financially then those who sit around waiting for something to happen to them. If by not being a go-getter, he meant that, we should just sit around and wait for something to move us before we do anything, then this may give other people a bad impression of us as being lazy, a person who doesn't know what to do and thus needs someone telling them what to do like a parent telling a child to do some chores, waiting for hand outs, lacking motivation or initiative. These to me are all bad effects, not good effects. This is also why I felt that this was somehow not correct, and I even tested it out in the real world to see if he was right or not. And as I stated before, those bad effects usually happened and people got the wrong impression of me.From my personal experience in the real world, the world will look more favorably on you if you are competitive, financially successful, and a go-getter and usually not the other way around, that is, creative, poor, and not a go-getter. This is why I believe that he might be giving people the wrong advice on these two points, and that the opposite of what he says, concerning these two points, is actually true.
Plus, this book is very confusing, contradictory (when he talks about competitive athletics and also being creative and non-competitive) and he doesn't prove a lot of his points using real world examples which makes a lot of the things he talks about in this book, speculative and may make the reader even skeptical of the validity of his statements. Another difficulty in reading this book is that he sounds right on some things and wrong on some other things and to figure out which things he is right on and wrong on becomes a real chore and can be time consuming. This is why I felt that I should write this review; to help other readers who might be confused and skeptical, have more assurance in their doubts or beliefs about the content.
Summary of Three Magic Words: The Key to Power, Peace and Plenty
In the pages of Three Magic Words, you will learn of the unlimited power that is yours. You will learn how you can turn this power to work for you, here on earth, to make your life majestic and overflowing with good. Three Magic Words is not a religion or a sect or a society. In its entirety it is a series of essays aimed at revealing to you your power over all things. You will learn that there is only one mover in all creation and that mover is thought. You will learn that there is only one creator and that creator is the Universal Subconscious Mind, or God. You will learn that this creator creates for you exactly what you think, and you will be shown how you can control your thoughts, not only to obtain answers to your problems but to create in your experience exactly what you desire.Psychology & Counseling Books
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