You want something that you have not got; that is why you are reading this book."" Wrong. ""The principles set forth here are not novel."" Right. But this ex-dishwasher, with flabby flesh, failing sight, falling hair, and sagging spirits programmed his course of positive action to go with positive thinking (choose te things you want; keep them a secret; write out your ideas and write off worry, envy, hate, etc.). Overlooking the all too truisms, the active specifics for self-betterment might do more good than some.