How To Make One Hell Of A Profit and Still Get In To Heaven [Paperback]

John F. Demartini (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2004

Dr. John F. Demartini wrote "How to Make One Hell of a Profit and Still Get to Heaven" to help you (if you happen to be like most people) dissolve these apparent conflicts. This book can assist you in making your financial dreams come true while shedding light on an entirely new way of looking at, understanding, and appreciating the true nature of Earthly profits and heavenly wealth. If you read and apply the principles and methodologies that are laid out in these pages, your relationship with, and ability to master, your spiritual wealth and material finances as well as other vital areas of your life will undergo an amazing transformation. Welcome to the world of greater profits and heavenly riches!

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From Publishers Weekly

Demartini, author of The Breakthrough Experience and founder of the Concourse of Wisdom School of Philosophy and Healing, urges the reader to reconcile competing desires for "earthly profits and heavenly wealth" in this inflated declaration of capitalist self-love. Rather than being wracked with guilt over accumulating wealth, the spiritual-financial guru preaches "a whole new paradigm in financial thinking and feeling" where one's altruistic desire to give is in zen-like balance with more selfish urges to receive. Rising above the hyperbolic swash, Demartini does offer down-to-earth suggestions on savings, investments and business management. For example, organizing your financial house is the first step in making money; or before raising your company's fees, it's best to make a list of every rebuttal you could receive from clients and write and memorize responses to each. However, before stumbling on this sort of pragmatic advice, the reader must endure distracting inspirational maxims ("I take the cream off the top, because I'm worth it") and corny analogies about the importance of multiple levels of savings and investments ("You can break a single pencil with just two fingers, but if you have eight or nine pencils, you can't break them at all"). While the premise-that creating wealth will not automatically send one to hell in a designer handbag-can be a valuable lesson to those afraid of the exploitative evils of material gain, the book swings awkwardly between new age positivism and financial hardball.
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About the Author

Dr. John F. Demartini, founder of the Concourse of Wisdom School of Philosophy of Healing, is a rare and gifted man whose span of experience and study encompass broad scopes of knowledge. He began his career as a doctor of Chiropractic and went on to explore more than 200 different disciplines in pursuit of what he calls Universal Principles of Life and Health. As an international speaker, his words of wisdom inspire minds, open hearts, and motivate people into action. His philosophy and revolutionary understanding of the power of unconditional love is reshaping psychology as we know it and his revolutionary personal transformation methodologies are transforming the lives of millions of people all over the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 228 pages
• Publisher: Hay House (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1401901980
• ISBN-13: 978-1401901981
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,951 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Written for people who have vague notions that simply making money is somehow in conflict with their morals and ethics, May 31, 2006

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Craig Matteson (Saline, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How To Make One Hell Of A Profit and Still Get In To Heaven (Paperback)

Ok, this book isn't a book about a literal heaven nor does it define spirituality according to any specific religious doctrine. This book is for those folks who have uncomfortable attitudes towards making money because they feel it violates their moral or ethical codes, whatever the name of the code.

A surprising number of people are very uncomfortable with the idea of buying and selling and especially of making money on their work. They don't mind receiving a paycheck as long as it isn't "too big" (whatever that means), but to actually make something and sell it for as much as the market will bear causes them sincere and very painful anxiety. Years ago, when I taught piano full time and had a full slate of students that I charged what was a good rate for the time, one of my friends asked me how I did it.

So, I told her what I did, how I built the number of students, and what I charged. She said she could never charge that much for teaching music because it was unfair to the kids. Well, guess what, she didn't end up teaching many students even at her lower rate. And she had to go work at another job because she couldn't make enough money at what she was willing to charge. Is there a lesson here?

This book takes a person with the kind of fears and anxieties of my friend and walks them through why it is a good thing to charge and make money. What you should do to save and build with that money and how to use money to enrich rather than become the focus of your life.

If you are a person with these kinds of stultifying attitudes towards money, this is a good book to read and think about. However, if you are already a businessperson with a good understanding and attitudes towards making money, well, this book is probably too basic.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome prosperity book!, March 9, 2006

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Debra Mathine (Overland Park, KS United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How To Make One Hell Of A Profit and Still Get In To Heaven (Paperback)

This is one of the very best books I have read regarding prosperity and the way we view money. Dr. Demartini approaches the concept in a way I have never seen before and I have had too many "lightbulb moments" to count. I have purchased 4 of these books and shared them with friends, I was so excited about it. I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to stretch their thinking a bit outside the box and gain some new insights about how they think and feel about money.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant and Inspired., July 9, 2009

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This review is from: How To Make One Hell Of A Profit and Still Get In To Heaven (Paperback)

John is a true master at life and a financial genius. This book demonstrates many of his techniques, philosophies and daily practices. You can tell this book is founded on personal experience and not merely ideas or concepts from other teachers or sources.

If you are seeking a spiritualy based book on the fundamentals of wealth building, personal worth and inspired living, this book is highly recommended. Don't judge the book by it's cover or it's title, the contents are excellent.