Mental Chemistry [Paperback]

Charles F. Haanel (Author)

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Publication Date: December 18, 2008

Here are the secrets to Mental Chemistry; in this book you will learn how to improve your life by removing some kinds of thoughts and adding others. It works much like conventional chemistry; if you change the elements in a molecule you change the molecule. By changing elements of the way you think you will learn how to become a different, better, happier, and more successful you. Long before Michael Losier and James Arthur Ray reminded the world just how affective the power of positive thinking could be in Laws of Attraction and The Science of Success Charles F. Haanel had mapped out the science of it.

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About the Author

Charles F. Haanel is largely associated with the business interests of the city, being affiliated with a number of enterprises of acknowledged financial worth. Beside being president of the Continental Commercial Company he is also president of the Sacramento Valley Improvement Company and president of the Mexico Gold & Silver Mining Company. Mr. Haanel is in every sense of the word a self-made man, having risen in the commercial world to his present station of worth and prominence by the utilization of his own natural resources.

Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 22, 1866, he is the son of Hugo and Emeline (Fox) Haanel, who removed with him to St. Louis when he was in early childhood. He initiated himself into the business world as an office boy for the National Enameling & Stamping Company. For this company he worked for a period of fifteen years. Finally he resigned his position with this firm and being ambitious to rise higher in the financial world, he conceived the idea of organizing a company for the purpose of promoting an enterprise. At that time the vicinity of Tehuantepec, Mexico, was reputed as being especially adapted to the growth of sugar and coffee. He succeeded in convincing a number of capitalists of the feasibility of taking up land in that section of the country and working a plantation. The land was purchased and the company organized to engage in the raising of sugar and coffee. Of this company he was made president. The plantation was successful from the beginning and soon became! an enterprise of considerable financial worth. This was organized in 1898 and in 1905 Mr. Haanel organized the Continental Commercial Company which was consolidated with the other company and also absorbed six additional companies. It is now operating under the name of the Continental Commercial Company with Mr. Haanel as president. It is capitalized for two million five hundred thousand dollars, and is one of the largest of its kind in the world. Mr. Haanel has by no means confined his efforts to these lines, however, but has extended his labors to other enterprises with which he is associated in a prominent capacity. He was one of the organizers of the Sacramento Valley Improvement Company and from the beginning has been its president. Since its inception the company has enjoyed an era of prosperity and now owns and controls the largest Tokay vineyards in the world. He is likewise president of the Mexico Gold & Silver Mining Company, a company of some importance in developing the rich mineral resources of the southern republic.

In 1885 Me. Haanel was united in marriage with Miss Esther M. Smith. Sixteen years later he was left a widower with one son and two daughters, and in July, 19oS, he was married to Miss Margaret Nicholson of St. Louis, a daughter of W. A. Nicholson. While Mr. Haanel is a republican, his pressing business interests have given him no time to take an active interest in politics beyond that of casting his vote and using his influence for the election of the candidates of the party in whose principles he firmly believes. He is a member of Keystone lodge, a thirty-second degree Mason and a Shriner. He is also affiliated with the Missouri Athletic Club. He is a man of mature judgment, capable of taking a calm survey of life and correctly valuing its opportunities, its possibilities, its demands and obligations. He has wisely sought success along the lines of least resistance and yet when difficulties and obstacles have confronted him he has displayed a force of character that has enabled him to overcome them and continue on the pathway to prosperity. Many a man whose life is one of untiring industry does not win success for he lacks the complement to industry a laudable ambition which prompts the individual to reach out into other fields and eagerly grasp the opportunities that are presented. In these qualities Mr. Haanel is richly endowed and has thus attained his present enviable position --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Wilder Publications (December 18, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1934451304
• ISBN-13: 978-1934451304
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Information, A Bit Outdated, April 8, 2010

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There is some good information in this book. Actually, much of the material is quite progressive for the time it was written. I will however say this. If you want to read this book, understand that it was written decades ago. As with many of these kind of books from this particular time period, there are a lot of repetitive and drawn out examples that can get tiresome. At the time, these examples were being offered as proof that the claims that were being made were accurate.

Also keep in mind that some of the concepts of society that are mentioned are outdated by today's standards. If you are an avid reader of books on personal development, it may be worthwhile for you to drop the $3.99 on this book and look through it to pick up on some useful information. Most of what is written in this book is available through other, more modern writings so if you have trouble with reading older books, you may want to skip this.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars mental chemistry, July 11, 2010

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the secret of life in one easy to read book.great book. I think this is the stuff that should be tought in school.

11 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Master Key, August 10, 1999

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I'm interested in any of the works of C.H. I have read the Master Key several times - a truly amazing and ground breaking book. Unfortunately nothing else is available in the UK. Can you help please ??