The core principles across multiple printable pages.
Quick-Start Cheat Sheets
The Science of Getting Rich
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Quick-Start Cheat Sheets for The Science of Getting Rich
The Science of Getting Rich - Quick-Start Cheat Sheets
Everything you need from The Science of Getting Rich on one printable reference - the creative-not-competitive distinction, the gratitude practice, the efficient action framework. Keep it visible so you stop drifting back to competitive thinking without noticing.
Inside the Cheat Sheets
One page per core principle
Creative thought vs. competitive thought
Wattles' most original contribution is the distinction between two incompatible mental operating modes.
The impression of increase
Wattles argues that every interaction leaves people feeling increased or diminished.
Gratitude as a daily practice, not a feeling
Chapter 7 is the most misread chapter in the book.
Acting in the certain way
Wattles insists that thought without action is incomplete - but he specifies that action must come from a particular internal state.
The formless substance is not the point
Wattles builds his system on a metaphysical premise - that there is a 'thinking stuff' from which all things are made.
Getting into the right business
One of the most pragmatic chapters in any New Thought book.
The Method
CBT, NLP and somatic principles built into every line
Every line on the cheat sheets is written in NLP presupposition structure - language that treats the principle as already true rather than something to aspire toward. This is not a stylistic choice; it is a functional one. The subconscious mind processes language that presupposes reality more readily than language that frames it as a goal. “Your attention filter is already working for you” lands differently than “try to change your attention filter.”
The layout applies CBT chunking principles: each principle sits in its own distinct block so the brain processes it as a discrete unit rather than as part of an undifferentiated wall of text. Cluttered reference material is processed as noise. Clean, spaced, visually distinct content is processed as signal. The design decisions are functional, not decorative.
Printed and placed visibly, the cheat sheets work as environmental priming - a principle from somatic psychology. What you see repeatedly, without actively reading, shapes your default perceptual set. A cheat sheet pinned above your desk works not only when you read it deliberately but when your peripheral vision catches it during ordinary work. The subconscious is always receiving.
Why we built it this way
We took Wattles' framework and mapped it against CBT schema work, NLP anchoring techniques, polyvagal nervous system regulation, and somatic bodywork. The result is a set of tools that do what the book alone cannot: build the 'certain way' as a daily default rather than an aspiration you return to when things go wrong.
The workbook, cheat sheets, tracker, and card deck below are structured around that premise. They target the level Wattles kept pointing at - not the thinking mind reading theory, but the settled inner state he called 'the certain way.' Each tool is designed to be used daily, because nervous system change happens through consistent small repetitions, not occasional large insights.
How to Use It
Three uses that actually work
- 1
Print and pin visibly
Pin the pages where you will see them without actively looking - above your desk, on the kitchen wall, beside the mirror. Peripheral exposure is the mechanism. You do not need to read it every day; you need it in your visual field.
- 2
Scan before a decision or challenge
Before a difficult conversation, a business decision, or a moment when the old pattern is likely to activate - read one principle deliberately. A 90-second scan primes the attentional filter before it is tested.
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Use as a nightly anchor
The pre-sleep window is the subconscious's most receptive state. Reading one principle immediately before sleep is the highest-leverage moment in the day for impressing a new pattern. Two minutes - one principle, read slowly, felt rather than just processed.
Worth knowing
This is a reference tool, not a practice system
The cheat sheets give you the principles in a scannable, always-available format. They will not give you thirty days of structured daily practice - that is what the workbook is built for. If you want the 30-day practice system, it is here.
Who This Is For
You'll get the most from this if…
- ✓You've read The Science of Getting Rich but are still trading time for money
- ✓You want to understand why creative thought works neurologically - not just spiritually
- ✓You're building a business and want to move from scarcity thinking to abundance strategy
- ✓You've tried visualisation but keep taking frantic, fear-driven action instead of efficient action
- ✓You want daily practices that shift your nervous system out of competitive threat mode
- ✓You're drawn to Wattles' systematic approach and want a structured method, not vague inspiration
Complete the Practice
Complete the The Science of Getting Rich practice
30-Day Challenge Workbook
Build the teaching into 30 days of structured daily practice.
Habit Tracker & Goal Planner
Track the micro-habits that compound into lasting change.
52-Week Daily Affirmation Calendar
52 weeks of daily affirmations - one for every day from May 2026 to April 2027.
Affirmation Card Deck
52 cards to carry the teaching into every part of your day.
The Toolkit
All five products for this work in one discounted bundle. Save 30%.
Annotated Edition
Christie L. Russell's annotated edition with neuroscience and NLP commentary.
About the Work
The Science of Getting Rich - New Thought, 1860-1911
A precise, unapologetic manual for wealth creation through creative thought and systematic action. Wattles argues that there is a science to getting rich - specific principles that, applied consistently, produce results as reliably as physical laws.
The Science Behind It
Wattles' insistence on 'creative thought over competitive thought' maps cleanly onto the neuroscience of abundance vs. scarcity mindset. Chronic competitive or threat-focused thinking keeps the nervous system in sympathetic activation - fight/flight - which literally narrows perception and problem-solving capacity. Creative thought corresponds to the ventral vagal state: safe, open, and generative. His gratitude practice isn't sentiment; it's a nervous system regulation tool that shifts the body out of threat mode and into the state where creative thinking is neurologically possible.
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