Frank Channing Haddock (1853–1915)

Mastery of Self for Wealth Power Success by Frank Channing Haddock has a catchy title that suggests it could be a great book, but unfortunately it is not. This book is not worth your time to read, however if still interested here are my takeaways.

As the title suggests, this book focuses on Mastery of Self, which deals with the art of success-magnetism. Acquiring magnetism is a constructive effort. It is a building process rising through successive stories.

The best use of self demands that is be understood. You cannot reasonably hope to succeed by merely dreaming about success. You surely cannot achieve success if you plunge blindly through your career. You cannot really succeed without possessing some degree of personal magnetism. Magnetic growth is naturally slow.

There are several causes of fear:
Fear of hurt of self by self (fear of self)
Fear of hurt of self by outer things (fear for self)
Fear of threat by things
Threat by others
Threat to others
Threat by events
Threat by the future

There are several kinds of fear:
Fear of self - timidity, lack of confidence, possible unaccountable states
Fear for self - weakness, anticipated failure, imagined disgrace
Fear of things - animals, inanimate objects, physical forces
Fear of others - human beings, apparitions, devils, deity
Fear for others - children, parents, husband, wife, relatives, friends, and strangers
Fear of events - present, future, imaginary, possible, probable, and contingent
Fear of the Future - in life, beyond the present life

The mastery of fear involves the discovery of right relations, mental or concrete, and the placing of self in those right conditions which are determined and provided for by the ground-plan of out nature.… (more)