Book excerpt: Within This Short Book Is the One Secret That Will Deliver you to Greatness We all dream of being celebrated, rewarded, and recognized—in short, of being great. But so few people actually attain greatness. Why? In The Science of Being Great, legendary success writer Wallace D. Wattles demonstrates exactly how you can move from merely thinking of yourself as great to really being great. Inside this book is the one principle that leads to greatness. Don’t you want to be rewarded in your work? Don’t you want to be seen as a leader? Don’t you deserve respect? When you finish this brief program—easily read in the space of a lunch break—these things will be in reach, and your life will restart on a new footing. New Thought author and PEN Award-wining historian Mitch Horowitz introduces and abridges this condensation, and explores why this short book was Wattles’ greatest work. Discover the powerful, practical lesson that this life-changing classic places in your hands.