Bullet Book Summary: Roy Herbert Jarrett’s “It Works”

Full Title:

“It Works: The Famous Little Red Book That Makes Your Dreams Come True”

About the Author:

● This book was originally published anonymously in 1926, with the author requesting that his name not be divulged. However, it was later determined that the author was actually Roy Herbert Jarrett, a Chicago salesman and advertising man who was known for his generosity and helpful spirit.
● Mr. Jarrett attributes his success in “mastering circumstances, accumulating wealth, and winning friends” to the system he describes in this book
● The author wanted to give back, so he has shared his system with the world in this short little book

Book Description:

● As with other books of this type, this book is really about the Law of Attraction, although the author never mentions the Law of Attraction. He does, however, mention that there is a law that always works when you are in tune with it.
● The author describes his system as: “A concise, definite, resultful plan with rules, explanations and suggestions for bettering your condition in life.”
● Implementing the author’s system of success in your life involves three simple steps:

o Step 1: Write down your desires in a list with specific details about each item, including when you want to have it

o Step 2: Read your list morning, noon, and night and think of what you want as often as possible

o Step 3: Tell no on about what you are doing

Key Takeaways From Book:

● The essence of It Works can be summarized as: “If you know what you want you can have it”
● There is a law for getting whatever you desire in life that always works if you know how to use it
● “Nothing can prevent you having that which you earnestly desire”

Chapter 1: What Is the Real Secret Of Obtaining Desirable Possessions?

● Questions the author set out to answer:

o “What is the cause of the difference in conditions under which men live?”

■ That is, why do some people have great success in life while others do not? Is it just luck or something else?

● This book is the answer the author found to the above fundamental questions

● The plan the author describes has been found to reliably bring success to those who have faithfully followed its instructions

● “There is a power so near that it is overlooked, so simple in operation that it is difficult to conceive, and so sure in results that it is not made use of consciously, or recognized as the cause of failure or success.”

● Most people give little thought as to what they really want in life. As a result, they can’t expect great success.

● Everyone can have whatever they want in life, but first they must know exactly what it is they want. Unfortunately, this is not an easy task.

● We must train our objective mind (i.e. our conscious mind) to clearly decide on exactly what it is we want. This is the first step to success.

● Getting what you want is like using a radio. You must tune it into the right channel to get the result you want, which means you must have the right plan of action.

● The mighty power within us that can give us what we desire is described by Thomas Jay Hudson, PhD, LL.D, author of “The Law of Psychic Phenomena,” as your subjective mind

o Your subjective mind is also often called your unconscious mind

● The author believes this power within us is omnipotent and calls it “Emmanuel,” (God in us)

o But the Power works regardless of the conscious admission of a God

● To harness this inner Power to get what we want, we must be really in earnest about what we want. Occasional wishing or half-hearted wanting won’t do it.

● And if you vacillate about what you want, constantly changing from one thing to another, the inner Power won’t work. You must be steadfast in your desires.

● By not knowing what we want and failing to use this system, we often, unintentionally, help to bring about the unhappy conditions in our lives

Chapter 2: The Plan

● Step 1: Make a written list of the things you desire, listed in order of importance

o Do not be afraid of having too many things on your list

o Review the list over a period of several days and make changes, as needed, until you are satisfied that it reflects your true desires

o Be bold. Don’t worry if some of your desires seem unattainable.

o For each item on your list, include specific details and characteristics, such as:

■ Color

■ Style

■ Price

■ Location (for house, apartment, etc.)

■ Furnishings (for house, apartment, office, etc.)

■ Exact amount (money)

■ Etc.

o For each item on your list, note exactly when you want to have it

● Step 2: Manifest the things on your list by following these “Three Positive Rules of
Accomplishment:”

o Rule 1: Read your list three times each day: morning, noon, and night

o Rule 2: Think of what you want as often as possible

o Rule 3: Do not talk to anyone about your plan except to the Great Power within you which will unfold to your Objective Mind the method of accomplishment”

● Notes:

o To realize your desires, you must know exactly and in detail what you want and when you want it

■ If you cannot decide this, then you are not really in earnest about your desires

■ When you are definite, your results will be surprising and almost unbelievable

o Don’t worry about how your desires will be accomplished. Leave that to the Power within. The method of accomplishment will be revealed at the proper time, and often much sooner than expected.

■ Trying to analyze how the Power will accomplish your desires is “as unnecessary as trying to figure out why a grain of corn placed in fertile soil shoots up a green stalk, blossoms and produces an ear of corn containing hundreds of grains, each capable of doing what the one grain did.”

o It is quite natural to be skeptical and to have doubts. When such doubts arise, get out your list, read it over, and talk to your inner self about your desires until your doubts disappear.

■ Remember, nothing can prevent your having that which you earnestly desire.

● Others have these things. Why not you?

o Do not associate with skeptics or negative people. Such people can quickly derail your progress because the objective mind is very susceptible to suggestion.

o If possible, associate with people who now have some of the things you want. This helps to reinforce your desires in your objective mind. However, do not discuss your method of accomplishment with them.

o When you see your first taste of accomplishment, your objective mind will often try to discredit it with thoughts like, “It can’t be possible; it just happened to be a remarkable coincidence!”

■ “When such thoughts occur give thanks and assert credit to your Omnipotent Power for the accomplishment.”

● “By doing this, you gain assurance and more accomplishment, and in time, prove to yourself that there is a law, which actually works — at all times — when you are in tune with it.”

o Be grateful and thankful for all your accomplishments:

■ It is impossible to be thankful and grateful without being happy

● Therefore, when you are thanking your Omnipotent Power for the gifts received, do so with all your soul and let it be reflected in your face

● Do not try to understand the Omnipotent Power. Just accept your accomplishment with thankfulness, happiness, and strengthened faith.

o One of your later goals should be to help others as you have been helped.

■ “Great is the reward to those who help and give without thought of self, as it is impossible to be unselfish without gain.”

● Cautions:

o “It is possible to want and obtain that which will make you miserable; that which will wreck the happiness of others; that which will cause sickness and death; that which will rob you of eternal life.”

■ “You can have what you want, but you must take all that goes with it, so in planning your wants, plan that which you are sure will give to you and your fellow man the greatest good here on earth, thus paving the way to that future hope beyond the pale of human understanding.”

■ To avoid undesired consequences, it is recommended that your first list focus on only things with which you are intimately familiar and that are straightforward in their nature, such as the acquisition of material things or personal accomplishments

■ Later lists can then address more complex items such as curing bad habits, personal relationships, the welfare of others, or the healing of mental or physical ills.

Chapter 3: In Conclusion

● You can accept or reject the plan taught in this book

o “You can remain as you are or have anything you want. The choice is yours.”

■ If you follow the plan, you can have anything you desire.

● Here is the procedure to implement the plan presented in this book:

o “Read the entire book over again, and again, and then again”

o Memorize the three simple rules of the plan

o Test the plan on the thing you want most at this time

● Thousands of bettered lives will testify to the fact that the plan works!

● You get by giving and by giving you may rightly expect prosperity and achievement

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