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The Godfather of The Law of Attraction

Charles F Haanel (1866-1949)

Charles Francis Haanel was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan USA; he was a noted American author and businessman who began his business career in St. Louis as an office boy for the National Enameling & Stamping Company, working for them for fifteen years.

Charles F Haanel went on to own an extremely profitable enterprise the Continental Commercial Company. With Mr. Haanel as the president this company was consolidated with his first company, also absorbed six additional companies and went on to become worth over $250 million dollars. By 1885 Charles Haanel had become an extremely sought after businessman and was seen as a man of mature judgment, capable of taking a calm survey of life and correctly valuing its opportunities, its possibilities, its demands and obligations.

 Even though he wrote many books including the highly acclaimed ‘Master Key System’, very little is known about Charles Haanel. Countless letters were written praising his writing but very little was actually written about the man himself. Mr. Haanel’s books were published by his Master Key Institute in New York and by Psychology Publishing in St. Louis and. Mr. Haanel put into these books the ideas and methods he used to gain his success. Besides the “Master Key System,” which he wrote in 1912, he also wrote “Mental Chemistry” and “The New Psychology”  By 1933 The Master Key System had sold over 200,000 copies and Charles Haanel was established as the Godfather of personal development. 

The Master Key System is one of the finest studies in self-improvement and higher consciousness ever written. Covering topics on attracting abundance and prosperity, to greater health and happiness. This system also teaches the principles and practices of the laws of cause and effect. Originally The Master Key System was written as a 24-part correspondence course and is now widely used as a step-by-step program complete with questionnaires, exercises and lessons. It is alleged that The Master Key System disappeared from circulation in 1933 after being banned by the church, and just as mysteriously reappeared between the late 1970’s and early 1980’s in its original form. 

Despite the mystery and speculation surrounding The Master Key System it is simply undeniable the Charles Francis Haanel, in 1912 produced a timeless classic that will continue to influence the lives of many for a great deal of time to come.

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