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The Problems of Work
From the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Dianetics , with over 22 million copies sold With 70 percent of our time spent at work, difficulties on the job can impact every facet of our lives. Contained in this book is not only technology to bring stability to the workplace, but the groundbreaking processes to return joy itself to all of life. Here is a book that does what you don't expect a book to do. It tells you HOW. It tells you the basis of things, and the most basic of things is life itself. This then is a book about life. In this book, learn how to: “I must say how much I enjoyed this book, this text, these ideas, and their workable solutions. I feel refreshed. I know how to handle exhaustion. I know that this work thing must be created and that work itself is a game with freedoms, barriers and purposes. I would rate it 5 out of 5. I appreciate the materials and even the packaging. I really, really enjoyed this learning journey." (L.R.) “My way of looking at people and the physical universe has changed, and I feel that my responsibility has increased a lot too. The fact of having this knowledge can be an influencer of environments and people. I will read this book several times because each time we perceive more things. The book showed me that we can help, uplift, empower people and change the environment around us.” (R.G.) “I am using The Problems of Work to help me with communication. I will be a lot more efficient at work and be able to accomplish more. I am also using it to relieve my exhaustion from work. The Take a Walk method is great, this is helpful, especially after work.” (T.B.) Gain practical tools you can use to bring about greater security, competence and efficiency in everyday life.
198 pages, Hardcover
First published October 1, 1956
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L. Ron Hubbard
1,930 books603 followersAuthor, Humanitarian and Visionary
“I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.”
—L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard is universally acclaimed as the single most influential author and humanitarian of this modern age. His definitive works on the mind and spirit—comprising over 350 million copies in circulation and more than 40 international bestsellers—have resulted in a legacy benefiting millions and a movement spanning all cultures.
To learn more about L. Ron Hubbard visit lronhubbard.org
“I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.”
—L. Ron Hubbard
L. Ron Hubbard is universally acclaimed as the single most influential author and humanitarian of this modern age. His definitive works on the mind and spirit—comprising over 350 million copies in circulation and more than 40 international bestsellers—have resulted in a legacy benefiting millions and a movement spanning all cultures.
To learn more about L. Ron Hubbard visit lronhubbard.org
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February 13, 2019
This sounds like magic. It is magic. It is Scientology. - LRH
One thing you will notice is that when you look through the reviews of this is that unlike other self help books the actual content of this book is very vague or quite simply not discussed in favour of how it made that person feel. Now whilst it could be explained away as a product of this book being vapid or reviewed by biased anti or pro Scientologists I would like to offer an alternative. This alternative is that this book is written more as an appetiser to get one interested in services and heavier works and is presented in such a way that doesn't translate easily into a review/brief explanation. Hubbard is a fan of creating vast and interlocking systems of thought - in this relatively short book (when you don't factor in glossaries and generous spacing) you get the following concepts applied throughout the book:
The principle of the Stable Datum
Cycles of Action
Tone Scale
ARC Triangle (Affinity - Reality-Communication)
The Reactive/Analytical mind dichotomy
Scientology Game theory
Given the space and scope of the work none of them are really explained or justified particularly well and it often comes off as making traditional remedies vastly more complicated. For instance going for a walk to deal with work exhaustion becomes an activity to extrovert oneself by restoring reality and in turn raising communication and affinity or not interrupting people or giving contradictory instructions becomes maintaining a complete cycle of action of start-change-stop.
Oh and there are of course a few concerning issues like exhaustion not being a product of working for too long or too hard but instead the restimulation of an old injury - hence a purely psychosomatic condition.
One thing you will notice is that when you look through the reviews of this is that unlike other self help books the actual content of this book is very vague or quite simply not discussed in favour of how it made that person feel. Now whilst it could be explained away as a product of this book being vapid or reviewed by biased anti or pro Scientologists I would like to offer an alternative. This alternative is that this book is written more as an appetiser to get one interested in services and heavier works and is presented in such a way that doesn't translate easily into a review/brief explanation. Hubbard is a fan of creating vast and interlocking systems of thought - in this relatively short book (when you don't factor in glossaries and generous spacing) you get the following concepts applied throughout the book:
The principle of the Stable Datum
Cycles of Action
Tone Scale
ARC Triangle (Affinity - Reality-Communication)
The Reactive/Analytical mind dichotomy
Scientology Game theory
Given the space and scope of the work none of them are really explained or justified particularly well and it often comes off as making traditional remedies vastly more complicated. For instance going for a walk to deal with work exhaustion becomes an activity to extrovert oneself by restoring reality and in turn raising communication and affinity or not interrupting people or giving contradictory instructions becomes maintaining a complete cycle of action of start-change-stop.
Oh and there are of course a few concerning issues like exhaustion not being a product of working for too long or too hard but instead the restimulation of an old injury - hence a purely psychosomatic condition.
August 1, 2014
I liked this book, and even felt jubilant during a couple of its sentences. I respect the author's attempt to answer these questions in such minute detail. Overall, I value the book for the questions the book gave me the chance to ask myself, which otherwise I mightn't have thought of.
Interesting points made in the book, which I'm mulling over:
Control is a valuable thing in the job setting. It is important to have a boss skilled in "good control" techniques and an employee very receptive to this control. If you are someone who rebels against authority, perhaps it because you failed to be controlled in the past, and thus do not know what true control is.
"The doctrine of the stable datum" is the concept that in a complicated world, one can cut through the confusion by remembering the one foundational piece of information you know to be true. If you can remember that piece, you will not have confusion about the other information related to it in your reality.
Hubbard's stable datum for the working world, which answers (for him) the question of "Why work at all?" Is this ""fact"" (double air quotes here from me): Work gives purpose to a person's life. He says that if we were unable to work, either not permitted by injury or by government, we would not be happy.
Indeed, I find it interesting that he points to child labor laws as a reason for the alienation young people feel, towards the working world, when they finally must work. Having been forbidden from this world their whole lives, they now feel that they don't belong to the world of work. I, as a young person, definitely feel alienated from the world of work, and perhaps this is one reason for it.
Hubbard says the timeline of work mirrors the timeline of life. The aspects of life, creation, survival and destruction (in that order), mirror the aspects of work: start, change, stop. Hubbard says some people are better, generally, at starting, changing, or stopping things in their lives, and these patterns affect one's work life. By becoming good at all three we get closer to freedom.
He says man must have a game.
He says uncontrol is indeed undercontrol. He says things feel unreal when you feel no control over things in your world.
He says people end up "abandoning sections of life" after bad experiences, but if we were to truly understand the effects of such experiences on our minds and bodies, we could improve our lives and make our comebacks without fear if we chose to do so.
---
I'd sum up this book as "a pretty good try." Hubbard used what he knew and tried to make sense of things. Remember when teachers told us never to go with multiple choice answers with words like "all" every" "always" or "only"? Hubbard writes this way, which is automatically confining. To make blanket statements about reality, in the hope that readers will block out their knowledge of things being different, is unrealistic.
A lot of Hubbard's persuasion here seems to be "grow up and get a job, because you need one, everyone else needs one, and everyone else has one." But I feel compelled to counter that with "grow up and work towards observing that reality is more complicated than you say it is," and "maybe there are better ways for us to organize our society that don't kill the planet."
Early on, Hubbard states that Scientology is the first Western attempt to fully understand our reality scientifically. The key word for me here is "Western." One must always be striving in Hubbard's world; there is no concept here of "success through inaction," championed by Taoist Lao-Tzu. This would be one of many perspectives worth challenging if one's philosophy is the true philosophy.
To say other inflammatory things to readers, such as "if a man has no ability to work, he is as good as dead" is incredibly callous and shallow (but not quite...callow...). The perspective of the whole is never addressed in this book about work, though Hubbard dedicates his book to the people "working themselves to death" for our society, saying the workers are the living pillars undergirding our whole civilization here, and that "they're not just cogs, they are the machine itself."
So...is our whole civilization good? What about disabled people? What about WOMEN, doofus? What about the work we must do in our lives that is unpaid?
Glad this book was short. Worth a listen if you want new ideas to chew on.
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Interesting points made in the book, which I'm mulling over:
Control is a valuable thing in the job setting. It is important to have a boss skilled in "good control" techniques and an employee very receptive to this control. If you are someone who rebels against authority, perhaps it because you failed to be controlled in the past, and thus do not know what true control is.
"The doctrine of the stable datum" is the concept that in a complicated world, one can cut through the confusion by remembering the one foundational piece of information you know to be true. If you can remember that piece, you will not have confusion about the other information related to it in your reality.
Hubbard's stable datum for the working world, which answers (for him) the question of "Why work at all?" Is this ""fact"" (double air quotes here from me): Work gives purpose to a person's life. He says that if we were unable to work, either not permitted by injury or by government, we would not be happy.
Indeed, I find it interesting that he points to child labor laws as a reason for the alienation young people feel, towards the working world, when they finally must work. Having been forbidden from this world their whole lives, they now feel that they don't belong to the world of work. I, as a young person, definitely feel alienated from the world of work, and perhaps this is one reason for it.
Hubbard says the timeline of work mirrors the timeline of life. The aspects of life, creation, survival and destruction (in that order), mirror the aspects of work: start, change, stop. Hubbard says some people are better, generally, at starting, changing, or stopping things in their lives, and these patterns affect one's work life. By becoming good at all three we get closer to freedom.
He says man must have a game.
He says uncontrol is indeed undercontrol. He says things feel unreal when you feel no control over things in your world.
He says people end up "abandoning sections of life" after bad experiences, but if we were to truly understand the effects of such experiences on our minds and bodies, we could improve our lives and make our comebacks without fear if we chose to do so.
---
I'd sum up this book as "a pretty good try." Hubbard used what he knew and tried to make sense of things. Remember when teachers told us never to go with multiple choice answers with words like "all" every" "always" or "only"? Hubbard writes this way, which is automatically confining. To make blanket statements about reality, in the hope that readers will block out their knowledge of things being different, is unrealistic.
A lot of Hubbard's persuasion here seems to be "grow up and get a job, because you need one, everyone else needs one, and everyone else has one." But I feel compelled to counter that with "grow up and work towards observing that reality is more complicated than you say it is," and "maybe there are better ways for us to organize our society that don't kill the planet."
Early on, Hubbard states that Scientology is the first Western attempt to fully understand our reality scientifically. The key word for me here is "Western." One must always be striving in Hubbard's world; there is no concept here of "success through inaction," championed by Taoist Lao-Tzu. This would be one of many perspectives worth challenging if one's philosophy is the true philosophy.
To say other inflammatory things to readers, such as "if a man has no ability to work, he is as good as dead" is incredibly callous and shallow (but not quite...callow...). The perspective of the whole is never addressed in this book about work, though Hubbard dedicates his book to the people "working themselves to death" for our society, saying the workers are the living pillars undergirding our whole civilization here, and that "they're not just cogs, they are the machine itself."
So...is our whole civilization good? What about disabled people? What about WOMEN, doofus? What about the work we must do in our lives that is unpaid?
Glad this book was short. Worth a listen if you want new ideas to chew on.
dannyfreeblog.blogspot.com
https://twitter.com/dannyfreetweet
April 15, 2015
This book dramatically changed my life for the good - and I didn't actually think that was possible. I look at life with happiness and excitement, rather than despair. I am enthusiastic about the future, rather than worried about it. I love my fellow man, and understand them, so much more than I thought possible, even when they may seem to act irrationally. I give better advice and am able to help my friends. I am more calm. I am happier. This book just makes so much sense, and I love it!!
April 15, 2015
Wow! What an interesting book. I do feel after reading it like I know a lot more about life and am wiser. I can use this information at work. We need this taught at high school!
May 3, 2020
Several Interesting points. Need to be read with an open mind to truly appreciate the concepts
March 10, 2008
I don't really believe in reviews because I think they bias people from using what they inherently know: their own ability to find out and decide for themselves.
What I got from this book was nothing short of amazing. This is a corrected re-release of the original book. With all the mis-duplications on the part of original transcriptionists corrected, the book flowed amazingly well and was an easy read which was difficult to put down. The reason it was hard to put down wasn't because it was a particularly good or bad book, rather, that I applied, instantly, what each chapter laid out, concept by concept. Through this, I was able to handle confusions in my life and business and discover what my original purpose was. When I picked up this book, I was lacking drive and purpose and felt like I ran out of good "games" to play in my business and life. This book took apart problems and games and allowed me to look at them and solve them one by one.
I have been a Scientologist for almost 13 years now and I don't think I really understaood what it was or did until completing this book. I would recommend this to anyone as a FIRST read if they want to find out about Scientology because it addresses some immediate areas and problems I find most people I know could use some help addressing. It gives you some results and you can then see if it works for you and decide to continue reading. I am moving on to read Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought.
What I got from this book was nothing short of amazing. This is a corrected re-release of the original book. With all the mis-duplications on the part of original transcriptionists corrected, the book flowed amazingly well and was an easy read which was difficult to put down. The reason it was hard to put down wasn't because it was a particularly good or bad book, rather, that I applied, instantly, what each chapter laid out, concept by concept. Through this, I was able to handle confusions in my life and business and discover what my original purpose was. When I picked up this book, I was lacking drive and purpose and felt like I ran out of good "games" to play in my business and life. This book took apart problems and games and allowed me to look at them and solve them one by one.
I have been a Scientologist for almost 13 years now and I don't think I really understaood what it was or did until completing this book. I would recommend this to anyone as a FIRST read if they want to find out about Scientology because it addresses some immediate areas and problems I find most people I know could use some help addressing. It gives you some results and you can then see if it works for you and decide to continue reading. I am moving on to read Scientology: The Fundamentals of Thought.
July 30, 2008
Though this book is about problems of work, the ideas in this book meld well in any situation, be it work, home, or any relationship. Good tool for people who are exhausted, tired of working, or just generally bitter about the whole process of working.
March 28, 2024
After reading this book it makes me realize my mistakes and negative feeling about work. Now I know how to handle and improve my work in order to maintain a stable career. Every worker on this planet must read this book! Its a guide to a better life and ofcourse your career!
February 21, 2023
Ciekawy byłem tej książki, bo... no wprawdzie scjentolodzy, więc to nie można za bardzo poważnie traktować, ale tematyka pracy - takie moje klimaty, a ponieważ uważam, że inspirację można znaleźć wszędzie, nawet w mało spodziewanych (czy nam odległych światopoglądowo) źródłach... no i byłem ciekawy co scjentolodzy będą mieli na ten temat do powiedzenia (a do tego książka była tania :D ), to postanowiłem przeczytać... ale czego ja się mogłem spodziewać po scjentologach, u których pracuje się kilkanaście godzin na dobę (czy w ogóle najlepiej cały czas)?! :D No to dokładnie to dostałem, więc ewidentnie nic czym by można się zainspirować :D Poza tym... no o ile "Dianetyka" była jeszcze jakośtam spójna i nawet brzmiała tak, że można by się nabrać na jej naukowe podstawy, tak tutaj mam wprost wrażenie, że autor robi sobie jaja z czytelnika. To jest tak kuriozalnie napisane, że ja nawet nie umiem tego opowiedzieć (ale to krótka książka, można sobie przeczytać jak ktoś lubi dziwne treści). Autor przekonuje w prostych słowach, do prostych rzeczy (co trochę brzmi jak do kogoś upośledzonego - takie miałem wrażenie w tych fragmentach), ale jest to totalnie z... nie wiem skąd wzięte (żeby nie napisać brzydko ;) ). Aha, no i nie należy zapominać o tym myku, który u scjentologów polega na tym, że na początku każdej książki jest "WAŻNA UWAGA", której początek zacytuję.:
"Podczas czytania tej książki bądź absolutnie pewny, że nigdy nie przeoczyłeś słowa, którego dokładnie nie zrozumiałeś. Jedynym powodem, dla którego osoba porzuca studiowanie jakiegoś przedmiotu, czuje zamęt lub czuje się niezdolna do nauki jest przeoczenie słowa, którego w pełni nie zrozumiała."
- no i brzmi to z pozoru logicznie, prawda? Baa, nawet myślę, że jest to prawda i to dosyć mądra rada. Oczywiście tam dalej jest, żeby się zatrzymać, wrócić do słowa, sprawdzić je w słowniczku na końcu książki albo w słowniku języka - wszystko fajnie. Problem polega na tym, że scjentologia posługuje się pojęciami, których jest dużo, które pozornie nie są bardzo trudne i są oczywiście na końcu książki wytłumaczone (afinicja, aberracja, introwersja...), których można się właściwie nauczyć bez większego problemu... ale uważam, że właśnie to wrażenie jest złudne (zwłaszcza, że niektóre są delikatnie inaczej używane niż znamy je na co dzień, np. wspomniana introwersja). I teraz mamy książkę naszpikowaną pojęciami, które już po 5 razy sprawdziliśmy, której już wydaje nam się że znamy więc nie będziemy (no nie będziemy, niech mi nikt nie mówi, że jest inaczej) sprawdzać po raz szósty co DOKŁADNIE autor miał na myśli, i czytamy, i czytamy... i sami sobie odpowiedzcie co z tego wychodzi :D No zapewne to dokładnie co ma wyjść - fanatycy jak w każdej religii, nawet takiej, która brzmi jakby autor robił sobie jaja (i może robił ;) ). I mamy przedziwny miks tłumaczenia jak do ludzi opóźnionych w rozwoju okraszonego językiem jak dla naukowców. Ja myślę, że to starczy za cały komentarz. Ale nie nie, mam jeszcze trzy cytaty zaznaczone!
- wow, no takie argumenty, któż mógłby nie zostać przekonany? całkowicie i dogłębnie ;) (książka oczywiście nie ma ani jednego przypisu do czegokolwiek innego - badań, innych książek, artykułów choćby...).
- ja, team "bezwarunkowy dochód podstawowy", pozwólcie że przemilczę taktownie to zdanie :D (choć paradoksalnie jestem przekonany że akurat w tym temacie by się trochę ludzi zgodziło z tezami tej książki ;) ).
A potem jest już jazda po bandzie i twierdzenia jak te, że "prawa zabraniające dzieciom pracy są bezpośrednio odpowiedzialne za przestępczość nieletnich" (s.104) :]
Coś jednak mogę pozytywnego o książce powiedzieć: czytało mi się ją bardzo dobrze i szybko :D pomijając język (który mógłby być prostszy ale po co, przecież nie o to chodzi...), nawet lekko! Więc w sumie to bym ocenił na 3/5 ale treść nie zasługuję na więcej niż 2/5 (a pewnie nawet na tyle nie ;) ).
Jak ktoś lubi dziwne treści, to w przyszłym finale WOŚP będzie u mnie do wylicytowania od 1zł :D (podobnie jak jeszcze jedna scjentologiczna, którą mam do przeczytania).
(czytana: 11-17.02.2023)
2/5 [4/10]
"Podczas czytania tej książki bądź absolutnie pewny, że nigdy nie przeoczyłeś słowa, którego dokładnie nie zrozumiałeś. Jedynym powodem, dla którego osoba porzuca studiowanie jakiegoś przedmiotu, czuje zamęt lub czuje się niezdolna do nauki jest przeoczenie słowa, którego w pełni nie zrozumiała."
- no i brzmi to z pozoru logicznie, prawda? Baa, nawet myślę, że jest to prawda i to dosyć mądra rada. Oczywiście tam dalej jest, żeby się zatrzymać, wrócić do słowa, sprawdzić je w słowniczku na końcu książki albo w słowniku języka - wszystko fajnie. Problem polega na tym, że scjentologia posługuje się pojęciami, których jest dużo, które pozornie nie są bardzo trudne i są oczywiście na końcu książki wytłumaczone (afinicja, aberracja, introwersja...), których można się właściwie nauczyć bez większego problemu... ale uważam, że właśnie to wrażenie jest złudne (zwłaszcza, że niektóre są delikatnie inaczej używane niż znamy je na co dzień, np. wspomniana introwersja). I teraz mamy książkę naszpikowaną pojęciami, które już po 5 razy sprawdziliśmy, której już wydaje nam się że znamy więc nie będziemy (no nie będziemy, niech mi nikt nie mówi, że jest inaczej) sprawdzać po raz szósty co DOKŁADNIE autor miał na myśli, i czytamy, i czytamy... i sami sobie odpowiedzcie co z tego wychodzi :D No zapewne to dokładnie co ma wyjść - fanatycy jak w każdej religii, nawet takiej, która brzmi jakby autor robił sobie jaja (i może robił ;) ). I mamy przedziwny miks tłumaczenia jak do ludzi opóźnionych w rozwoju okraszonego językiem jak dla naukowców. Ja myślę, że to starczy za cały komentarz. Ale nie nie, mam jeszcze trzy cytaty zaznaczone!
"Scjentologia jest czymś zupełnie nowym, ale mimo swojego młodego wieku jest jedyną całkowicie i dogłębnie sprawdzoną i uzasadnioną nauką o egzystencji."
(s.14)
- wow, no takie argumenty, któż mógłby nie zostać przekonany? całkowicie i dogłębnie ;) (książka oczywiście nie ma ani jednego przypisu do czegokolwiek innego - badań, innych książek, artykułów choćby...).
"Krytyka pracy bierze się z naszych własnych obaw, że nie pozwoli się nam na jej kontynuację."
(s. 35)
- ja, team "bezwarunkowy dochód podstawowy", pozwólcie że przemilczę taktownie to zdanie :D (choć paradoksalnie jestem przekonany że akurat w tym temacie by się trochę ludzi zgodziło z tezami tej książki ;) ).
A potem jest już jazda po bandzie i twierdzenia jak te, że "prawa zabraniające dzieciom pracy są bezpośrednio odpowiedzialne za przestępczość nieletnich" (s.104) :]
Coś jednak mogę pozytywnego o książce powiedzieć: czytało mi się ją bardzo dobrze i szybko :D pomijając język (który mógłby być prostszy ale po co, przecież nie o to chodzi...), nawet lekko! Więc w sumie to bym ocenił na 3/5 ale treść nie zasługuję na więcej niż 2/5 (a pewnie nawet na tyle nie ;) ).
Jak ktoś lubi dziwne treści, to w przyszłym finale WOŚP będzie u mnie do wylicytowania od 1zł :D (podobnie jak jeszcze jedna scjentologiczna, którą mam do przeczytania).
(czytana: 11-17.02.2023)
2/5 [4/10]
November 1, 2017
Finally, I met my third magic teacher who taught me for five years real magic. Ken taught me how to get what I wanted when I wanted it on my terms. He taught me no entertainment magic. He taught me nothing but real magic.
He taught me the science of the mind, Scientology and real ESP. I once again did not ask him to teach me. Ken like the other two magic mentors offered to teach me. Ken offered to make me his protégé the first evening I met him.
Ken is the only mentor I did not go out and try to find. He came knocking at my door one evening with my mother on his arm. I had never met him before that evening.
My father had passed on many years earlier to be with Heavenly Father when he was only forty-six. My father contracted multiple sclerosis and spent ten years slowly losing all his fantastic physical abilities. He was the wonderful one who kept on telling me to go to the library and get a book each time I wanted to learn something new.
It was near Christmas and my mother introduced me to Ken. She explained to me how they met and that they had been dating. He seemed very nice and he like my other two mentors had a glowing aura around himself. He radiated a warm reddish glow that emanated from his face. He exuded that real bubbling happiness I wanted. Ken was the third and the youngest of all my mentors he was only in his fifties.
I remember our first conversation.
Ken, what do you do for a living?
I live off of investments and I have no job.
That’s interesting. I have never met anyone who does not work and just lives off of investments. Since you don’t have a job, what do you do with your time?
I have devoted my life to helping others get their grandest dreams.
“Do you have a dream.”
I said yes I do. I have been taught by two of the greatest entertainment magicians in the world and I want to do stage magic full time.
How’s it going?
“Ok, but not making much money yet.”
May I share some thoughts with you that might help with the money generation?
Sure that would be fine. (My best attribute is my open mind. I always listen to others ideas especially if they are free gifts.)
Do you have a pencil and small piece of paper?
What Ken shared with me was the Scientology triangle of understanding which explains in just a few words how the entire universe can be manipulated to your financial advantage. He explained it simply and clearly.
It took Ken about ten minutes to share these secrets from "the problems of work" Book. As I listen it made perfect sense to me. I knew it would work just from his explanation; it made total logical sense. I could hardly wait to try it the next day. I had never seen the world this way before, so simple. The world is so easy to manipulate once you understand it. After he spent these few minutes teaching me, my income immediately “quadrupled” that very month and stayed permanently four times higher and kept on going up.
Ken taught me about that Temple of Wisdom on top of the mountain
Ken spent “five years” imparting secrets from the temple of wisdom as he called it on top of a mountain. Ken said most people zigzag their way up the mountain very slowly ascending to the top. Some give up and never make it to the top and the temple. Most take an entire lifetime to get there to the temple. But some just go quickly straight up the side of the mountain to the top and enjoy the power of the temple of wisdom their whole life. Ken said, “I am going to take you straight up to the top and the temple and Ken did. Ken did not charge me a penny for all his time and fantastic help. None of my many mentors ever charged. There mentoring was always a free gift. Basically, none of them needed the money all of them were financially independent.
Ken had me read several Scientology books and as I read them; I realized that the Scientologists were obviously unbelievably powerful people. Realizing their extreme power, I purposely never got involved with the Scientology organization. I was frankly scared of their personal power to influence everyone around them. Their secrets, in my opinion, were too powerful.
They with just a few minutes and a couple of thoughts increased my income four times in one month. Too much power for anyone to have; I could imagine with this kind of information how they could manipulate and take over another person’s life.
They say power corrupts and the kind of absolute power they have, I reasoned, might corrupt absolutely. Since I have no experience with the organization, except reading their books and Ken's sharing, I cannot say anything derogatory about the organization.
The thing that bothered me the most was I found their books to be absolutely positively “hypnotic” as I read them. It was like these books were playing with my mind as I was reading them. Everything I read was so valuable. I never wasted a second of my time when reading their tomes of knowledge.
After a while, I noticed that Ken had a psychic connection with me. Ken would call me up with the exact information I needed to help me with my personal problems I was having at that very moment without me telling him about my problems in advance and he lived in another city.
I bought this to his attention that he had a real psychic obvious telepathic connection with me and he asked, “Does this sixth sense connection bother you?” I told him no, I was fine with it.
The information he gave me was all about the real magic that controls the world. I used it to help me with rearing my four boys, understanding and expressing love with my wife and in all my business dealings, it was very helpful. My financial success now skyrocketed and my family and personal happiness increased tremendously.
Scientology is one of the most practical studies I have ever undertaken. It lets you have anything you want and no one can stop you. It is totally logical and very simple and easy to implement. It always works flawlessly. I cannot say too many good things about it. Remember I purposely never went to even one of the Scientologist meetings.
I read many books under Ken’s tutelage.
He taught me the science of the mind, Scientology and real ESP. I once again did not ask him to teach me. Ken like the other two magic mentors offered to teach me. Ken offered to make me his protégé the first evening I met him.
Ken is the only mentor I did not go out and try to find. He came knocking at my door one evening with my mother on his arm. I had never met him before that evening.
My father had passed on many years earlier to be with Heavenly Father when he was only forty-six. My father contracted multiple sclerosis and spent ten years slowly losing all his fantastic physical abilities. He was the wonderful one who kept on telling me to go to the library and get a book each time I wanted to learn something new.
It was near Christmas and my mother introduced me to Ken. She explained to me how they met and that they had been dating. He seemed very nice and he like my other two mentors had a glowing aura around himself. He radiated a warm reddish glow that emanated from his face. He exuded that real bubbling happiness I wanted. Ken was the third and the youngest of all my mentors he was only in his fifties.
I remember our first conversation.
Ken, what do you do for a living?
I live off of investments and I have no job.
That’s interesting. I have never met anyone who does not work and just lives off of investments. Since you don’t have a job, what do you do with your time?
I have devoted my life to helping others get their grandest dreams.
“Do you have a dream.”
I said yes I do. I have been taught by two of the greatest entertainment magicians in the world and I want to do stage magic full time.
How’s it going?
“Ok, but not making much money yet.”
May I share some thoughts with you that might help with the money generation?
Sure that would be fine. (My best attribute is my open mind. I always listen to others ideas especially if they are free gifts.)
Do you have a pencil and small piece of paper?
What Ken shared with me was the Scientology triangle of understanding which explains in just a few words how the entire universe can be manipulated to your financial advantage. He explained it simply and clearly.
It took Ken about ten minutes to share these secrets from "the problems of work" Book. As I listen it made perfect sense to me. I knew it would work just from his explanation; it made total logical sense. I could hardly wait to try it the next day. I had never seen the world this way before, so simple. The world is so easy to manipulate once you understand it. After he spent these few minutes teaching me, my income immediately “quadrupled” that very month and stayed permanently four times higher and kept on going up.
Ken taught me about that Temple of Wisdom on top of the mountain
Ken spent “five years” imparting secrets from the temple of wisdom as he called it on top of a mountain. Ken said most people zigzag their way up the mountain very slowly ascending to the top. Some give up and never make it to the top and the temple. Most take an entire lifetime to get there to the temple. But some just go quickly straight up the side of the mountain to the top and enjoy the power of the temple of wisdom their whole life. Ken said, “I am going to take you straight up to the top and the temple and Ken did. Ken did not charge me a penny for all his time and fantastic help. None of my many mentors ever charged. There mentoring was always a free gift. Basically, none of them needed the money all of them were financially independent.
Ken had me read several Scientology books and as I read them; I realized that the Scientologists were obviously unbelievably powerful people. Realizing their extreme power, I purposely never got involved with the Scientology organization. I was frankly scared of their personal power to influence everyone around them. Their secrets, in my opinion, were too powerful.
They with just a few minutes and a couple of thoughts increased my income four times in one month. Too much power for anyone to have; I could imagine with this kind of information how they could manipulate and take over another person’s life.
They say power corrupts and the kind of absolute power they have, I reasoned, might corrupt absolutely. Since I have no experience with the organization, except reading their books and Ken's sharing, I cannot say anything derogatory about the organization.
The thing that bothered me the most was I found their books to be absolutely positively “hypnotic” as I read them. It was like these books were playing with my mind as I was reading them. Everything I read was so valuable. I never wasted a second of my time when reading their tomes of knowledge.
After a while, I noticed that Ken had a psychic connection with me. Ken would call me up with the exact information I needed to help me with my personal problems I was having at that very moment without me telling him about my problems in advance and he lived in another city.
I bought this to his attention that he had a real psychic obvious telepathic connection with me and he asked, “Does this sixth sense connection bother you?” I told him no, I was fine with it.
The information he gave me was all about the real magic that controls the world. I used it to help me with rearing my four boys, understanding and expressing love with my wife and in all my business dealings, it was very helpful. My financial success now skyrocketed and my family and personal happiness increased tremendously.
Scientology is one of the most practical studies I have ever undertaken. It lets you have anything you want and no one can stop you. It is totally logical and very simple and easy to implement. It always works flawlessly. I cannot say too many good things about it. Remember I purposely never went to even one of the Scientologist meetings.
I read many books under Ken’s tutelage.
July 21, 2024
I found it interesting but is not practical for real life I lived, huge applaud to good folks there but I lived my life outside their groups and behaving like them is considered weird or rude not everyone knows what those words mean and why their behavior is based in their beliefs, only works within their groups and that organization, the world is bigger than Scientology for sure, never worked out for me befriending boss and influential people and ass kissing to get ahead. End of the day ass kissers get fired first too busy kissing ass to do their jobs.
August 29, 2024
Essa obra é extremamente interessante afinal a mesma consegue misturar sociologia e outras ciências como um todo e trazer diversas reflexões que nos levam a rever a sociedade como um todo e diversas relações criadas ao longo da mesma nos levando a rever nossa importância enquanto cidadões (desvalorizada) e nos reconhecermos como parte de um sistema que se apresenta complexo porém Belo ao mesmo tempo também relacionando as vivências pessoais e interpessoais o que nos leva a ver o mundo sobre uma nova ótica com o passar do tempo e das análises presentes sobre tal obra
Nota:10/10
Nota:10/10
February 23, 2018
The only book of L. Ron Hubbard I like most. Starting of the book is same as every book of his. It would be really great if every author would inspire by him to provide grocery at the end of book.
This book is probably worth of reading. In so little page he described such a way that it keeps engaging reader till the end.
Overall worth of money and time.
This book is probably worth of reading. In so little page he described such a way that it keeps engaging reader till the end.
Overall worth of money and time.
March 14, 2022
When it comes to being in the working world, you REALLY should read this book. It clearly breakdown the different departments in the workplace so that you can understand that when something happens it's not ALWAYS your fault. Forget about the Scientology aspect of it, just think about the important information you need when it comes to the abusive and nepotistic workplace.
March 9, 2025
Practical advice for work and life. I often use an exercise recommended for when you feel exhausted after a day at the office. It helps me a lot, and I sleep better at night. I highly recommend it!
Consigli pratici per il lavoro e la vita. Uso spesso un esercizio raccomandato per quando ci si sente esausti dopo una giornata in ufficio. Mi aiuta molto e riposo meglio la notte. Lo consiglio
Consigli pratici per il lavoro e la vita. Uso spesso un esercizio raccomandato per quando ci si sente esausti dopo una giornata in ufficio. Mi aiuta molto e riposo meglio la notte. Lo consiglio
January 17, 2020
Contained In this book are practical steps for handling work and life, although there is a promotion of Scientology as the only way to solve some problems. Nonetheless this is a good book, I'll test some theories here in my own work.
March 9, 2025
LOVED that book!
After reading this one, I realized that I had a lot more available energy than I thought to work!
I then started my own business while working a full time job and was able to work 80h a week like a breeze.😃
After reading this one, I realized that I had a lot more available energy than I thought to work!
I then started my own business while working a full time job and was able to work 80h a week like a breeze.😃
March 9, 2025
Amazing book full of principles that can be used to improve the work and the workplace. But there are also some principles that one can use also in personal life that work very well in the personal relationships, not only at work.
A classical, a must.
A classical, a must.
August 27, 2017
يتحدث الكتاب عن نظام الساينتولوجي وكيف يعمل على حل مشكلات الروح والحياة والفكر.. بشكل عام المعلومات مفيدة جداً وتمنحك منظور جديد لمشاعر الارهاق، التقدم، والتعامل مع الناس في نطاق العمل وغيره
October 4, 2017
This book was great. It was simple and concise. I really got the message about what Hubbard was talking about. Insightful and really great read.
October 22, 2018
A excellent subject ,felt the knowledge it contains should have dawned much earlier.
June 9, 2019
Great book. I study all religions and this has a lot of value in it.
January 15, 2021
Any time I get disillusioned with work, I need only revisit this slim volume by L. Ron Hubbard. So much is put into perspective in such a way that my mind conprehends it.
February 10, 2021
Very interesting if you want answer about work, read it !
December 28, 2021
Very easy to read. Powerful when applied.
March 3, 2022
This is an unbelievable book. There were so many methods that I still use to this day that helps with my work. Would absolutely recommend to anyone that’s felt overwhelmed at work or even in life.
March 17, 2025
Worst book I ever read
July 26, 2020
What a load of utter shite. But I brought this on myself, so I can’t complain.
November 27, 2013
Problems of Work provides workable solutions to that crucial seven-tenths of existence - WORK.
And since work is seven-tenths of existence - if you do not like work, the you also don't like life. So here is the solution to making that part of your life a little more bearable.
If you ever have experienced exhaustion or a "burnt-out" feeling while on the job, but continue to work for fear of losing your job to the point of collapsing or getting injured--then rest easy since there is a process described in the book which can restore energy and control over your work to you.
"...It is obvious--in various experiments which have been made in Scientology--that life, no matter what its emotional tone or lack of it, is in essence a game. And that the elements of life itself are the elements of games." -LRH, The Problems of Work
And since work is seven-tenths of existence - if you do not like work, the you also don't like life. So here is the solution to making that part of your life a little more bearable.
If you ever have experienced exhaustion or a "burnt-out" feeling while on the job, but continue to work for fear of losing your job to the point of collapsing or getting injured--then rest easy since there is a process described in the book which can restore energy and control over your work to you.
"...It is obvious--in various experiments which have been made in Scientology--that life, no matter what its emotional tone or lack of it, is in essence a game. And that the elements of life itself are the elements of games." -LRH, The Problems of Work
September 6, 2012
Whilst I am not a Scientologist I got this book when I was lured into an "Interview techniques" service the local org was running without knowledge it was a route into Scientology.
Anyway the book is actually pretty good, it addresses many characteristics of people in the workplace and gives you the tools to overcome them and that the workplace is a fundamentally flawed environment. It gives you an in depth assessment of the workplace which leaves you questioning it. Ultimately it teaches that you are in charge of your environment and to not leave anything to chance. Since reading it has helped me become more organised, more focused on end goals to any work i might be doing and has definitely helped me overcome any suppressive people. A recommended read :)
Anyway the book is actually pretty good, it addresses many characteristics of people in the workplace and gives you the tools to overcome them and that the workplace is a fundamentally flawed environment. It gives you an in depth assessment of the workplace which leaves you questioning it. Ultimately it teaches that you are in charge of your environment and to not leave anything to chance. Since reading it has helped me become more organised, more focused on end goals to any work i might be doing and has definitely helped me overcome any suppressive people. A recommended read :)
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