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Legends · 1921–1989

Earl Nightingale

Wealth & SuccessMindset & Belief

Brought personal-development ideas to a mass audio audience with the enduring message that we become what we think about.

Earl Nightingale is included in the Legends collection for work associated with Wealth & Success and Mindset & Belief. This profile offers a starting point for readers who want to place that work within the wider personal-development tradition.

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Legends

movement in the collection

1921–1989

life and work

2

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Ideas associated with the work

  • Explore the work through wealth & success
  • Explore the work through mindset & belief
“We become what we think about.”

— Earl Nightingale, The Strangest Secret

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“We become what we think about.”

— Earl Nightingale, The Strangest Secret

Brought personal-development ideas to a mass audio audience with the enduring message that we become what we think about.

  • Wealth & Success
  • Mindset & Belief

Signature works

Start with the books.

Explore a short reading list, with purchasing links that support ManyMasters.

01

The Strangest Secret

1956 · The million-selling recording: we become what we think about.

02

Lead the Field

1966 · His classic audio program on attitude and competence.

03

Earl Nightingale's Greatest Discovery

1987 · A late distillation of a lifetime of broadcasts.

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