Creative Mind and Success

Creative Mind and Success is a book by Ernest S. Holmes, first published in 1922. Written in the practical spirit of the New Thought movement, it lays out a disciplined approach to what Holmes calls “mental law” — the steady application of focused thought, clear belief, and intentional habit to reshape one’s circumstances.

Holmes writes plainly rather than philosophically, urging readers to temper hope with steady practice: cultivate constructive self-talk, disciplined attention, and ethical purpose as the conditions that make success possible. Measured and prescriptive rather than mystical, the book sits within Holmes’s broader Science of Mind thinking and has been read by generations interested in prosperity consciousness, spiritual psychology, and practical metaphysics.

Its influence reaches into later self-help and motivational writing because it treats success as an art of character and thought — a set of repeatable practices (affirmative prayer, visualization, mental discipline) rather than a promise of quick fixes.