How to Own Your Mind
Napolean Hill
Summary
Lessons for how to conquer the self doubt inside you
Rating: 4/5
Notes
Majority of things that seem to be new are a re-arrangement of what is old
The subconscious has the power to create solutions for problems
Intensify desires until they become obsessional to change the subconscious
Definiteness of purpose backed with persistence bordering on obsession is the greatest stimulant to the synthetic and creative imagination
Rarely do men create new ideas, it’s usually old ideas re-imagined
‘When you pray, do not ask for more blessings. Ask for more wisdom that you may better understand and enjoy the blessings you already have/’
Self-expression is a never ending source of stimulation for the imagination, through writing or speaking. Push kids to do this.
Applied faith opens the wired to infinite intelligence and is the essence of creative ability
You need creative vision to be successful. Men w/ creative vision are the builders
Success is something in which a man has to give away in order to keep it
Principles of achievement
- Develop alertness of mind
- Move with definite purpose of embracing opportunities
- Plan every more through organized endeavour
- Use the master mind principle to learn and use others
- Remove limitations from your world through applied faith
- Go the extra mile to attract opportunities to you
- Tune into the present circumstances and understand current trends/problems
- Move at your own pace and for you
- Assume full responsibility for your actions and your own judgement
- Use synthetic and creative imagination
The most important thing in life is human relationships
When going gets tough, prepare yourself for battle and keep going no matter what
Sound principles will stand out, just like the truth does
Creative ideas from Napolean Hill
- Comic strips that are both fun and informative
- Programs in radio to educate and entertain
- Kids books that educate and entertain
- Better types of material for road building
- Reshape education to make it fun and informative, using radio (Khan academy)
- Rehabbing small businesses to streamline into the new world (Shopify)
- Redoing soft drinks into something healthy
Whatever you get from life depends on what you give to life through useful service
Definiteness of purpose - a sound plan - a master mind alliance with experienced helpers
Everything is the tool of thought. All man’s achievements begin as thoughts
The subconscious and conscious work in response to habits, whether good or bad
Separate facts into important and unimportant. Important fact is one which can be used to help one attain the object of major purpose. Ignore everything else
5 actions of the subconscious
- Faculty of will power - boss of the mind
- Faculty of reason - master of opinion and judgement
- Faculty of emotions - most of the active part of the mind
- Faculty of imagination - builder of all plans
- Faculty of conscience - moral guide of the word
The world belongs to those who believe
Power of organized thought offers the solution to all one’s problems
Most opinions are worth nothing. Get back to facts.
All 5 senses and emotions can be easily deceived
It is common tendency to see people mimic what they see others doing and this applies to thinking
Through controlled habit, place a picture of what you want so it can be understood by the subconscious
- Adopt a definite major purpose
- Create a plan to get that purpose
- Master mind alliance with those who can help you
- Immediate action in carrying out the plan
‘Day by day in every way I am becoming better and better’
Success is always a result of an ordered life. An ordered life comes through organized thinking and carefully controlled habits
Unless you become ‘action conscious’ you can never be an organized thinker
What you are, what you become, what you acquire is all the result of action
Human associations are much more responsible for one’s success or failure in life than most people believe them to be
The following principles produce miraculous mind power
- Definiteness of purpose
- Self-discipline through controlled emotions
- Controlled attention
- Auto suggestion applied to one’s purpose
- The power of will actively engaged
The first and best victory is to conquer self; to be conquered by self is of all things the most shameful and vile - Plato
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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