Think and Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
Summary
Probably the single most influential book on my outlook on life, this book was written prior to world war 2 and very much a timeless classic. It tells the story of Napoleon Hill and how as a biographer for the wealthiest people in American history, he was able to uncover the secrets that made them so successful. Highly recommend
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Notes
Keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be
Think your goal into your mind and you won’t stop persisting till you get it
Know what you want
We are the masters of our fate and captains of our soul
Practical dreamers do not quit
Imagine yourself successful
Reflect on your past success
Set definitive goals
Respond positively to life
Faith is the eternal elixir which gives life, power and action to the impulse of thought
Both poverty and riches are the offspring of thought
Write down your goal and read the statement with emotion and feeling to get it stuck in your subconscious mind
Ideas can be transmuted into cash through the power of definitive purpose plus definite plans
Success requires no explanation, failure permits no alibis
A quitter never wins and a winner never quits
QQS: quality, quantity and spirit
If you are influenced by the opinions of others, you will have no desire of your own
Keep a closed mouth and open ears/eyes
Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it
Persistence is the key (never stop wanting what you deserve)
With persistence will come success
Every failure brings with it the seeds of an equivalent advantage
Definite plans, backed by definite desires through constant persistence will make you accomplish your goal
Three ghosts of the mind are indecision, doubt and fear and don’t let these take over your mind.
Notes from 2nd time I read it:
All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea
Keep on keeping on, no matter how hard the going may be
When riches come, they come so quickly in great abundance that we wonder where they have been hiding all those lean years
Desire - the starting point of achievement
Practical dreamers will always be the pattern makers of civilization
Success requires no apologies, failure requires no alibis
Imagine yourself successful, set definite goals, respond positively to life
Our only limitations are those we set up in our minds
Nothing is impossible to the person who backs desire with enduring faith
Faith is visualizing and believing in attaining the desire
Any impulse of thought repeatedly passed to the subconscious mind is accepted and acted upon
Faith is the eternal elixir which life, power and action to the impulse of thought
Both poverty and riches are the offspring of through
An educated person knows where to get the knowledge needed and how to organize it into definite plans of action
Success and failure are largely results of habit
Imagination leads to success through the power of definite purpose and definite plans
QQS rating: quality, quantity and spirit
Before you control conditions, you must control yourself
Self mastery is the hardest job you will ever tackle
Concentrate all your efforts on one definite chief aim
Procrastination is something everyone must conquer
Opinions are the cheapest commodities on earth
If you are influenced by the opinion of others, you will have no desire of your own
Tell the world what you intend to do, but first show it
Desire, decision, faith, persistence, the master mind and organized planning
Starting point of all achievement is desire
With persistence will come success
The sixth sense is the creative imagination
Stimulation in excess destroys the vital organs of the body
Love never comes just once for love is always changing
Love is spiritual, sex is biological
Positive and negative emotions cannot occupy the mind at the same time - you decide
3 enemies you need to clear from your brain: indecision, doubt and fear
6 basic fears: poverty, criticism, ill health, loss of love of someone, old age and death
You either control your mind or it controls you
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