Self-help book: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill – a brief introduction

August 20, 2009

Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich

This book is a classic best-seller that has been reprinted over and over again. It was written in 1937 and Napoleon Hill gives 13 success principles used by the great success stories of the early 20th-century. He interviewed Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, Andrew Carnegie and 500 others.

One of the most recent versions of this book is called Think and Grow Rich, The landmark bestseller – now revised and updated for the 21st Century by Napoleon Hill with Arthur R Pell. Here is a quote from the chapter about desire:

“Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money or anything you wish to desire. It needs to be done in fair exchange.

Also write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to acquire, name the time limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to give in return for the money, describe clearly the plan through which you intend to acquire it.”

In the updated version, Arthur R. Pell, Ph.D., a consultant in human resources management interweaves anecdotes of how contemporary millionaires and billionaires, like Bill Gates, achieved their wealth.

There are 15 chapters in this book:

  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Desire
  • Chapter 3: Faith
  • Chapter 4: Auto Suggestion
  • Chapter 5: Specialized Knowledge
  • Chapter 6: Imagination
  • Chapter 7: Organized Planning
  • Chapter 8: Decision
  • Chapter 9: Persistence
  • Chapter 10: Power of the Master Mind
  • Chapter 11: The Mystery of Sex Transmutation
  • Chapter 12: The Subconscious Mind
  • Chapter 13: The Brain
  • Chapter 14: The Sixth Sense
  • Chapter 15: How to Unwit the Six Ghosts of Fear

You can read an introduction for some chapters at Google Books or reviews at Amazon and similar places.

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