Think And Grow Rich - 1 (Introduction) Think and Grow Rich was written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill, promoted as personal development and self-improvement book. Hill writes that he was inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. While the book s title and much of the text concerns increased income, the author insists that the philosophy taught in the book can help people succeed in any line of work, to do and be anything they can imagine. ...Read More

Think And Grow Rich - 1 (Introduction) Think and Grow Rich was written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill, promoted as personal development and self-improvement book. Hill writes that he was inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. While the book s title and much of the text concerns increased income, the author insists that the philosophy taught in the book can help people succeed in any line of work, to do and be anything they can imagine. First step of it, 1. DESIRE ...Read More

Think And Grow Rich - 3 (Faith) FAITH is the head chemist of the mind. When FAITH is blended with vibration of thought, the subconscious mind instantly picks up the vibration, translates it into its spiritual equivalent, and transmits it to Infinite Intelligence, as in the case of prayer. The emotions of FAITH, LOVE, and SEX are the most powerful of all the major positive emotions. When the three are blended, they have the effect of coloring the vibration of thought in such a way that it instantly reaches the subconscious mind, where it is changed into its spiritual equivalent, the only form that induces a response from Infinite Intelligence. ...Read More

Think And Grow Rich (Chapter-4 - Auto-Suggestion)-Napoleon Hill THE MEDIUM FOR INFLUENCING THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND The Third Step toward Riches is a term which applies to all suggestions and all self-administered stimuli which reach one s mind through the five senses. Stated in another way, auto-suggestion is self-suggestion. It is the agency of communication between that part of the mind where conscious thought takes place, and that which serves as the seat of action for the subconscious mind. ...Read More

Think and Grow Rich (Chapter-5 - Specialized Knowledge)-Napoleon Hill KNOWLEDGE will not attract money, unless it is organized, and intelligently directed, practical PLANS OF ACTION, to the DEFINITE END of accumulation of money. Lack of understanding of this fact has been the source of confusion to millions of people who falsely believe that knowledge is power. ...Read More

Think and Grow Rich (Chapter-6 - Imagination)-Napoleon Hill The imagination is literally the workshop wherein are fashioned all plans created by The impulse, the DESIRE, is given shape, form, and ACTION through the aid of the imaginative faculty of the mind. It has been said that man can create anything which he can imagine. ...Read More

Think and Grow Rich (Chapter-7 - Organized Planning)-Napoleon Hill You have learned that everything man creates or acquires, begins in the of DESIRE, that desire is taken on the first lap of its journey, from the abstract to the concrete, into the workshop of the IMAGINATION, where PLANS for its transition are created and organized. ...Read More

Think and Grow Rich (Chapter-8 - Decision)-Napoleon Hill ACCURATE analysis of over 25,000 men and women who had experienced failure, disclosed fact that LACK OF DECISION was near the head of the list of the 30 major causes of FAILURE. This is no mere statement of a theory- it is a fact. PROCRASTINATION, the opposite of DECISION, is a common enemy which practically every man must conquer. ...Read More

Think and Grow Rich (Chapter-9 - Persistence)-Napoleon Hill PERSISTENCE is an essential factor in the procedure of transmuting DESIRE into its equivalent. The basis of persistence is the POWER OF WILL. Will-power and desire, when properly combined, make an irresistible pair. Men who accumulate great fortunes are generally known as cold-blooded, and sometimes ruthless. Often they are misunderstood. What they have is will-power, which they mix with persistence, and place back of their desires to insure the attainment of their objectives. ...Read More

Think and Grow Rich (Chapter-10 - Power Of The Master Mind) - Napoleon Hill POWER may be defined as organized intelligently directed KNOWLEDGE. Power, as the term is here used, refers to ORGANIZED effort, sufficient to enable an individual to transmute DESIRE into its monetary equivalent. ORGANIZED effort is produced through the coordination of effort of two or more people, who work toward a DEFINITE end, in a spirit of harmony. POWER IS REQUIRED FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF MONEY! POWER IS NECESSARY FOR THE RETENTION OF MONEY AFTER IT HAS BEEN ACCUMULATED! ...Read More

Think and Grow Rich (Chapter-11 - The Mystery Of Sex Transmutation) -Napoleon Hill The meaning of the word transmute in simple language, the changing, or transferring of one element, or form of energy, into another. The emotion of sex brings into being a state of mind. Because of ignorance on the subject, this state of mind is generally associated with the physical, and because of improper influences, to which most people have been subjected, in acquiring knowledge of sex, things essentially physical have highly biased the mind. ...Read More

Think and Grow Rich (Chapter-12 - The Subconscious Mind)-Napoleon Hill THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND consists of a field of consciousness, in which impulse of thought that reaches the objective mind through any of the five senses, is classified and recorded, and from which thoughts may be recalled or withdrawn as letters may be taken from a filing cabinet. It receives, and files, sense impressions or thoughts, regardless of their nature. You may VOLUNTARILY plant in your subconscious mind any plan, thought, or purpose which you desire to translate into its physical or monetary equivalent. The subconscious acts first on the dominating desires which have been mixed with emotional feeling, such as faith. ...Read More

The Brain A BROADCASTING AND RECEIVING STATION FOR THOUGHT The Twelfth Step toward Riches MORE than twenty years ago, the working in conjunction with the late Dr. Alexander Graham Bell, and Dr. Elmer R. Gates, observed that every human brain is both a broadcasting and receiving station for the vibration of thought. Through the medium of the ether, in a fashion similar to that employed by the radio broadcasting principle, every human brain is capable of picking up vibrations of thought which are being released by other brains. ...Read More

THE thirteenth principle is known as the SIXTH SENSE, through which Infinite Intelligence may, and will communicate without any effort from, or demands by, the individual. This principle is the apex of the philosophy. It can be assimilated, understood, and applied ONLY by first mastering the other twelve principles. The SIXTH SENSE is that portion of the subconscious mind which has been referred to as the Creative Imagination. It has also been referred to as the receiving set through which ideas, plans, and thoughts flash into the mind. The flashes are sometimes called hunches or inspirations. ...Read More

Take Inventory of Yourself, As You Read This Closing Chapter, and Find Out How Many of the Ghosts Are Standing Your Way BEFORE you can put any portion of this philosophy into successful use, your mind must be prepared to receive it. The preparation is not difficult. It begins with study, analysis, and understanding of three enemies which you shall have to clear out. These are INDECISION, DOUBT, and FEAR! The Sixth Sense will never function while these three negatives, or any of them remain in your mind. ...Read More

Think and Grow Rich (Chapter-16 - The Devil S Workshop The Seventh Basic Evil) - Napoleon Hill In addition to the Basic Fears, there is another evil by which people suffer. It constitutes a rich soil in which the seeds of failure grow abundantly. It is so subtle that its presence often is not detected. This affliction cannot properly be classed as a fear. IT IS MORE DEEPLY SEATED AND MORE OFTEN FATAL THAN ALL OF THE SIX FEARS. For want of a better name, let us call this evil SUSCEPTIBILITY TO NEGATIVE INFLUENCES. ...Read More