Napolean Hill

Napolean Hill, author of Think and Grow Rich and many other well known title is the subject of this weeks episode on the work of series. Napolean Hill’s books have sold many millions across the globe and he is regarded by many as one of the greatest influences on the field of self- improvement.

In 1908, Napolean Hill says that he met Andrew Carnegie who was a super rich success billionaire and Carnegie suggested that he interview the most successful people he could find. He said he then went onto interview 25000 people including very successful people.

Mental Dynamite (How to own your own mind), it was said, was locked in a vault since 1941 and details insights Hill gained from Carnegie during conversations in 1908. Creative vision, organised thought and controlled attention. Using your imagination in a creative way. Definiteness of purpose and strong plan. Wherever you put your attention is where your energy goes.

Outwitting the Devil 1938 too controversial to be released at the time. The story is of Hill playing a character talking to the devil (known as your Majesty) Devil manifests as a voice in our head. The aim of beating the devil is to stop the mind from drifting. Fears create bad habits. We are paralyzed so it’s hard to make decisions. Hill recommends to become a decisive person that helps others and be the kind of person that is strong enough to do your own thinking, give what you can and go after what you want. He mentions Definiteness of Purpose, Mastery over self, Learn from adversity, Control over environmental influence. Time , Harmony and Caution.

Success through a Positive Mental Attitude with W Clement Stone was very popular. All about having a PMA. Positive vs Negative. PMA people tend to write goals down and see positive in the situation. They persevere and motivate themselves to achieve the goals they have. They take charge of the past, present and future. There are 17 principles of success:

A POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE
DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE: 1 Definite major goal. When what willing to do… plan, read it aloud
GOING TO EXTRA MILE: The more you deliver and more effort you put i8n the better the reward will be
ACCURATE THINKING: inductive and deductive reasoning based upon assumptions and facts
SELF-DISCIPLINE: Work on disciplining yourself
THE MASTERMIND: Work with other minds to achieve the goal
APPLIED FAITH: Act with belief things will happen
A PLEASING PERSONALITY: Develop the kind of personality that will help you get on better with others and succeed
PERSONAL INITIATIVE: self motivate yourself to take action
ENTHUSIASM: focus on goal daily and how much you want it
CONTROLLED ATTENTION: Focus on what you want
TEAMWORK: Work as a team to achieve more together
LEARNING FROM DEFEAT: Find a lesson that makes you better
CREATIVE VISION: Create new ideas and use imagination more
BUDGETING TIME and MONEY
MAINTAINING SOUND PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH
USING COSMIC HABIT FORCE

Think and Grow Rich (1937) was the classic bestseller which has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. It is about the Power of the Mind and how you can change your life by changing how you think. 13 principles he reveals as:

DESIRE: Focus hard on what we want more than anything

FAITH: Believe that we can have what we want

AUTO-SUGGESTION: Repeat to ourselves what we need to hear

SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE: Know what you need to know exactly

IMAGINATION: Synthetic vs Creative Imagination… use creative to come up with new ideas

ORGANISED PLANNING: Design a plan that helps you get what you want

DECISION: Become decisive and nail your colors to the mast

PERSISTENCE: Keep going in the face of adversity

POWER OF THE MASTER MIND: Surround yourself with people who are successful

MYSTERY OF SEX TRANSMUTATION: Use your sexual power to create success

THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND: We need to change our beliefs in the subconscious mind by reprogramming it

THE BRAIN: The brain can’t tell the difference between a real and vividly imagined experience so we can change our brain through our imagination