Napoleon Hill always emphasize the power of positive thinking. If negative thoughts will lead to failure, then positive thinking will lead to success.
Harnessing the Power of Thought
In the book, Think and Grow Rich, Hill has several advice in developing positive thoughts in order to attain riches.
Keep on having positive thoughts. Any positive thoughts will be passed on to your subconsious mind and will eventually translate into its physical equivalent. The person will finally come to believe whatever is being repeated, whether the statement is true or not. Thus, having repeated thoughts about riches will bring riches to the person, while repeated thoughts about poverty will also bring poverty.
Perfection will come through practice. It cannot come by merely reading the instructions.
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
Use the Imagination (Chapter 6). “Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes. Ideas are products of the imagination.” Any idea can be turned into products. The idea can be entirely new and original. Or the idea can be just old concepts, ideas or plans that were combined into something new.
Organized Planning (Chapter 7). Create a definite plan and put it into action right away. If the plan fails, don’t quit. Replace it with a new plan, and another and still another, until the plan succeeds.
A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
Use the Master Mind Principle (Chapter 10). Increase your brain power by connecting with other people who can help in the creation of ideas and in carrying out the plan. Having more people involved will multiply the knowledge and capability compared to doing it alone.
Be persistent (Chapter 9). Don’t give up at the first signs of defeat. The lack of persistence is a weakness common to many. If you find yourself lacking in persistence, this can be fixed by making your desire for riches (or other goals) stronger.
Broadway will give any begger a cup of coffee and sandwich, but it demands persistence of those who go after the big stakes.
Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill
Think and Grow Rich Book Summary
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