THINK AND GROW RICH Napoleon Hill

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“All achievements, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea.” Napoleon Hill;

The best book ever written on the acquisition of wealth; “THINK AND GROW RICH”

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“Hope to bring you success principles discussed in

the book of THINK AND GROW RICH by Napoleon

Hill, one of the world’s top success coaches. This

book discusses thirteen success principles that are

significant in acquiring wealth. These principles will

uplift your professional and career life and bring you

success and achievement. Thank you. Hope, you will

enjoy.”

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1. BURNING DESIRE The starting point of all achievement.

The First Step toward Riches.

Burning Desire is not a hope! It is not a wish! It is a keen, pulsating Desire,

which transcended everything else. It was Definite.

Leave no possible way of retreat. You have no option but achieving your

burning desire.

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Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that

becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire

riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize

failure, will bring riches.

Desire for money; Only those who become "money conscious" ever

accumulate great riches. "Money consciousness" means that the mind has

become so thoroughly saturated with the desire for money.

Six steps of getting money;

Step 1: Do no say "I want plenty of money. “Be Definite as to the amount.

Step 2:Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money you

desire.

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Step 3: Establish a definite date when you intend to possess the money you

desire.

Step 4: Create a definite plan for carrying out your desire, and begin at once,

whether you are ready or not, to put this plan into action.

Step 5: Write down clearly the amount of money, date of acquisition, what do

you expect to give in return and your plans.

Step 6: Read your written statement aloud, twice daily, once just before retiring

at night, and once after arising in the morning.

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2. FAITH The Second Step toward Riches.

FAITH is a state of mind which may be induced, or created, by affirmation or

repeated instructions to the subconscious mind.

Have Faith in yourself; Faith in the Infinite.

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How to develop faith; your idea, plan, or purpose are placed in the mind

through repetition of thought. write out a statement of your major purpose, and

repeat it aloud, in audible words, day after day, until these vibrations of sound

have reached your subconscious mind.

Do not fill your mind with fear, doubt and unbelief in your ability to connect

with your ideas, plans and purposes.

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Take to the head;

“If you think you are outclassed, you are,

You've got to think high to rise,

You've got to be sure of yourself before

You can ever win a prize.”

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3. AUTO-SUGGESTION

When you have Faith in yourself and you repeat your ideas and purposes over

and over again, your ideas and thoughts will turn into material things. The

psychologists have named this law as law of “auto suggestion.”

The law of auto suggestion conveys your thoughts to the subconscious mind. It

does not concern whether thoughts are positive or negative. That is why, I tell

you not to have negative thoughts.

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Repeat, “Day by day, in every way, I am getting better and better.” this will

bring you prosperity and success.

“According to the way you set your sails of thought, The law of auto-

suggestion will take you to the destination.”

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4. SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE

The Fourth Step toward Riches.

This does not mean only the knowledge acquired in school education.

Decide the sort of specialized knowledge you require. To a large extent

your major purpose in life, the goal toward which you are working, will

help determine what knowledge you need.

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Specialized knowledge can be acquired in below ways. One's own experience and education.

Colleges and Universities.

Public Libraries.

Special Training Courses.

“If you are determined to become a wealthy business person,

you should acquire specialized knowledge related to business

and professional fields.”

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5. CREATIVE IMAGINATION “The great leaders of business, industry, finance, and the great artists,

musicians, poets, and writers became great, because they developed creative

imagination.”

Take time and create definite and clear imaginations on all the key

dimensions in your life in mind. It means; imaginations on what kind of a

house you want to live in, the car you want to drive, the lifestyle you want

spend and the amount of money you want to have.

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Imagine you have already achieved everything you want to. Practice this

daily. Clear mental imaginations draw material things.

Do not discourage; it takes time to create a world for you. Keep going.

“One of America's most successful and best known financiers followed the

habit of closing his eyes for two or three minutes before making a decision.”

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6. ORGANIZED PLANNING

Form a definite, practical plan, or plans, through which your desire is achieved.

If the first plan does not work successfully, replace it with a new plan, if this

new plan fails to work, replace it, in turn with still another, and so on, until you

find a plan which does work.

You should have the quality of persistence till you achieve your ideas and

purposes.

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“When defeat comes, accept it as a signal that your plans are not sound, rebuild

those plans, and set sail once more toward your coveted goal. If you give up

before your goal has been reached, you are a "quitter."

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“A QUITTER NEVER WINS—AND— A WINNER NEVER QUITS.”

Napoleon Hill;

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7. DECISION The Seventh Step toward Riches.

You need to make prompt decisions at once for implementing your purposes

and ideas. Do not wait. Make decisions and put them into action whether you

are ready or not.

“Analysis of several hundred people who had accumulated fortunes well

beyond the million dollar mark, disclosed the fact that every one of them had

the habit of reaching decisions promptly, and of changing these decisions

slowly.”

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“You should make decisions as president Lincoln decided to give freedom to the

colored people of America. It means, taking brave and right decisions for

chasing your valuable dreams.”

Keep your eyes and ears wide open-and your mouth closed, if you wish to

acquire the habit of prompt decision.

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8. PERSISTENCE

Do no ever give up once you have put your decisions into action. Do not

worry. We all have hard times. The best option to face hard times is

persistence. You may fail. But you have to begin chasing your dreams again.

Remember, the people who give up will not make great positions for them. The

greatest positions remain for the people who do not know what give up means.

“Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage.” Edison failed 999 times in innovating his electric bulb but, he never gave up. He succeeded at the next attempt. After the great innovation, he said, I did not fail 999 times but, I found 999 ways, that would not work.

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How to develop persistence

A definite purpose backed by burning desire for its fulfillment.

A definite plan, expressed in continuous action.

A mind closed tightly against all negative and discouraging influences,

including negative suggestions of relatives, friends and acquaintances.

A friendly alliance with one or more persons who will encourage one to follow

through with both plan and purpose.

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9. POWER OF THE MASTER MIND

The Ninth Step toward Riches.

Power may be defined as "organized and intelligently directed knowledge.“

“POWER IS REQUIRED FOR THE ACCUMULATION OF MONEY! POWER

IS NECESSARY FOR THE RETENTION OF MONEY AFTER IT HAS BEEN

ACCUMULATED!”

To acquire power, you need to collect Infinite Intelligent (intelligent acquired

through Creative Imagination) on the world through the five senses of man.

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When two or more people coordinate in a spirit of harmony, and work toward

a definite objective, they place themselves in position, to absorb power

directly from the great universal storehouse of infinite intelligence. this is the

greatest of all sources of power. it is the source to which every great leader

turns.

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10. THE MYSTERY OF SEXTRANSMUTATION

Sex desire is the most powerful of human desires. When driven by this desire,

men develop keenness of imagination, courage, will-power, persistence, and

creative ability unknown to them at other times.

Emotion of sex is, the most intense and powerful of all mind stimuli. And the

transmutation of sex energy may lift one to the status of a genius.

Psychologists have found that there is a very close relationship between sex

desires and spiritual urges.

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“A study disclosed the fact that the major reason why the majority of men who

succeed do not begin to do so before the age of forty to fifty, is their tendency

to dissipate their energies through over indulgence in physical expression of

the emotion of sex.”

Master salesmen attain the status of mastery in selling, because they, either

consciously, or unconsciously, transmute the energy of sex into sales

enthusiasm!

When a man is driven by his desire to please a woman, based upon the motive

of sex alone, a man may steal, cheat, and even commit murder. But when the

emotion of love is mixed with the emotion of sex, that same man will guide his

actions with more sanity, balance, and reason.

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11. THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

The subconscious mind works day and night. through a method of procedure,

unknown to man, the subconscious mind draws upon the forces of Infinite

Intelligence for the power with which it voluntarily transmutes one's desires

into their physical equivalent.

Make your desires clear, and to reduce them to writing so that the subconscious mind can receive them easily.

“Do not become discouraged, if you cannot do this upon the first attempt.

Remember that the subconscious mind may be voluntarily directed only when

you have faith of your desires.”

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“Money consciousness" can be developed by filling your mind with positive

emotions, such as;

desire, faith, love, sex, enthusiasm, romance and hope.

One does not become money conscious by filling one's mind with negative

emotions. So, avoid;

fear, jealousy, hated, revenge, greed, superstition and anger.

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12. THE BRAIN

Human brain is both a broadcasting and receiving station for the vibration of

thought.

Every human brain is capable of picking up vibrations of thought which are

being released by other brains.

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When you have determined your desire clearly and you have faith in

yourself, your brain will detect those ideas and purposes and vibrates at a

much higher rate. This procedure will turn your desire into material things.

This success principle assures the statement; “All of us are controlled by

forces which are unseen and intangible.”

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13. THE SIXTH SENSE

“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 sixth sense comes only by meditation through mind development from

within. It probably is the medium of contact between the finite mind of man

and Infinite Intelligence.

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It is believed to be the point at which the mind of man contacts the Universal

Mind. The sixth sense is a mixture of both the mental and the spiritual.

Avoid the six basic fears;

The fear of poverty, criticism, ill health, loss of love of someone, old age, death.

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Have a burning desire in your life like Hendry Ford;

FORD SAID, "I'LL BELT THE EARTH WITH

DEPENDABLE MOTOR CARS," AND HE

DID!

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“All men have become what they are,

because of their dominating thoughts

and desires.”

Napoleon Hill;

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Prepared by;

D.M. Sanath Dasanayaka.

University of Sabaragamuwa, Sri Lanka.

May, 2014.

(e-mail: sanath.dasanayaka@yahoo.com)

Thank you, Napoleon Hill. All the credits go to you, the genuine author of the THINK AND GROW RICH.