Name: Think and Grow Rich
Price: 18.33 EUR
Availability: InStock
Author: Napoleon Hill
ISBN: 9781948358095

Type

Physical Book

Author

Napoleon Hill

Gail Thackray

Publisher

Indian Springs Publishing

Language

English

Pages

286

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

17.8 x 12.7 x 1.6 cm

Weight

0.27 kg.

ISBN13

9781948358095

Synopsis "Think and Grow Rich "

The Thirteen Steps to Riches described in this book offer the shortest dependable philosophy of individual achievement ever presented for the benefit of the man or woman who is searching for a definite goal in life. Before beginning the book you will profit greatly if you recognize the fact that the book was not written to entertain. You cannot digest the contents properly in a week or a month. After reading the book thoroughly, Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison, nationally known Consulting Engineer and long-time associate of Thomas A. Edison, said-- "This is not a novel. It is a textbook on individual achievement that came directly from the experiences of hundreds of America's most successful men. It should be studied, digested, and meditated upon. No more than one chapter should be read in a single night. The reader should underline the sentences which impress him most. Later, he should go back to these marked lines and read them again. A real student will not merely read this book, he will absorb its contents and make them his own. This book should be adopted by all high schools and no boy or girl should be permitted to graduate without having satisfactorily passed an examination on it. This philosophy will not take the place of the subjects taught in schools, but it will enable one to organize and apply the knowledge acquired, and convert it into useful service and adequate compensation without waste of time. Dr. John R. Turner, Dean of the College of The City of New York, after having read the book, said-- "The very best example of the soundness of this philosophy is your own son, Blair, whose dramatic story you have outlined in the chapter on Desire.

Napoleon Hill

(Author)

View Author's Page

Oliver Napoleon Hill was born on October 26, 1883 in Wise County, Virginia, United States. He grew up in a humble family and faced a difficult childhood after the death of his mother, but his perseverance and ambition led him to become one of the most influential authors in the self-help and personal development genre of the 20th century.

Hill began his career as a local reporter and, according to his own account, was tasked with interviewing Andrew Carnegie, who supposedly entrusted him with the principles of success. Although the veracity of this encounter has been questioned, Hill built his philosophy from interviews and observations of figures such as Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and John D. Rockefeller. His life was marked by ups and downs, including business failures, accusations of fraud, and personal reinventions, but he always maintained his message of self-improvement and positive thinking.

Hill's style combines anecdotes, practical principles, and an optimistic view of human potential, advocating the importance of mindset, perseverance, and collaboration (the "Master Mind") as keys to success.

His legacy continues thanks to the work of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, a non-profit educational institution based in Virginia, the author's hometown, which has hundreds of thousands of followers on social media and aims to make the world "a better place to live".

See less