Power of Discovery
It is always god faith that I came
across Napoleon Hill book Think Rich Grow Rich and Law of Success. Napoleon
Hill has a long success story and well knows back in 19th century. For
those who have not you can start to reach out a copy and starting reading:
The below article has come to my
interest to share in my blog here and I hope more people can be reached out.
Enjoy reading: As you read along thinking about it.
Ahead of the book's release, check out
some of Hill's best quotes of all time:
1. On having definiteness of purpose
"If you want the mind to pick up
an idea and to form a habit so that the mind will automatically act upon that
idea, you've got to tell the mind what you want, over and over and over
again."
2. On developing mastery
"Whatever it is that you lack in education,
or knowledge, or influence, you can always obtain it through somebody who has
it. Exchange of favors and exchange of knowledge is one of the greatest
exchanges in the world."
3. On applying faith
"The subconscious mind only knows
what you tell it, or what you allow other people to tell it, or what you allow
the circumstance of life to tell it ... it accepts the things that you send
over, and if you send over predominating thoughts on poverty and ill health and
failure, that's exactly what you'll get."
4. On going the extra mile
"I don't know of any one quality
or trait that can get a person an opportunity quicker than to go out of his way
or her way to do somebody a favor, or do something useful."
5. On having a pleasing
personality
"Don't take it too seriously, no
matter what it is. During the Depression, I had four of my friends commit
suicide. Two of them jumped off tall buildings, one shot himself, and another
one took poison. They did it because they lost all their money. I lost twice as
much as they did, but I didn't jump off any building, I didn't shoot myself, I
didn't poison myself ... My mental attitude toward it was to start immediately
looking for that seed of improvement."
6. On having initiative
"You don't have to be very
brilliant. You don't have to have such a wonderful education. You can be an
outstanding success if you will only take what little you have, whether it's
little or much, and start using it, putting it into operation, doing something
about it, and doing something with it. And, of course, that calls for
initiative."
7. On having a positive attitude
"Hoping is better than wishing.
Because the difference between a hope and a wish is that hope is a beginning to
take on faith."
8. On being self-disciplined
"Be careful what you set your
heart upon because, if you set your heart on anything and stand by that
decision, you're going to get it."
9. On being enthusiastic
"If you want to do something, work
yourself into a state of wild enthusiasm and go to work where you stand, even
if it's nothing more than drawing a picture in your mind of the thing you want
to do, and keep drawing that picture, making it more vivid all the
time."
10. On creating controlled attention
"Concentration requires a
definiteness of purpose in such proportion that it becomes an obsession.
There's no use of having a motive unless you put obsession of desire or
obsession of purpose in back of it."
11. On thinking accurately
"The truth of the matter is that
your emotions are not reliable at all. The emotion of love, for instance, is
the greatest and the grandest of all the emotions, and yet it can also be the
most dangerous. More trouble in human relationships grows out of
misunderstanding the emotion of love than all other sources of difficulty
combined."
12. On learning from adversity
"One of the best things that can
happen to you is to meet with problems, circumstances, and incidents that force
you to think, because without a motive, you might not do much thinking
anyway."
13. On fostering cooperation
"Being recognized for personal
initiative, a pleasing personality, or outstanding work is a strong motive to
inspire cooperation. Give a person recognition when he does a good job; say so,
and do something about it."
14. On imagination
"Just think of all the things the
mind of man has brought forth to introduce people to one another."
15. On the importance of health
"You can't have good health,
prosperity, happiness, or peace of mind if you're going to fear anything--even
death, most of all. Personally, I'm looking forward to death with great
anticipation. It's going to be one of the most unusual interludes of my whole
life."
16. On budgeting time and money
"Set aside a definite amount for
investment, even if it's only as small as a dollar a week or even 50 cents a
week. It's not the amount that's important, it's the habit of being resourceful
and frugal."
17. On the "law of cosmic habit
force"
"Man is not bound by instinct; man
is bound only by the imagination and the willpower of his own mind."
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