Think & Grow Rich By Napoleon Hill

- The man who thought his way into partnership with Thomas A Edison
- Have a Burning desire
- Observe carefully, the description of how he went about translating his desire to reality, and you will have a better understanding of the thirteen principles which lead to riches
- Have a definite purpose
- Determined to remain ready until he got that which he was seeking
- Know what he wanted, and the determination to stand by that desire until he realized it
- When riches begin to come they come so quickly, in such great abundance, that one wonders where they have been hiding during all those lean years
- YOU ARE "THE MASTER OF YOUR FATE, THE CAPTAIN OF YOUR SOUL"
- DESIRE- The starting point of all achievement
- The method by which desire for riches can be transmuted into its financial equivalent, consist of six definite practical steps,
1. Fix in your mind the exact amonunt of money you desire. It is not sufficient merely to say " I want plenty of money". Be definite as to the amount.
2. Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for the money you desire.
3. Establish a definite date when you indend to posess the money you desire .
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.
5. Write out a clear, concise statement of the amount of money you intend to acquire, name the time limit for its acquisition, state what you intend to give in return for the money, and describe clearly the plan through which you indent to accumulate it
6. Read your written statement aloud, twice daily, ocnce just before retiring at night, and once after arising in the morning. AS YOU READ - SEE AND FEEL AND BELIEVE YOURSELF ALREADY IN POSSESSION OF THE MONEY.
- Success requires no apologies, failure permits no alibis
- Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.
- Dreams are the seedings of reality
- World is filled with an abundance of opportunity which the dreamers of the past never knew
- A burning desire to be, and to do is the starting point from which the dreamer must take off.
- DESIRE OUTWITS MOTHER NATURE
- Every adversity brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage

- Faith- visualization of and belief in attainment of desire
- Repetition of affirmation of orders to your subconscious mind is the only known method of voluntary development of the emotion of faith
- Faith is a state of mind which may be induced by autosuggestion
- Faith in yourself ;Faith in the infinite
- Every one of the foregoing statements is capable of proof
- Thoughts which are mixed with any of the feelings of emotions, constitute a "magnetic force which attracts, from the vibration of the ether, other similar, or related thoughts
- Riches begin in the form of thought
- There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge
- Both poverty and Riches are the offspring of thought

AUTO-SUGGESTION
The medium for influencing the subconscious mind
- No thought, whether it be negative or positive, can enter the subconscious mind without the aid of the principle of auto suggestion.

SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE
PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OR OBSERVATIONS

- Knowledge will not attract money, unless it is organized, and intelligently directed, through practical plans of action, to the definite end of accumulation of money
- Sources of knowledge
- One's own experience and education
- Experience and education available through cooperation of others
- Colleges and universities
- Public libraries ( Through books and periodicals in which may be found all the knowledge organized by civilization)
- Special training courses ( Through night schools and home study schools in particular)

- Specialists most sought after
- Employers give greater consideration to employees who take home study courses
- Specialised knowledge, plus imagination, were the ingredients that went into this unique and successful business
- "I BELIEVE THAT CLOSE ASSOCIATION WITH ONE WHO REFUSES TO COMPROMISE WITH CIRCUMSTANCES HE DOES NOT LIKE, IS AN ASSET THAT CAN NEVER BE MEASURED IN TERMS OF MONEY"
- There is no fixed price for sound IDEAS
- Capability means IMAGINATION, the one quality needed to combine specialized knowledge with IDEAS, in the form of ORGANIZED PLANS designed to yield Riches
- IDEA is the main thing. Specialized knowledge may be found just around the corner - any corner

IMAGINATION
The workshop of the mind
- The fifth step toward Riches
- Man's only limitation, within reason, lies in his development and use of his imagination
Two forms of imagination
-Synthetic imagination
-Creative imagination
-WHAT I WOULD DO IF I HAD A MILLION DOLLARS
- HE GOT THE MONEY WITHIN THIRTY-SIX HOURS AFTER HE REACHED A DEFINITE DECISION IN HIS OWN MIND TONGET IT, AND DECIDED UPON A DEFINITE PLAN FOR GETTING IT
- IDEAS CAN BE TRANSMUTED INTO CASH THROUGH THE POWER OF DEFINTE PURPOSE, PLUS DEFINITE PLANS
- SUCCESS REQUIRES NO EXPLANATIONS FAILURE PERMITS NO ALBIS

ORGANIZED PLANNING
-THE CRYSTALLIZATION OF DESIRE INTO ACTION
The sixth step toward Riches
How to build plans which will be practical
(a) Ally yourself with a group of as many people as you need for the creation and carrying out of your plan or plans for the accumulation of money making use of the "Master Mind" principle (Compliance with this instruction is absolutely essential. Don't neglect it)
(b)Before forming your "Master Mind" allinace, decide what advantages and benefits you may offer the individual embers of your group, in return for their cooperation. No one will work indefinitely without some form of compensation. No intelligent person will either request or expect another to work without adequate compensation, although this may not always be in the form of money.
(c) Arrange to meet with members of your "Master Mind" group atleast twice a week, and more often if possible, until you have jointly perfected the necessary plan, or plans for the accumulation of money
(d) Maintian PERFECT HARMONY between yourself and every member of your "Master mind" group. If you fail to carryout this instruction to the letter, you may expect to meet with failure. The "Master Mind" principle cannot obtain where PERFECT HARMONY does not prevail

Keep in mind these facts
1. You are engaged in an understanding of major importance to you. To be sure of success, you must have plans which are faultless.
2. You must have the advantage of the experience, education native ability and imagination of other minds. This is in harmony with the methods followed by every person who has accumulated a great fortune.

A QUITTER NEVER WINS AND A WINNER NEVER QUITS
PLANNING THE SALE OF SERVICES

Major attributes of leadership
1. Unwavering courage
2. Self control
3. A keen sense of justice
4. Definiteness of decision
5. Definiteness of plan
6. The habit of doing more than paid for
7. A pleasing personality
8. Sympathy and understanding
9. Mastery of detail
10. Willingness to assume full responsibility
11. Cooperation

How to get the exact position you desire
1. Decide exactly what kind of a job you want. If the job doesn't already exist, perhaps you can create it.
2. Choose the company, or individual for whom you wish to work.
3. Study your prospective employer, as to policies, personnel and chances of advancement
4. By analysis of yourself, your talents and capabilities, figure WHAT YOU CAN OFFER, and plan ways and means of giving advantages, services, developments, ideas that you believe you can successfully deliever.
5. Forget about "a job". Forget the usual routine of " have you got a job for me?" Concentrate on what you can give.
6. Once you have your plan in mind, arrange with an experienced write to put it on paper in neat form, and in full detail.
7. Present it to the proper person with authority and he will do the rest. Every company is looking for men who can give something of value, whether it be ideas, services or "connections". Every company has room for the man who has a definite plan of action which is to the advantage of company.

QQS Rating
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2. Quantity of service shall be undertood to mean the habit of rendering all the service of which youbare capable, at all times, with the purpose of increasing the amount of service rendered as greater skill is developed through practice and experience. Emphasis is again placed on the word habit.
3. Spirit of service shall be construed to mean the habit of agreeable, harmonious conduct which will induce cooperation from associates and fellow employees.

DECISION
If you are influenced by the opinions of others, you will no desire of your own
PERSISTENCE
The sustained effort necessary to induce faith
Every failure brings brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage
1. Definiteness of purpose
2. Desire
3. Self reliance
4. Definiteness of plans
5. Acquire knowledge
6. Cooperation
7. Will power
8. Habit