Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
On my adventure to find success and knowledge on how to get out of the normal financial status quo, I stumbled into this book ("Think and Grow Rich").
Though I always hear people talk about this book, how it is a must read for everyone, until i got it from a friend and decided to read.
Think and grow rich is a popular book for anyone who wants to be successful in life and in whatever he or she is doing.
This book deals with mind shift, how one can make or create wealth by changing one's mindset.
Of which we all know that there is a saying that says "the man is the mindset". Which means the outcome of your life is a function of your mind.
As you read this book, there is going to be a lot of mindset shift. You will start seeing life, success and wealth differently.
The content of the book is so rich, and I am going to highlight a few of the topics he spoke about which really was an eye opener to me (power of the human thought, desires, faith, imaginations, planning etc).
Napoleon Hill states that...
When you begin to think and grow rich, you will find out that riches begins with a state of the mind, with definiteness of purpose and with little or no hard work.
This book like I said is tailored to open up your eyes on acquiring a state of mind that attracts riches and wealth.
He also states that...
success comes to those who becomes success conscious.
Which means that we should be conscious of success to be successful. But the reverse is the case in most person's life today.
I have met a lot of persons both online and offline and I came to realise that about 80% of the people I have met have a very negative mindset, people are more conscious of negative events than a positive one.
Someone trying to make investment is already thinking 🤔; what if the business crumbles?, another trying to start a relationship already thinking; what if the relationship fails?, another trying to participate in a competition is already considering, what if i don't win? Etc.
So Napoleon Hill was trying to show us through this book, that you will most likely attract what you are always conscious of.
Napoleon says that everyone wishes to have money due to the purpose it serves, but he also said that wishing will not bring the riches. Rather desiring riches with a state of mind, then plan on definite ways to acquire the riches with persistence which doesn't recognize failure is what brings the riches.
And he gave 6 steps to take while desiring to attain any financial height or goals.
- Fix your mind on the exact amount you desire.
- Determine what services to render in return for the money you want.
- Establish a date you intend to have the money.
- Create a plan on how to carry out your desires and begin to act on it.
- Write a concise statement of the amount of money you desire to have.
- Read your written statement aloud to yourself daily.
As you read, begin to see, feel and believe that you already in possession of the money.
Faith in this context simply means the visualizing and believing in the success
of your laid down desires.
Napoleon states that...
Faith removes limitations.
He said that there are not limitations, except the one people build in their own minds.
So for you to achieve any height of success in life, one needs to have believe that everything is possible.
You can rise to any height in life, you can become whatsoever you desire to be. You can have any amount of money you desire to have. You can rise to any height you desire to get to.
Napoleon called the imagination the workshop of the mind. That is where all works are being carried out.
What ever you can see with the eyes of your mind which is your imagination, you can achieve when you believe in it.
You can create your own world with your imagination. The problem with a lot of persons is that when they are alone, they focus more on thinking of all the negative things that had happened over the past years, they think of all the failed businesses, they think of all the failed relationships, they think of all the misfortunes, but fail to imagine the good things they desire to have in life and the next phase of life they would wish to attain.
Napoleon states that ideas are the beginning of all success, they are the products of imaginations.
So if you are looking for business idea, or ideas on how to do anything, learn to sit with yourself, think 🤔 positively and imagine your success.
Planning simply means crystallising your desires into actions according to Napoleon.
Now after you have changed your mindset, you are desirous of reaching a certain success or attaining a certain height, the next that follows is believing that you can get there, then followed by imagining yourself already in possession of that, you have another work to do which is called planning.
There is a saying that if you fail to plan, you have planned to fail.
According to our book, you don't also expect that once you start following the rules of the book, you wouldn't experience road blocks. These road blocks are called temporary defeats.
But Napoleon said that temporary defeats are a sign that your plans are not sound enough, so you rebuild the plans and set more goals.
Napoleon states that...
A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
So you must stay with your plans and goals until you see them working out, just like you have believed and imagined.
I can go on and on and on reviewing this book, but I will have to stop the review here.
And I believe that by just reading this review, you are already adjusting yourself about some areas of your life.
Think and grow rich
I recommend this book for anyone looking forward to rise higher in any field you find yourself, THINK AND GROW RICH 🤑.