Think and Grow Rich

This is a perfect book for anyone who wants to improve their life. It reminds us we all have the power to transform ourselves and help others through practice and positive perspectives. Nothing is impossible. It helps us realise true purpose and what life is for. It also kicks into touch our tendency for destructiveness and reminds us to be kind, thankful and true..

This book shines a light on your vulnerabilities.It opens your mind to thoughts that have harboured you.A must read book

I love Napoleon hill research, it's very techinical but you feel that is been researched well. You need to pay your whole attention into it to understand the meaning behind each chapter, I do recommend to read it at least 3 times, very uplifting book

I'm about half way through this book and it's STILL not getting to the point, and I just can't keep on reading any more.Every chapter is the same three not-especially-interersting stories told over and over in slightly different ways, or longs monologues of pseudoscience and scientific theories that have long since been disproved. At one point, I kid you not, he suggests that science has proved the existence of telepathy! He talks constantly about "the ether", which has been proved to not exist.He takes credit for the fact that his deaf son's hearing was restored. He takes credit for his son's success in marketing that hearing aid to other deaf people. He takes credit for the classes his son gave to other deaf people to help them overcome their lack of hearing. From what I've read he also takes credit for even bigger things later in the book.He constantly hints that there's a secret to wealth but you will need to read the NEXT chapter to find out what it is. Except no such secret is ever revealed. In one chapter he arrogantly claims the reader will need to read his book THREE TIMES to fully understand his lessons!The book is full of racist and sexist anecdotes. He talks of a Chinese student in America and speaks like the very idea of a Chinese person educating themselves is something unusual and noteworthy. The language he emplys to describe this person is cringeworthy, like listening to your racist aunt ranting about foreigners.Hill abuses the comma so much as to make the book excruciating to read. Similarly he uses hyphens instead of dashes, and applies them liberally throughout. This wouldn't be so bad if the there weren't also 3-6 hyphenated words split across two lines on every page. It can be very hard to tell whether a hyphen at the end of the line is the end of an aside, or the hyphenation of a word split across a line.In places it's clear that whatever OCR the publisher used wasn't very good and wasn't checked over before being published. For example, in one place there was a single 'm' in the middle of a sentence. It took me a while to realise it was meant to be the word 'in'.And most irritatingly of all has to be the zealous CAPITALISATION OF ENTIRE SENTENCES FOR BASICALLY NO REASON. It reads like he's unnecessarily SHOUTING various things BUT I CAN NEVER FIGURE OUT WHY.He contradicts himself repeatedly. He tells stories where the moral is that someone only got rich because they spent time thinking about it. But the real reason is stated plainly in the story: the person in question took action that made them rich. Thinking about it simply wasn't enough.This book is boring, self-indulgent, self-aggrandising, self-satisfied, money-worshipping, out of date, repetitive, unscientific, pseudoscientific, arrogant, contradictory bull.I'm tempted to ask for a refund, even though I got this book on Kindle for free!

This book is solid; every time I read this book, I learn something new. I strongly recommend it.

This is the second time that I’ve read this book. Parts of this book are heavy going and the stories and references will undoubtedly have less relevance today than when the book was first published in 1937. With that said this book still gets 10/10 because its core ideas are timeless and hugely important in achieving success.Many personal development books build on the foundations of this book and this is a great book to read early on in your life and career.Read it, take notes and revisit the teachings regularly to get maximum benefit. There are many follow up actions that are required after reading this book and unless you make the effort to action these then don’t be surprised if success remains illusive.Here are some of the key learnings I took away from this book.Introduction• Success is mind control is self-disciple and habit• Reading a book is not enough. To reap the full benefit you must study, digest and meditate on the contents• Try highlighting interesting passages and transferring these to a separate sheet of paper that can be studied regularly• Most of what you learn in school is of no use in the accumulation of riches• Building wealth starts with your state of mind. You must desire wealth incredibly deeply to ensure you don’t quit, like most other people, when encountering temporary defeatDesire• You must develop and reinforce a burning desire1. Decide exactly how much money you want2. Determine what you are willing to sacrifice to obtain this money3. Set a date by which you must have accumulated the money4. Create a clear plan and begin immediately5. Write all the above as a statement of intent6. Read this statement twice daily• Visualise having all this money. You must believe!Faith• The dominating thoughts of your mind recreate themselves in outward, physical action. Once your mind is dominated by these thoughts you will have FAITH.• To build your own faith follow the self-confidence formula in the bookAuto-suggestion• Any thoughts that you persistently hold in your mind will result in plans being suggested to your sub conscious mind.Specialised knowledge• Knowledge is worthless unless it is organised and intelligently directed• Anyone who stops studying after school is doomed to mediocracyImagination• Imagination is a limiting factor because man can create anything that he imagines• Your imagination will help you formulate definite plans to build your wealthOrganised planning• Work with other people (your ‘Master Mind’ alliance) to help formulate effective plans• Your plans will often fail. Persevere and create new plansThe mastery of procrastination• Be in the habit of reaching decisions quickly and starting to work on your plans immediatelyPersistence• To build a great fortune you must be incredibly persistent• To help you build persistence focus on building a definite purpose, defining a clear plan and closing your mind to negative influences and surrounding yourself with positive and able peopleThe power of the master mind• You will become the average of your associates so choose your company carefully• Associating yourself with people that have some expertise in the area you are looking to be successful can greatly accelerate your successThe mystery of sex• The emotion of sex can lift your brain to new heights. This can be achieved by getting an attractive secretary, for example!• Most young men dissipate this sexual emotion and limit their ability to reach such heightsThe subconscious mind• Your subconscious mind is an intermediary between your desires and actionable stepsThe sixth sense• Once you have mastered the other steps will enable great ideas to voluntarily come to your mind (e.g. hunches)

Really inspirational book. Great exercises to get your mindset straight. I'm re-reading to keep the positive momentum going.

Love this book it can be life changing if you are willing to read it with an open mind and take on board what is being said.