One of my projects for Organizational Behavior Management class was to do a resource brief on anything of interest. Since “Think and Grow Rich” is one of my favorite books, I figured I would share it with everyone.
Think and Grow Rich
(Refer the picture above, my powerpoint presentation)
Page 1 - Napoleon Hill grew up poor. He worked as a reporter during college to help pay for his education. One of his first interviews was with Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie, at this time, was one of the most powerful and richest businessmen in the world. Carnegie commissioned Napoleon Hill to write a new philosophy. The philosophy of success and riches. Carnegie offered NO PAY to Hill to write this new philosophy and offered him only introductions.
Page 2 - These are the chapters of the book as well as the 12 Laws of Riches. I’m not going to go through any of these subject as this is merely a resource to entice you to read the book but notice that money comes LAST in the 12 Laws of Riches.
Page 3 - If you look at this list, this is a who’s who of American history. Many of the companies you work for or want to work for were founded by these outstanding individuals.
Page 4 - These are a few of my favorite quotes and stories from the book.
- Merchants of Chicago - After the Great Chicago Fire, a bunch of merchant had a meeting. Their stores had burned down and it seemed easier to leave than rebuild. One man left the meeting and pointed to a spot on State Street and proclaimed “on this site here, I will build the greatest store ever”. All the other merchants left and that man fulfilled his promise by building Marshall Field’s. Today, it’s Macy’s but you get the point.
- “Opinions are the cheapest commodities on Earth”. Everyone has a ton of them. It’s up to you to figure out what you want to do.
- “Keep on keeping on” Thomas Eddison said he failed 10,000 times. He didn’t understand why people didn’t keep on keeping on. He failed so many times that he RAN OUT of things to fail at.
- “Building alibis with which to explain failure is a national pasttime” Some people are afraid of failure more than success. I never understood that. The timing will never be perfect. The moon will not align. Sometimes you just have to take a chance.
- “Life is a checkerboard and the player opposite you is time” Time runs out fast. At the end of the game, are you going to be happy with your moves and outcome?
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This post was written by Jay on February 11, 2009
