Book Report - Think & Grow Rich

Book Review: Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill (1937)
Napoleon Hill (1937). THINK & GROW RICH. Meriden, Conn.: The Ralston
Society.
Vaishnavi Vanawala
California Baptist University
Book:
Napoleon Hill (1937). THINK & GROW RICH. Meriden, Conn.: The Ralston
Society.
Author:
American born Napoleon Hill was born into poverty in 1883 on Pond River in Wise County,
Virginia. He began his writing career at very early age i.e. at 13 as a mountain reporter for
small town new papers and eventually became Americas most beloved motivational author.
During that time, he had chance to interview Andrew Carnegie, one of the richest and most
powerful men that time. Carnegie was very impressed with Hill, and gave him task to interview
most successful men and women. He took about 20 years to research and produce his book,
Think & Grow because he was assigned to interview over 500 millionaires to find a success
formula that can be used by mediocre people. He is considered to be most influential man in the
area of personal success. He motivated millions of people through his book Think & Grow
Rich. He is considered to be most influential man in the area of personal success. He motivated
millions of people through his book Think & Grow Rich. He wrote the experiences of the
Americas most successful persons and did an incredible work. He did not write about the
theories of how to think and grow but he shared real life stories of the successful persons in his
book. Its all about how to live better rich life. He passed away in November 1970 after long
successful career writing, teaching and explaining every reader about the principles of success.
Thesis:
Do it now. Nothing can stop you to achieve something and be successful in life. If anyone
wants to be wealthy, plan to accomplish and never look back. Such positive attitude can lead
you to solve all problems. Therefore, try hard with optimistic approach and you will surely
ensure victory.
Major Sections:
This book basically explains success principles, which can be applied in our daily life, and we
can get maximum benefits from it. It helps us realize that what are our dreams and goals in our
every day life. By applying these principles in our day life, no body can stop us in being
successful person. As said above in thesis, Do it now. He mentions 13 key principles to
success. They are: Desire, Faith, The Sixth Sense, Auto Suggestion, Specialized knowledge, The
Brain, Imagination, Decision, Organized Planning, Power of the Master Mind, Persistence, The
Mystery of Sex Transmutation, The Subconscious mind, The Six Ghost of Fear.
Desire- In this book, desire is the most important principle because it means to want something
instead of wish. He illuminates that if person wants to achieve something in their imagination,
he will plan for it and apply it in reality. If the person doesnt even imagine or want anything at
all, how are they going to think and plan.
Faith- According to Hill, Faith means having self-confidence, trust and belief that you can do
what you desire or want to do. If people have any doubt at the back of their mind, there sub
conscious mind will know their doubt and will face hurdle in achieving what they desire. Thus,
person should be very self-confident and trust own thoughts. In this chapter, Hill have explained
about various authors that how there self-confident helped them to be successful, and how they
achieved, which looked like its impossible.
Auto- Suggestion is self administrated suggestion which reaches ones mind through the 5
senses. The author teaches how to make your sub conscious mind believe that what you desire is
correct. Create a note of your goal, read it every morning and evening while visualizing goal in
your mind.
Specialized Knowledge - As we know, everyone doesnt have all the knowledge and experience.
Thus, the author suggests interacting with knowledgeable person or with an expert and taking
advice about achieving your goal.
Imagination- As we discussed earlier, without desiring, wanting or imagining a thought in mind,
how are we going to know that what we want to achieve and make plan for it? Napoleon Hill
clearly says in his book that whatever a mind can imagine, it can achieve it. However, a person
doesnt have to move backward even though they fail. Thus, a person have to think, desire,
imagine and have self-confidence to achieve their goal and be successful.
Organized Planning- As the entrepreneur needs to make a business plan before starting up his
business. Similarly, once you know that what you want in your life, you have to plan. The
planning should be organized and you should ask experts about ideas and start getting involved
for better ideas and suggestions.
Decision-As discussed above, dont look back ward after you decide you want to achieve your
goal. Once the decision is taken move forward and go with the flow.
Persistence- Hill motivates us to never give up on our goals. He explains that even if we are
struggling for success, we have to move through the entire hard-hitting times. He have given
examples of the successful people, how they survived there difficult times to be successful and
accomplished what they wanted.
Power of The Mastermind - When we start moving towards our goal, we automatically start
getting involved with the group of people who can assistant us to achieve our goals and help us
be successful. It gives you support to move faster to your success because you will be
motivated.
Mystery of Sex Transmutation- It is the desire to be used as energy and
Subconscious Mind- As we know our subconscious mind plays a major role in influencing what
we desire to do. However, to achieve positive results the belief system needs to be very strong
and a person have to be very self-confident.
The Brain- The brain is noticing every bits and parts that is happening around you, it strengthens
as well as weakness your thinking. Thus, you have to be very smart and conscious about the
feedback you are getting from the society. You have to believe your intuition and take
everything in positive aspect.
The sixth sense
The sixth sense- is the power, which one can get from inner self. It cannot be practiced or
developed with time; it comes with ones feelings.
Reaction:
According to me, when Hill is trying to explain about Desire, he means that everyone should
have goal in life. For example, my desire is to be successful businesswoman. So this is my goal
and how do I attain it? Thus, I need to define my goal more specifically and clearly, and then I
have to plan to achieve that goal or to be successful. Another good example is making a
business plan before starting a business. An entrepreneur have desire to become successful
entrepreneur, and to accomplish that he needs to have a business plan/model.
Recommendation:
I recommend this book to the fellow students who wants to achieve success in their life. This
book teaches and inspires to have positive attitude even if we fail financially. Think and Grow
Rich is a good book to read because it helps in personal development. Hill motivates and
shares success stories of successful person and shares the formula of how to be financially
successful. He explains about the various success stories because he wants us to know which is
that common characteristic that can be applied in everyones life to be successful.
Sexual desire is one of the most powerful emotions. Sexual transmutation is not about
suppressing this
desire but rather taking that energy and using that same desire and energy for the purpose of
realizing
your goals

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