A few days ago, I finished reading Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. I had heard of this book before I bought it but I didn’t know much about the author or the message. Now that I’ve finished it, I’m glad I checked it out, and I’m definitely going to be referencing it regularly.
As suggested by the title, Think and Grow Rich is intended as a resource for making money. Hill encourages you to think of the amount of money you want and the date by which you would like to have it. However, despite Hill’s focus on the importance of visualizations and positive thinking in reaching your goals (often called the “law of attraction”), he doesn’t say to simply hope and wish for success and then expect it to magically appear. Instead, he advocates coming up with lots of ideas, making them into a practical plan, and then working on that plan until you get what you want; he also acknowledges that you may have to come up with more than one plan to arrive at your goal.
Hill spends a great deal of the book talking about maintaining a positive mindset, learning how to overcome fear, and getting to truly know yourself. He also includes a lot of useful information on how to eliminate negative thinking through self-awareness and self-improvement work. I love all of that stuff and had previously published a blog post about his take on leadership. I think the book is an incredibly useful resource in all areas of life, not just in the pursuit of wealth.
I greatly enjoyed Think and Grow Rich. Although the book’s stated purpose is helping people make money, it offers so much more than that to anyone who learns and applies its lessons to their life. I think it will help me a lot in my business ventures as well as in my everyday life. This is a wonderful book and I highly recommend you check it out. Think it over and decide if you want to use it to enrich your life in any of the many ways it can help you do so.