"Think And Grow Rich", by Napoleon Hill

Goodnight Caton,

So, I finally took the time to open the novel, “Think And Grow Rich”, by Napoleon Hill (I should genuinely give myself a round of applause for not procrastinating this time around).Apparently my mom bought this book from 2009 and I’m just getting the courage and strength to flip the dog-eared, torn cover. Well, better late than never.

The book starts off in “A Word From The Author”, where the author is stating how Napoleon Hill was deeply inspired by his mentor Andrew Carnegie (when I saw Carnegie I immediately thought about Dale Carnegie and his book “How To Make Friends and Influence People”) on success. He then dedicated the next 20 years of his time on planet Earth observing, researching and studying successful, rich and wealthy persons from all walks of life and eventually teaching millions more on how to replicate such a system and amass fruit for themselves.

However, for whatever the author wants to disclose ( the secret to success) to work and eventually bring forth abundance in ones life there needs to be some level of desire in what that person wants. I mean do you really make time for anything that isn’t important to you? The author does drop a little teaser before ending the “Word” by saying, “the secret to success and riches starts with an idea”, or something like that (I can’t bother to open the book right now…..don’t quote me). I can recall reading “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teenagers” by Sean Covey, when somewhere in the book it said, “You sow a thought and you reap an idea, you sow an idea and reap an act, you sow an act and reap a habit, you sow a habit and reap a character, you sow a character and reap a destiny.”

Sounds pretty intriguing to be honest. The author claims that well-known persons like Tom Ford, Thomas Edison, to name a few, applied these principles to their business and way of life and created abundance. Am I worthy enough for a piece of that successful pie? Are my cheeks allowed to have a seat around the top 1% table? I guess the answer to that question is genuinely up to me.