"Think And Grow Rich" A Crock of Hooey?

That makes me laugh! Of course it isn't a crock of hooey. I have made Napoleon Hill's "Think And Grow Rich" a focus of study over the past several weeks. I am sure you are aware that I am seriously pro "law-of-attraction." The information in this book sets very comfortably with my way of thinking.

If you like coming away from a good book feeling edified and changed forever for the better I recommend reading this book that is the effort of a brilliant man who dedicated his life to gathering and compiling information about applying your mind to your actions to the benefit of not only your business but your life.

He is an excellent illustrator of the laws of thought and generating relationships.

I have to say that it is the beginning of "Think and Grow Rich" that grabs me and keeps me reading...every time I read it.

I just love the story about the man who decided that he wanted to mine gold. He staked a claim and got busy and FAILED! The story isn't ABOUT the failure though, it is about what he learned from that failure and how he applied what he learned to his life and how that facilitated his great success in the insurance industry.

The fact that he figured out how to learn from his big mistakes is huge enough, but the most inspiring part to me was the ultimate advice of: "Go to an expert if you don't know what you're doing."

It just isn't a really great idea to go into a project when you are an amateur and expect to be successful on your own. Ask and expert. Observe a Master. Apprentice under someone who has already been through the learning curve and come out on top.

This brilliant book, "Think And Grow Rich," has become a big part of my business life because of the huge effect it is having on my entire life. Desire, determination and ACTION! Add to that the development of understanding people.

A very useful and foundational lesson is to be smart enough and honest enough with yourself to know when you don't know everything. And there is more.

I am using a direct quote from the book because I can't come up with a better way to say this:

"Thoughts which are mixed with any of the feelings of emotions constitute a 'magnetic' force which attracts other similar or related thoughts."

There are a lot of folks out there reading "Think And Grow Rich" who come away thinking that all they have to do now is think the same thoughts over and over by rote (without putting out any effort) and they will somehow magically become a millionaire.

That is absolutely NOT what that statement means.

Here's the point: When you get on the right track you will begin to have idea after idea and those ideas help send you in the direction that leads to the realization of your goals. Following these inspirational thoughts that come to you leads to reaping the physical effects later.

I am going to repeat this critical point because it is SO important! Following these inspirational thoughts that come to you leads to reaping the physical effects later.

You should have new ideas popping into your mind all the time. Epiphanies that build upon and clarify your original goal and cause forward moving momentum. Action is required on your part.

It is now your turn to Look Up and Think and Grow Rich.

I will talk with you again later!