There are no limitations to the mind except those we acknowledge
Think and grow rich is the state of mind. it exploits the strong desire and definite purpose into reality. despite the book's title, this book is not about how to increase your income and become rich. The object of this book is to help all who seek it, to learn the art of changing their minds from FAILURE CONSCIOUSNESS TO SUCCESS CONSCIOUSNESS.
Think and grow rich (1937) is one of the best-selling books of all time. it examines the psychological power of thoughts and the brain in furthering your career for both monetary and personal satisfaction. enjoy the summary of this all-time self-help classic!
You are the master of your fate, the captain of your soul.
Think and grow rich is the combined wisdom from more than 500 of America's most successful individuals. their insights were then narrowed down into 13 principles and contributed to what hill refers to as the overall "Philosophy of Achievement".
Napoleon hill's 13 Principles of success presents a philosophy of achievement that is intended to be mulled over. this thinks and grow rich summary will look at each of the 13 principles in turn. they are as follows:
1. Desire
2. Faith
3. Auto-suggestion
4. Specialized knowledge
5. Imagination
6. Organized planning
7. Decision
8. Persistence
9. The power of the mastermind
10. Sex Transmutation
11. The Subconscious mind
12. The Brain'
13. The Sixth Sense
1. Desire
The starting point of all achievement
The Starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. keep this constantly in mind. weak desire brings weak result, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat.
Napoleon Hill has six steps for turning your desire into reality.
Our only limitation are those we set up in our minds.
While being able to visualize yourself as rich may seem challenging at first, it’s only those individuals who are “money conscious” that become successful. To be money conscious is to see yourself in possession of great wealth before you attain it. You will only become rich if you possess a deep desire for money, and you stop at nothing to get it.
2. Faith
Visualization of, and Belief in the attainment of desire
Through affirmations or repeated suggestions to the subconscious, you can develop the emotion of faith, which is necessary to transmit your desire into their physical or monetary equivalent.
The mind takes on the nature of the influences that guide it. A positive mind is more fertile to faith, and faith is the starting point for all success. The greatest factor holding you back from success? A lack of self-confidence. Hill suggests five-fold Think and Grow Rich affirmation exercise to repeat in writing and then learn by memory to increase your self-confidence. 3. Auto- Suggestion
The medium for influencing the subconscious mind
Auto-suggestion refers to the use of self-directed communication and self-administered stimuli to channel thoughts from the conscious mind to the seat of the subconscious. Because the conscious mind often acts as a barrier to sensory impressions, auto-suggestion must be used to create thought patterns conducive to translating your desires into their physical equivalent.
Auto-suggestion is synonymous with self-suggestion. It’s the bridge between the conscious and the subconscious mind. Merely reading words aloud will have no impact. You have to attach emotion to the words. When reciting your affirmations, as laid out in the previous chapter, you must encourage your desire to consume yourself. Your subconscious will only act upon thoughts that are felt.
4. Specialized Knowledge
Personal experiences or observations
General knowledge, or that typically taught in schools, will not help you accumulate riches, nor will specialized knowledge on its own. Rather, you must learn how to organize and use knowledge after you acquire it. If you lack the specialized knowledge necessary to build your business or attain your goals, you can supplement your own knowledge with that of other individuals by forming a “Master Mind” group.
5. Imagination
The Workshop of the mind
The imagination is the unique faculty of humankind that shapes, forms, and gives action to desire. Hill distinguishes between two modes by which the imagination functions: the synthetic imagination, which does not create but rather arranges old concepts, ideas, or plans into new combinations; and the creative imagination, which, when stimulated by strong desire, picks up thought vibrations from other humans and from the ether, connects with Infinite Intelligence, and develops new ideas.
6. Organized planning
The crystallization of desire into action
In order to translate desire into its physical or monetary equivalent, you must form a definite, practical plan and put it into action. This chapter details how to build plans and ensure they are functioning to your advantage.
7. Decision
The Mastery of Procrastination
Procrastination and indecisiveness are major causes of failure. Men and women of great wealth, on the other hand, share in common the ability to reach definite decisions quickly and change their minds slowly. This chapter teaches you how not to be swayed by the opinions of others but instead to keep your own counsel (and that of your Master Mind group) so that you make firm, productive decisions that ensure your success.
8. Persistence
The sustained effort necessary to induce faith
Most people will throw in the towel at the first sign of opposition. However, willpower, combined with desire, is necessary to ensure that one’s objectives are reached. Hill provides four steps for cultivating the habit of persistence, your insurance against failure.
9. Power of the mastermind
The Driving Force
Individuals can attain and apply power through the formation of a Master Mind group, an alliance of individuals with different strengths and perspectives who coordinate their knowledge and efforts to attain a definite purpose. Master Mind groups bring both economic advantages (riches) as well as psychic benefits (a cosmic harmony that generates a “third mind,” or spiritual unit of energy operating at a higher frequency).
10. The Mystery of Sex Transmutation
Sex transmutation entails the channeling of carnal desires and their corresponding energies into other outlets than those that are purely physical—namely, creative ones. A correlative to this principle is the importance of selecting a compatible partner.
11. The Subconscious mind
The connecting link
Hill describes the subconscious mind as the intermediary between the finite mind of man and Infinite Intelligence that enables humans to tap into the forces of the Universal Mind. He emphasizes that it alone is the medium for translating mental impulses into their spiritual and physical equivalents.
12. The Brain
A Broadcasting and Receiving Station for thought
Hill writes, “Through the medium of the ether, in a fashion similar to that employed by the radio broadcasting principle, every human brain is capable of picking up vibrations of thought which are being released by other brains.” In this chapter, he explains the process by which the mind is stimulated by external vibrations and supplies a method for using emotions to increase the mind’s receptivity to these sensory stimuli.
13. The Sixth Sense
The Door to the temple of wisdom
The Sixth Sense refers to the faculty of the subconscious also termed the Creative Imagination by which humans, through no effort of their own, receive communications from Infinite Intelligence. Hill calls this principle the “apex” of his Law of Success philosophy, for it can be comprehended and applied only after mastering the first twelve principles.
In order to implement these thirteen success principles, you have to prepare your mind to receive the philosophy. The first step to prime your psyche is to study, analyze, and understand the three enemies you’ll have to defeat: indecision, doubt, and fear. This chapter outlines and explains the cure to the six basic fears that, although often hidden in the subconscious, hold humans back in their pursuit of riches: the fear of poverty, the fear of criticism, the fear of ill health, the fear of loss of love, the fear of old age, and the fear of death.
