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No, Napoleon Hill! Napoleon Hill is.

Napoleon Hill is famous for his book “Think and Grow Rich”, which is one of the best-selling books of all time.

It was really an investigative journalist who died in 1970 at age 87. He is also the father of all personal success literature.

What is significant about Mr. Hill (besides being raised poor) is that he was little more than a journalist for a local newspaper in Virginia that struck the idea of finding the formula for success … … … … success in anything. How did this? He met many successful people he could and took the essence of what all is said and putting his findings in his short book. Who will interview? Here are a few:

Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Charles Schwab, FW Woolworth, William Wrigley, and even some presidents.

So you think that after 20 years of talking with these people who knew what he was talking about? Yes, damn it did.

Of these genes were all men? No, there were (especially the chairs!).

You need to be a genius to start and manage a successful business? Of course not! There have been few real geniuses in the world (Leonardo Da Vinci, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin, never etc) and many of them achieved financial success, although some did. However, there are thousands of people who have normal average financial successes of themselves.

There is a famous battle between two of my heroes, one of whom was a true genius and the other was a great businessman. You can decide which was which. Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla fought for over many years with two different systems of distribution of electricity throughout the world.

Can you guess who won the battle?

Nikola Tesla, that’s who! Tesla won the battle for power distribution. He is responsible for AC voltage, unlike Thomas Edison’s DC which is ideal for small local applications, such as electric cars or toys, but is useless for long distance applications, such as lighting and power of a city or a country.

But you know he’s dead broke? The same type, Nikola Tesla. You see, although it was undoubtedly a genius, I had no idea that much money. He gave up many of their copyright Westinghouse company owed him, so do not cease their activities. It is a surprising success as an inventor and engineer, but had the completely wrong idea of money. The money was only a means to an end in itself, it’s a good thing, but he just did not realize I had to manage their money. In fact, he could not control your success!

Thomas Edison on the other hand, was a businessman very well. He invented and produced products that people wanted the benefits of, and did not through intuition (like Tesla), but through hard work and much trial and error (many errors, but never stop trying). Then it took the products on the market with money from other people, just like every big businessman would.

So, back to Mr. Hill Napleon. What did Napoleon Hill to collect all the successful people who spent 20 years interviewing? The person who actually gave Napoleon Hill the Commission to interview these successful people was Andrew Carnegie (not to be confused with Dale Carnegie, who was not related to Andrew) and also was interviewed before Hill. Hill’s paid to do this study for 20 years?

Nothing! Huh!? Nothing? Yes, there is money, but the introductions of the respondents would be given by Andrew Carnegie (one of the most powerful and richest men in the world at that time, and the man responsible for public libraries). Hill may also use any material received to write his book. That was enough to pay, and make more money until the date of Hill’s property rights on the basis of the book published in 1937!

So what exactly were the rules of Napoleon, his rules for success? Here are a few:

1. Clarity of purpose – Knowing what you want.

2. Mastermind – being with people who think they want success, a group of mind.

3. Attractive personality – People are attracted to strong people, sure.

4. Applied Faith – Believe in what you get.

5. Going the extra mile – Give more than is expected of you.

6. Persistence – Do not stop (as Thomas Edison).

7. Self – Control yourself, do not allow others to control.

8. Learning – Learning from the defeat and failure and move forward toward its goal.

9. Focus – When you’re doing something, do it with all your attention.

10. Habit – Get in good daily habits, which naturally comes out of bad habits.

There are other (read Hill’s book!) But these are some of the key. Understand that if you have thousands (millions, actually) of the choices in life, there are only two main options. You can let life happen, or you can make a life for you.

The difference is enormous, but the difference does not take much, just small decisions every hour of every day. Want to write this article more to promote your website. Want to work that extra hour. You want to eat that piece of cake more. Will you run that extra mile. Want to smoke a cigarette less each day … … … and so on.

No one has control of his life LEAST GIVE YOUR CONTROL!

Follow the rules and control of Napoleon’s life. The alternative is unthinkable and any sane person would want for their lives.