Napoleon Hill – Concentration Continued + The 3 R’s

We have seen what an important part environment and habit play in connection with the subject of concentration.  Let's now get into the three R's as stated in Napoleon Hill's Law of Success. Retention: The receiving of a sense impression through one or more of the five senses, and the recording of this impression, in...

Summary of Principles Involved In Accurate Thinking

So, to break down this entire chapter of accurate thinking, we now know that the body is not singular, but plural - that it consists of billions on top of billions of living, intelligent, individual cells.  With organised work, they're able to maintain this spectacular being called the human body. These cells have their respective...

Negative Opinions About “The Secret”

When the secret was first introduced to the world back in 2006, I was unaware of it until 2007.  I still remember that day like it was yesterday, because I ended up attracting to me my father, who I hadn't seen in the previous six years of my life, on the bus.  Within an hour...

Napoleon Hill: Pleasing Personality + Creed

It's time for us to turn our attention to the student of ways and means that one can develop a pleasing personality. Number 1 = Character.  No one can have a pleasing personality without the foundation of a sound, positive character.  You can lavish yourself with clothes of the neatest and latest design, and conduct...

Enthusiasm + Creed

I will repeat again, "the human mind is a marvelous piece of machinery!" One of the most outstanding characteristics are the impressions which reach it, either through outside suggestion or auto-suggestion.  The negative impressions could be stores away, all in one portion of the brain, while the positive impressions are stored in another portion.  When...

Enthusiasm – Part II

Auto-suggestion is incredible because it leaves the strongest impression on the mind.  With suggestion, you can make yourself sick, and unsick.  Don't believe me? Here's a story. In a little town where Napoleon Hill was born... there was an old lady who would constantly complain about dying of cancer - a fear she faced.  During...

How Your Enthusiasm Will Affect Others – Part 1

I first need to tell you a bit about auto-suggestion and how it works (from Lesson Two). Suggestions is a principle through which your words and your acts and even your state of mind influences others. Your words can influence someone in a positive or negative way, right? The way you act can also influence...

Self-Confidence Formula

First: I know that I have the ability to achieve the object of my definite purpose, therefore, I demand of myself persistent, aggressive and continuous action toward its attainment. Second: I realize that the dominating thoughts of my mind eventually reproduce themselves in outward, bodily action, and gradually transform themselves into physical reality, therefore I will...