Skip straight to downloads. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is a self-help book first published in Arguably one of the most famous and well-known books on self-improvement, the book has sold over 15 million copies. Inspired by wealthy businessman Andrew Carnegie, Think and Grow Rich was published during the Great Depression and contains the philosophy of rich people and how they made their wealth.
A lot of the book comes down to the concept of perseverance and believing in yourself. Hill claimed that this book was the result of more than twenty years of studying the habits of people who had gained wealth - and from that study, he devised sixteen 'laws' that need to be applied to achieve success. The book takes those laws, and puts them into fourteen principles that the reader can develop. Along with basic advice such as treating your customers well, etc, Hill also tells us that we need to grow spiritually as well, and towards the end of the book, he delves into some esoteric subjects such as Kundalini energy, manifesting psychic powers, and tapping into your higher consciousnes.
The book, after all, is called Think and Grow Rich. This book has pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in These difficulties were sufficient to have discouraged the majority of men from making any attempt to carry out the desire.
But his was no ordinary desire! He was so determined to find a way to carry out his desire that he finally decided to travel by 'blind baggage,' rather than be defeated. To the uninitiated, this means that he went to East Orange on a freight train. He presented himself at Mr. Edison's laboratory, and announced he had come to go into business with the inventor. In speaking of the first meeting between Barnes and Edison, years later, Mr. Edison said, 'He stood there before me, looking like an ordinary tramp, but there was something in the expression of his face which conveyed the impression that he was determined to get what he had come after.
I had learned, from years of experience with men, that when a man really DESIRES a thing so deeply that he is willing to stake his entire future on a single turn of the wheel in order to get it, he is sure to win. I gave him the opportunity he asked for, because I saw he had made up his mind to stand by until he succeeded. Subsequent events proved that no mistake was made. Edison on that occasion was far less important than that which he thought.
Edison, himself, said so! It could not have been the young man's appearance which got him his start in the Edison office, for that was definitely against him. If the significance of this statement could be conveyed to every person who reads it, there would be no need for the remainder of this book.
Barnes did not get his partnership with Edison on his first interview. He did get a chance to work in the Edison offices, at a very nominal wage, doing work that was unimportant to Edison, but most important to Barnes, because it gave him an opportunity to display his 'merchandise' where his intended 'partner' could see it. Months went by. But something important was happening in Barnes' mind. Psychologists have correctly said that 'when one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.
He did not say to himself, 'Ah well, what's the use? I guess I'll change my mind and try for a salesman's job. Maybe young Barnes did not know it at the time, but his bulldog determination, his persistence in standing back of a single DESIRE, was destined to mow down all opposition, and bring him the opportunity he was seeking. When the opportunity came, it appeared in a different form, and from a different direction than Barnes had expected.
That is one of the tricks of opportunity. It has a sly habit of slipping in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Perhaps this is why so many fail to recognize opportunity. Edison had just perfected a new office device, known at that time, as the Edison Dictating Machine now the Ediphone. His salesmen were not enthusiastic over the machine.
They did not believe it could be sold without great effort. Barnes saw his opportunity. It had crawled in quietly, hidden in a queer looking machine which interested no one but Barnes and the inventor. Barnes knew he could sell the Edison Dictating Machine. He suggested this to Edison, and promptly got his chance.
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