You Can Think And Grow Rich - Listen Now To Find Out How

0:00 This is Growing Uncomfortable, the podcast that explores techniques that will improve your life. Growing Uncomfortable with Stephanie Lee starts right now. Now, Hello, this is Stephanie and this is Growing Uncomfortable. You know what, I am growing uncomfortable every day and every way. As a matter of fact, I would even go as far as to say every day, in every way, I am getting better and better. And so are you. If you are growing uncomfortable, if you are getting out of that comfortable situation that you don't like, you are growing uncomfortable. And that's what I want for you.

0:41 If you are a new listener here at Growing Uncomfortable, I want to welcome you and thank you so much for tuning in. I hope that you enjoyed this episode. So now everybody, get your favorite drink, gather around, sit down, relax, listen and enjoy this episode on one of my favorite subjects, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Now you may have noticed that I have been doing a couple of biographies lately, and I do them for one reason, and one reason only because I have learned from them. I have learned that people go through hard times and do difficult things and still they succeed. And so I want to give you some examples of people that have succeeded, that have become successful at what they wanted to do and to be and to have. And that's what we're doing right now today. Well, I am going to talk about the book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

1:46 But you say, who is Napoleon Hill? Well, if you know, you know, But if you don't know, you will after this episode. So let me start out with a quote. The starting point of all achievement is desire. Keep this constantly in mind. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat. While Business Week magazine would put Think and Grow Rich as a best seller, ranked in the sixth best selling paperback business books in seventy years after it was published in nineteen thirty seven, Think and Grow Rich is listed in John C. Maxwell's A Lifetime Must Read Books list, and while the book's title and much of their writing concerns increasing income, the author Napoleon Hill insists that his philosophy can help people succeed in any line of work, to do and be anything they can imagine. And boy is that true. But let's step back a little bit and look at Napoleon's life. Napoleon's story starts out in difficult times.

3:01 His mother had died when he was ten, and he was left with a father that was unable to care for Napoleon and his brother. As it turned out, Napoleon, through his hard work, dropped out of law school so he could put his brother through school. And it was in nineteen o eight that Napoleon worked for a publication named Quote Bob Taylor's magazine end Quote. This publication offered advice on achieving power and wealth. Well, that was one thing that Napoleon was very interested in. One of his assignments was to interview the great steel magnet Andrew Carnegie in nineteen o eight. That is what happened on the famous people dot com website. It says Andrew Carnegie offered to introduce him to the most successful men of the time.

3:52 Napoleon jumped at the opportunity, and the next two decades saw him work on this mission without compensation. Andrew Carnegie was not going to pay Hill for his time while researching it, but Napoleon still jumped at the chance. Will Napoleon studied, investigated researched and learned all those things that I just love. But he learned about the quote secret wealth formula end quote by interviewing more than five hundred millionaires. Do you just bet how uncomfortable he was in some situations. Andrew Carnegie and Napoleon grew to be close friends when this all happened, and Carnegie appreciated Napoleon's drive and work ethics.

4:37 Napoleon interviewed the most famous people of the time, including Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, George Eastman, Henry Ford, Elmer Gates, John D. Rockefeller, Charles M. Schwab, F. W. Woolworth, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson, to name just a few. And in nineteen twelve, as he was still researching for Andrew Carnegie, he left for Chicago and worked in various fields as he did the research all along. When World War One began, he wrote to President Woodrow Wilson offering his services. Wilson put him to work on propaganda materials. From nineteen nineteen to nineteen twenty, he brought out Hill's Golden Rule, a magazine dedicated to the philosophy of success that he had learned through talking to all these millionaires. It was blended with biblical psalms and gospel teachings he had learned when he was a boy, and it was an instant hit.

5:35 A bit later he became an advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, and that was between nineteen thirty three and nineteen thirty six, and then finally, finally, in nineteen thirty seven, the book Think and Grow Rich was published. The book is still extremely popular in self development today and is used in many instructional self development corps, horses and conferences all over the world. And I am here holding the copy of Think and Grow Rich, the complete classic text, and for a while there I had several copies that I gave out. Napoleon Hill is known to be one of the greatest thought leaders of our time. As you read through the book page by page, and as directed by Napoleon himself, not missing any chapters, you will find a bevy of information that can and really does apply to not only wealth, but in all areas of our lives. Think and Grow Rich does not necessarily mean becoming physically monetarily rich. No, no, no, And Napoleon Hill would be the first one to tell you that you can grow rich in many areas relationships, health, strength, spirituality, courage, and wealth. Yes, true, Think and Grow Rich reads like a guide for living your best life, and isn't that

7:10 what we all want? Of course, you must actually read it, right. It is not for the casual reader that might read some parts, not take it very seriously and not read other parts, or might read the parts that they find interesting, but they may not find them that interesting and might read it once and put it down. Hah. But you can't do that. Rather, this great book is a reference for those that truly want life changing events to happen, and they will happen if you read the book and truly want to learn what's in it. You and me want better for ourselves. That's why we read the book Think and Grow Rich. We won't accept half hearted attempts at getting where we want to go in life. Nothing will happen with half hearted actions, right, That's what we talk about. The book takes strength and complete commitment to the total understanding and clear vision of what you want for yourself, and sometimes that includes reading it more than once.

8:21 Sure it could and is about business acumen, it really is, but it is also about knowing your inner being, mindfulness and acknowledging that you are in charge of your own life, which you are not the physical outside world. No, but how exactly you get the mind to work and your advantage in every situation and start to see improvements through the changing of your mind. There are some thought leaders today that are still reading the book and always find new concepts and different ways of looking at what is in the book. But most interesting is that you may find yourself thinking about things that you never thought about or never occurred to you. How to make your life better by making small steps in the right direction. And that's great too. I always say small steps or big steps, you are growing uncomfortable. And Napoleon is not shy about one lesson that most millionaires realize, and that is to not telling everybody you know about your plans regarding business or changes in your life. Ps And by the way, just me telling you sidebar here. The reason is that that person you tell might just tell you it's not a good idea, knock that thought down and make you doubt yourself. This type of thing happens to all of us.

9:53 It's happened to me, and I'm sure it's happened to you. We want people we care about to to be excited for us, But family members and friends either think you can't achieve a goal or may say that idea has already been accomplished by someone else. And believe me when you read it in the book, which he does mention, the fear of loved ones not moving ahead while you do is the simplest reason for such sharp replies. Now listen. Some of the chapters are interesting because the topics show up in today's world as well as back in Napoleon Hill's time. There's no real difference. Life is life, and we all have the same wants and desires. As Napoleon Hill once said, let us center our attention upon the subject of self suggestion. That's what I talked about in the last episode. Is auto suggestion or self hypnosis? Self suggestion, and find out what it is and what it is capable of achieving. It is a well known fact that one comes finally to believe whatever one repeats to one's self, whether the statement is true or false. If a person repeats a lie over and over, that person will eventually accept the lie as truth. Moreover, he will believe it to be the truth. Every person is what he or she is because of the in all caps dominating thoughts

11:26 which he or she permits to occupy their mind. You know what. Besides the chapter on autosuggestion, which I do love and I do suggest you read, be sure to note that there are also excellent chapters, and as Napoleon Hill has stated, do not miss any of them. But there are excellent chapters on the imagination, how to form a mastermind, which we all know about nowadays, masterminds, persistence, desire, decision, and how to use that subconscious mind. Here is something kind of interesting from the introduction of the Think and Grow Rich Discovery Guide from Gary Chappell. The PDF version will be in the show notes. While the starting point that is most helpful for beginners of this type of study is that of auto suggestion. Here is what Napoleon Hill wrote about auto suggestion. Now let us go back to the starting point and become informed of how an original seed of an idea, plan, or purpose may be planted in the mind. The information is easily conveyed. Any idea, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought. This is why you are asked to write out a statement of your major purpose or definite chief aim, commit it to memory, and repeat it, repeat it, repeat

12:59 it audible words day after day until these vibrations of the sound of your voice have reached your subconscious mind. That is what happens with self hypnosis and repetition affirmations. And lastly, here I have a document entitled what have we discovered? Directly from the Think and Grow Rich Discovery Guide. There are five things. First, leave the past behind, say goodbye. Don't let the baggage of the past prevent you from living your dreams today. Yes, things may not have gone your way, but that is no more. Second, decide if you are a goal person or a person that goes here and there. Some people never act because they are unsure of what career path they truly want to be on.

13:55 Don't let that keep you from getting started, Ruiz, Imagine how you want to be living life. Remain open minded and pay close attention to opportunities when they come along. When the right one arrives, you will immediately become passionate about it because it will be the right one. Third is fan the flames of desire build a white hot flame of desire for the life you want to be living. Become intensely passionate about what you want out of life, and let the world lay the opportunities at your feet because of that passion. And Fourth, have faith. Believe that it's going to happen. Believe you are going to achieve your goals and desires. Expect them to happen. I would even go a step further, and I would say, to know they are happening right now. Fifth, don't make excuses.

14:54 This is huge, and this is where we all falter. Excuses are the reasons you won't achieve what you want. They are tricky and sneak into your mind every chance they get. Don't believe your excuses. Believe in the power of your mind to provide whatever you need to help you reach your goals, because that will happen if you don't listen to your excuses. Regarding Napoleon's life, just so I am clear about this, Napoleon Hill did not live a stellar, perfect life, and it is reported that he was not always the nicest man, short on patience and ill tempered, and he wasn't afraid of telling people what he really thought, regardless if it was what they wanted to hear or not. But Napoleon Hill, despite his short falls, has a legacy of helping billions of people through his book Think and Grow Rich, and that alone cannot be forgotten.

15:56 So do you believe that Napoleon was uncomfortable with the assassignment that Andrew Carnegie gave him. Well? Probably we are all uncomfortable at new and unfamiliar situations that happen to us. We know that. But this does not mean we throw in the towel. Far from it. Look around you at all the people who were uncomfortable with trying new things, the musicians, the innovators, the people that you admire, the public speakers. If they can persist, then so can you. And lastly, a quote from Napoleon Hill, you are the master of your destiny. You can influence, direct, and control your own environment. You may make your life what you want it to be. And that is what I want for you today and every day. Hey, if you've enjoyed this episode of Growing Uncomfortable, that's great. I love that.

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