Table of Contents
Think And Grow Rich Napoleon Hill
A Fifty-Cent Lesson In Persistence
Desire - The First Step toward Riches
Faith - The Second Step toward Riches
Auto-Suggestion - The Third Step toward Riches
Specialized Knowledge - The Fourth Step Toward Riches
Imagination - The Fifth Step toward Riches
How To Make Practical Use Of Imagination
What Would I Do If I Had A Million Dollars
Organized Planning - The Sixth Step Toward Riches
When And How To Apply For A Position
The Capital Value Of Your Services
The "Miracle" That Has Provided These Blessings
Decision - The Seventh Step Toward Riches
The Sustained Effort Necessary To Induce Faith
Symptoms Of Lack Of Persistence
Power - The Ninth Step toward Riches
Transmutation - The Tenth Step Toward Riches
Why Men Seldom Succeed Before Forty
The Subconscious Mind - The Eleventh Step Toward Riches
The Brain - The Twelfth Step Toward Riches
The Dramatic Story Of The Brain
The Sixth Sense - The Thirteenth Step Toward Riches
Building Character Through Auto-Suggestion
How To Outwit The Six Ghosts Of Fear
Think And Grow Rich
Napoleon Hill
Author's Preface
IN EVERY chapter of this book, mention has been made of the money-making secret which has made fortunes for more than five hundred exceedingly wealthy men whom I have carefully analyzed over a long period of years.
The secret was brought to my attention by Andrew Carnegie, more than a quarter of a century ago. The canny, lovable old Scotsman carelessly tossed it into my mind, when I was but a boy. Then he sat back in his chair, with a merry twinkle in his eyes, and watched carefully to see if I had brains enough to understand the full significance of what he had said to me.
When he saw that I had grasped the idea, he asked if I would be willing to spend twenty years or more, preparing myself to take it to the world, to men and women who, without the secret, might go through life as failures. I said I would, and with Mr. Carnegie's cooperation, I have kept my promise.
This book contains the secret, after having been put to a practical test by thousands of people, in almost every walk of life. It was Mr. Carnegie's idea that the magic formula, which gave him a stupendous fortune, ought to be placed within reach of people who do not have time to investigate how men make money, and it was his hope that I might test and demonstrate the soundness of the formula through the experience of men and women in every calling.
He believed the formula should be taught in all public schools and colleges, and expressed the opinion that if it were properly taught it would so revolutionize the entire educational system that the time spent in school could be reduced to less than half.
His experience with Charles M. Schwab, and other young men of Mr. Schwab's type, convinced Mr. Carnegie that much of that which is taught in the schools is of no value whatsoever in connection with the business of earning a living or accumulating riches. He had arrived at this decision, because he had taken into his business one young man after another, many of them with but little schooling, and by coaching them in the use of this formula, developed in them rare leadership. Moreover, his coaching made fortunes for everyone of them who followed his instructions. In the chapter on Faith, you will read the astounding story of the organization of the giant United States Steel Corporation, as it was conceived and carried out by one of the young men through whom Mr. Carnegie proved that his formula will work for all who are ready for it. This single application of the secret, by that young man-Charles M. Schwab-made him a huge fortune in both money and OPPORTUNITY. Roughly speaking, this particular