Ezine 552 | 18 August 2017 | Napoleon Hill Foundation

SUCCESS INFORMATION WITH A DEFINITE MAJOR AIM August 18, 2017 ISSUE 552

Napoleon Hill Foundation

Subscribe to Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today and receive a FREE copy of J. Martin Kohe’s correspondence course, “Secret of Doing Favors for People.”

“Any business whose management has the foresight to adopt a policy which consolidates management, employees and the public it serves in a spirit of team work, provides itself with an insurance policy against failure.” ~Napoleon Hill

Have you been inspired by Dr. Hill’s words? Subscribe to Napoleon Hill’s Thought For The Day.

¿Le gustaría recibir la “Reflexión del día” en español de la Fundación Napoleón Hill? Haga clic aquí.

Share Email to a friend or share on Facebook or Twitter.

Recommend this on Facebook:

Common Millionaires

Becoming a millionaire is not too difficult and can simply be done by having a purpose, a plan, and persistence. If you have a purpose of why you want to reach a certain goal, then you most likely will have a passion for that goal as well.

The first use of money is to provide food, clothing, and shelter for you and your family. However, President Dwight Eisenhower said that if all you want is food, clothing, and shelter, you can find all three of those items in prison.

The second use of money is for security. For example, we should save and set aside some of our income in case an emergency happens and we are not able to work at our jobs.

The third use of money is to enjoy what most people call “the good life”. This lifestyle includes traveling, shopping, and other leisurely activities.

Lastly, the fourth use of money is to help others. Most people never reach this stage because their purpose and passion do not align in order to satisfy their basic needs. In this fourth use of money, help can be given in the form of scholarships, donations, etc.

This is just something to think about, but there are about ten million millionaires in the United States, who pay a large percentage of the total of all taxes paid. These millionaires are not only able to meet their family needs, but also are able to contribute to the community as a whole.

If your desire is strong enough, anyone can become a millionaire. Once you have met all of your basic needs, save a certain percentage of your income. Soon, you will realize that you are on your way to becoming a millionaire and will have put your money to use in all four stages.

The best to you at whatever you do!
Don Green
Executive Director Napoleon HIll Foundation

Share Email to a friend or share on Facebook or Twitter.

Recommend this on Facebook:

Success Is a Worthy Goal
by Napoleon Hill

Striving for success has its detractors. Some people will argue that those who acquire wealth do so at the expense of the people who work for them. But if you are going to achieve success, you will do so only by extraordinary effort, effort that most people are not willing to make.

People seldom profit by having money unless they earn it. How many times have you read about lottery winners who find themselves bankrupt only a few years after their windfalls? Or about heirs to great fortunes, reared in atmospheres of indulgence, who fall prey to addictions like alcohol or gambling?

The value of the wealth that comes with success is that it carries with it the lessons you have learned in acquiring it. You will learn in achieving wealth that success comes about only because you are willing to assume great responsibility and to deliver unfailingly goods and services which are truly valuable.

Most people would not choose to be as dedicated to a definite major purpose as you must be. If you were to accumulate a fortune and then offer it to them on the condition that they behave exactly as you have done, most would not accept the responsibility. But some would.

It is the people who would make such a choice who will be most helpful to you. They can offer you aid of untold value, far above and beyond the efforts of those who are easily contented. They will become indispensable to you by their willingness to assume responsibility and relieve you of some of the load you are carrying. You must be willing to reward them generously for their efforts. People like this learn that they set their own salaries by the quality of their work.

Everyone, in fact, does the same. A person’s salary is determined by the sort of service he or she renders–the quantity and quality of that service, plus the mental attitude under which it is rendered.

If millions of people are struggling to get by on the salaries they earn, it is because their highest aim is only to hold the jobs that they currently have. They are where they are, and they are making what they make, solely because of the limitations they have set up in their own minds.

Source: Napoleon Hill’s Keys to Success

Share Email to a friend or share on Facebook or Twitter.

Recommend this on Facebook:

Common Millionaires
by Jim Stovall

Many of us grew up with images of millionaires as rare and unusual people. Movies and television depicted millionaires as untouchable and unapproachable individuals who common folk could never meet. Here in the 21st century, economic conditions along with the availability of pre-tax investing for
everyone have created an environment where millionaires are commonplace. If you stand on a street corner and inquire of everyone who passes by if they are a millionaire or a school teacher, you will find that you are three times more likely to meet a millionaire than a school teacher.

Today in America, there are over 10 million millionaires. While a million dollars won’t buy the lifestyle it would have bought for our grandparents, it’s certainly better to have a million dollars than to not have a million dollars. Becoming a millionaire is no longer a matter of winning the gene-pool lottery and inheriting your money, or writing a best seller, signing an NBA contract, or developing a cure for cancer. Becoming a millionaire today is within the reach of almost everyone, but this certainly doesn’t mean that the millionaire lifestyle will be lived by everyone.

When I began my working career, I started as an investment broker for a New York Stock Exchange firm. My clients quickly educated me to a reality I had not known before. Looking and acting like a millionaire doesn’t make you a millionaire. I had clients who came to my office in brand new luxury automobiles and who lived at the best addresses in town who had low account balances and were constantly borrowing money against their investments to cover expenses. On the other hand, I had clients driving 10-year-old cars, who lived in very nice but moderate housing, and dressed casually who were multimillionaires with a net worth their friends and neighbors would never have imagined.

Trying to look and act like a millionaire before you are one is financially devastating. Farmers who grow corn harvest their crops each year, and those kernels of corn represent not only the product they produce and sell but the seeds they will plant next year. Prevailing wisdom among farmers and wise investors would implore us to “never eat your seed corn.”

Particularly as a young person, spending beyond one’s means instead of investing creates financial disaster. That expensive pair of shoes, oversized car payment, or bit of bling that could otherwise have been an investment would have generated a fortune in the market throughout an investing life.

Financial success is a matter of thinking more of your own financial future than how much you care about what others may think of your current financial condition. Just as common sense will never be common, wealth will never be average. It’s a journey available to everyone but remains the road less traveled. As you go through your day today, make uncommon decisions now so you can live an uncommon life later.

Today’s the day!

Jim Stovall is the president of Narrative Television Network as well as a published author of many books including The Ultimate Gift. He is also a columnist and motivational speaker. He may be reached at 5840 South Memorial Drive, Suite 312, Tulsa, OK 74145-9082; by email at Jim@JimStovall.com; on Twitter at www.twitter.com/stovallauthor; or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jimstovallauthor.

Share Email to a friend or share on Facebook or Twitter.

Recommend this on Facebook:

For advertising information please contact us at Napoleon Hill Foundation

The Path to Personal Power

by Napoleon Hill

This true lost manuscript from the “grandfather of self-help,” Napoleon Hill provides timeless wisdom on how to attain a more successful and wealthy life using simple principles.

Napoleon Hill first wrote The Path to Personal Power in 1941, intending it as a handbook for people lifting themselves out of the Great Depression. But upon the bombing of Pearl Harbor and America’s entrance into World War II, these lessons were put aside and largely forgotten–until today.

Discovered in the archives of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, this never-before-published work is made up of three easily digested lessons, each its own chapter: Definiteness of Purpose; the Master Mind; and Going the Extra Mile.

This concise book is a powerful road map that leads to a single discovery–you already have the power to attain whatever wealth, success, and prosperity you desire in life. All you need to do is walk the path without straying, and the rest will follow.

Using these lessons, you have principles to live by that will help you stay on your own personal path to power, and achieve success that you never thought possible.

Will be released on July 18, 2017 on Amazon.com

How to Own Your Own Mind

by Napoleon Hill

Locked in a vault since 1941, here is Napoleon Hill’s definitive lesson on how to organize your thinking to attain success!

In How to Own Your Mind, you receive a one-of-a-kind master class in how to think for success from motivational pioneer and author of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill. In three compelling chapters, Hill demonstrates how to organize, prioritize, and act on information so that it translates into opportunity.

Knowledge is not power. Only applied knowledge is power. This book teaches you how to use what you know, and how to know what’s worth knowing.

“The name Napoleon Hill is synonymous with practical advice on how to get ahead.”—Mitch Horowitz, CNBC.com

Will be released on September 19th on Amazon.com

Think and Grow Rich

by Napoleon Hill

As Executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, I receive many requests from people wanting the original 1937 copy of Think and Grow Rich. To satisfy those of you who desire to have a 1937 unedited copy, we have reproduced Napoleon Hill’s personal copy of the first edition, printed in March of 1937. The book has the notation, “not to be loaned,” and signed: Annie Lou Hill (the wife of Dr. Hill). This personal copy of Dr. Hill’s was given to me by Dr. Charles W. Johnson, Chairman of the Napoleon Hill Foundation and a nephew of Napoleon Hill. It was Napoleon Hill who sent Dr. Johnson to medical school, and today he is a practicing cardiologist. Charlie refers to Napoleon Hill as “Uncle Nap” and will often makes the statement, “Uncle Nap would be proud of the Foundation today.” The original 1937 manuscript was written and edited with the assistance of Napoleon’s wife. In later years, the existing document was again edited by Dr. Hill. For example, the Foundation owns a 1958 edition that Hill edited personally. This did not lessen the book’s value in Hill’s judgment. Hill made the editing remarks in his own handwriting and the resulting 1960 edited edition has sold over 100 million copies making it the most read self-help book of all time

Available on Amazon.com

The Little Book of Leadership

By: Jeffrey Gitomer

This comprehensive book will help you understand your situation, identify your opportunities, create your objectives, execute by action and delegation, and establish a leadership position through enthusiasm, brilliance, action, collaboration, resilience, and achievement.

The time for real-world leadership is NOW. This is a leadership book that transcends theory and philosophy, and gets right down to brass tacks and brass tactics, and adds a few brass balls.It’s full of practical, pragmatic, actionable ideas and strategies that when implemented assure respect and loyalty – and ensure long-term success and legacy.

The 12.5 Leadership Strengths revealed in this book will challenge you, admonish you, guide you, and create new success opportunities for you.

Napoleon Hill Foundation