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It has been said, “Nature holds for each of us all that we need to make us useful and happy, but she requires us to labor and wait for all we get.” We are given nothing of value that does not include the need for labor, and we can expect to overcome difficulties only by strong and noble work. In our striving for “something better than we have known,” we should work for others’ good rather than for our own pleasure. Those whose object in life is their own happiness find at last that their lives are sad failures...

Napoleon Hill’s first magazine was called Hill’s Golden Rule and it was born in Napoleon Hill’s mind on Armistice Day, November 11, 1918. The end of the World War so inspired Hill that he vowed that day to create a new magazine to promote the philosophy of the golden rule in personal achievement and business success...

My mother may have had only a seventh-grade education, but, like my dad, she often found things she could do for those around her on a daily basis. Mom used the phone to check on elderly friends and neighbors to see if they were OK and to see if they had taken their medicine or if they needed any help...

While I was working in the finance business, I was offered the job as second in command at a new bank. Once I had the job, I believed that I could become the chief executive officer of a bank. Not only did I compare myself to others in the position of CEO, but I believed that I needed only experience and the opportunity. It was important that I saw myself as a bank CEO. I continued to prepare myself for the job...

While I was working in the finance business, I was offered the job as second in command at a new bank. Once I had the job, I believed that I could become the chief executive officer of a bank. Not only did I compare myself to others in the position of CEO, but I believed that I needed only experience and the opportunity. It was important that I saw myself as a bank CEO. I continued to prepare myself for the job...