|
|
|
Subscribe to Napoleon Hill Yesterday and Today
|
“When I speak of “riches” I have in mind the greater riches whose possessors have made life pay off on their own terms—the terms of full and complete happiness.”
~Napoleon Hill
|
Napoleon Hill Around the World
Recently, on a stop during a cruise on the Columbia and Snake Rivers through the states of Washington and Oregon, those on the cruise had the opportunity to make some very interesting excursions at the many small towns.
One of the visits was to a small distillery located in the shadows of Red Mountain, in West Richland, Washington. A tour of the distillery and an explanation of the small distillery by the owner was very interesting, even if one is a teetotaler.
The distillery uses barley to produce both bourbon and gin. The method of how we get the term 90 proof, 80 proof, etc. was explained and the proof is arrived at by the evaporation process and each time it is processed, the proof is increased. For example, when whiskey is sold as 90 proof, it means that the whiskey is 45% alcohol content. Proof is the government’s documentation of a distilled beverage’s alcohol content.
The distillery was a small enterprise, family operated, and by talking to the owner, I knew he had a passion for his small business.
The ability to take risks which can lead to failure, but can also give a tremendous satisfaction. This ability to go into business is a characteristic that has the made the United States the greatest nation on earth.
Small businesses that success and sometimes grow into large companies help provide a standard of living we all can appreciate.
I wish you the best at whatever you do!
~ Don Green
Executive Director
|
|
The Napoleon Hill Foundation PMA Distance Learning Course
Give yourself the gift of education!
Enroll now for the Spring Semester 2017
Now accepting registrations for the January 2017 class!
Sign up for the next Distance Learning Course.
Starts January, 2017.
Note: This course is a prerequisite for our annual leader certification course.
Click HERE to register
El Curso de Napoleon Hill a distancia comienza
enero 2017!
Enscríbase HOY!!
Contactar a Uriel Martinez a su correo electronico
martineu@purduecal.edu
|
“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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart.
~ Helen Keller
Dear Readers:
In many of Dr. Hill’s writings he refers to the Twelve Riches of Life. They are: A Positive Mental Attitude, Sound Physical Health, Harmony in Human Relationships, Freedom from Fear, The Hope of Achievement, The Capacity for Faith, Willingness to Share One’s Blessings, A Labor of Love, An Open Mind on All Subjects, Self-Discipline, The Capacity to Understand People, and Financial Security.
Interestingly enough, these are all mental concepts, not objects that we can readily hold, touch, and feel. First we envision each of them in our mind, and then they materialize in our life as items of our own choosing. Still, each of these “riches” can put a spring in our step, a smile on our face, a sparkle in our eyes, joy in our relationships, command many supportive friends, and elicit a support system that can and should be reciprocal.
So, why do so many of us measure “riches” in physical terms? Thinking back to childhood we may have learned that whoever has the most marbles is the winner, who wears the finest clothes is worth more, who can spend the most money in the lunch room gets noticed, and who drives the hottest car is ahead of the rest. Unfortunately, none of these means anything. Rather, it is the person with compassion, caring, and concern for others who ends up the real success in life because he or she trades in objects for human kindness. And that is the only thing we can carry with us to the grave and beyond.
Ask yourself if you remember best your own seven course meal on Thanksgiving or the fact that you helped someone enjoy a meal they could not afford? Whether you received recognition for something you do easily, or the fact that you praised someone who never hears a kind word? How you helped someone who may not have deserved your attention, but you wanted them to feel someone cared about them too? It is the little incidental things in life that stand out and we remember. These acts of human caring are what makes us humane and a little lower than the angels!
As we consider options for our actions, we might just consider focusing on things of the spirit rather than things we buy. Our time, talents, resources, etc., are worth far more to someone who needs a helping hand rather than a handout. Think on these things.
Be Your Very Best Always,
Judy Williamson
|
|
Leader Certification participants:
(from left to right) Satish Verma, Richard Wright, Paul Mead, Chris Cartledge, Joseph Stoddard, Philip Wong, Sid Shah, Nathan Johnson, Will McQueen, Brandon Tyus, Donna Sikorski, Don Green, Judith Williamson, Cathleen Williamson, Alan Chen and (taking the picture) Uriel Martinez.
Land and tour per person based on double occupancy: $3,365 USD plus airfare to Scotland
For travel arrangements please contact Pat Andreatta at escapecruises@sbcglobal.net
For Leader Certification requirements please contact Uriel Martinez at martineu@pnw.edu
VIEW FULL ITINERARY HERE >
|
 |
|
 |
|
A Happy Man’s Creed
by Napoleon Hill
I have found happiness by helping others to find it.
I have sound physical health because I live temperately in all things, and eat only the foods which Nature requires for body maintenance.
I am free from fear in all of its forms.
I hate no man, envy no man, but love all mankind.
I am engaged in a labor of love with which I mix play generously. Therefore I never grow tired.
I give thanks daily, not for more riches, but for wisdom with which to recognize, embrace and properly use the great abundance of riches I now have at my command.
I speak no name save only to honor it.
I ask no favors of anyone except the privilege of sharing my riches with all who will receive them.
I am on good terms with my conscience. Therefore it guides me correctly in all that I do.
I have no enemies because I injure no man for any cause, but I benefit all with whom I come into contact by teaching them the way to enduring riches.
I have more material wealth than I need because I am free from greed and covet only the material things I can use while I live.
I own a great estate which is not taxable because it exists mainly in my own mind in intangible riches which cannot be assessed or appropriated except by those who adopt my way of life. I created this vast estate by observing Nature’s laws and adapting my habits to conform therewith.
Source: Master Key to Riches. Hawthorne Books, Inc. 1968. Pg. 31.
|
|
 |
|
 |
|
Play it Again
by Jim Stovall
Approximately one in a thousand books written ever gets published and makes it to the bestseller list, and approximately one in a thousand books on the bestseller list are ever made into a movie, which is about the same odds of having a successful book and a sequel; therefore, I am grateful and humble this week as my 31st book is released. Wisdom for Winners Volume Two is a sequel to Wisdom for Winners that was released last year through my publisher Sound Wisdom in conjunction with The Napoleon Hill Foundation. www.JimStovallBooks.com.
As you read these words in this week’s column in a newspaper, magazine, or online publication somewhere in the world, I also owe a great debt of gratitude to you. The popularity of these weekly columns for 20 years is sustained because of people like you, and these new books are made up of a compilation of my weekly columns put together by Don Green who runs The Napoleon Hill Foundation and also wrote the foreword to both books.
All of the profits from both of the Wisdom for Winners volumes is being donated to The Napoleon Hill Foundation. I am very pleased and excited to be able to support their work because the work of Napoleon Hill which began a century ago has contributed mightily to my success and the success of untold people around the world.
Napoleon Hill was best known for his landmark book entitled Think and Grow Rich. Dr. Hill was among the first to declare that wealth was not a product of luck or being born into the right family, but instead, wealth was the natural result of thinking and acting in certain prescribed and logical ways.
Napoleon Hill didn’t merely guess or speculate how one could be successful and create wealth. Instead, he approached Andrew Carnegie, one of the wealthiest men of the day, and asked him the key to success. Carnegie encouraged Hill to discover the keys himself and share them with the world. Carnegie opened the door for Hill by introducing him to Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, and hundreds of the most successful people of the day. The result of two decades of compiling and condensing this wisdom was Napoleon Hill’s masterpiece Think and Grow Rich. That book paved the way for virtually all success and personal development writers, including me, for decades to come.
If you took all the money in the world and divided it up equally among everyone, within a few short years, the people who are enjoying wealth today would be wealthy again; and those who are now living in poverty would be poor again. Knowledge is the key to wealth. Not money.
As you go through your day today, seek wisdom instead of money, and you will have both.
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Napoleon Hill’s Gold Standard
by Napoleon Hill
“An Official Publication of The Napoleon Hill Foundation”
Napoleon Hill’s Gold Standard is a source of riches that you can take to the bank! Your profit from this book will materialize in the riches you uncover while living your life s purpose.
Knowing what to do is great, but applying what you have learned is the real secret to success. You gain your greatest riches in life when you read, study and take action on what you have learned.
By reading this book you are acting on your explicit faith that you can become a person you desire to be. By raising your sights to your higher self you are visualizing the picture perfect outcome for your purpose and plan.
As Dr. Hill states: When a plan comes through to your conscious mind while you are open to the guidance of infinite intelligence, accept it with appreciation and gratitude and act on it at once. Do not hesitate, do not argue, challenge, worry, fret about it, or wonder if it is right. Act on it!
Available on Amazon.com
|
Napoleon Hill’s Greatest Speeches
from the Archives of Napoleon Hill
We are pleased to present this never before published collection from the one and only, Napoleon Hill.
Along with other never before published material, this volume includes the speech that inspired the worldwide bestseller Think and Grow Rich.
With a foreword by Napoleon’s grandson, Dr. J.B. Hill, and introductory comments by Don Green, Director of The Napoleon Hill Foundation, personal letters from family members and Senator Jennings Randolph, this fascinating exploration of the speeches given by the pioneer of the personal development movement is packed with a wealth of information.
It is a revealing look at one man’s quest for understanding why some men succeed, why others do not, and what makes success something that can be replicated.
This collection will provide you with some of Napoleon’s finest speeches including:
-What I Have Learned From Analyzing 10,000 People
-The Man Who Has Had no Chance
-The Commencement Address at Salem College in Salem, West Virginia, 1922—likely his best-remembered and most-influential speech.
Napoleon Hill dedicated much of his life to solving what he called “the most stupendous problem confronting the human race today.” That is, “How can I get what I want?”
As W. Clement Stone and thousands of others can attest, Hill succeeded in this venture, and we now have a success philosophy that Andrew Carnegie once saw as a possibility.
The pages within this book will tell you of the origins of a personal development legacy.
|
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.
|
|
|
|
November 25, 2016 
