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The Napoleon Hill Foundation



May 23, 2025  /  ISSUE 959
The Napoleon Hill Foundation
Making the world a better place in which to live.

 

Dear Readers,

The Napoleon Hill Foundation is located on the campus of the University of Virginia’s College at Wise.  It is the only branch of the main campus, which is in Charlottesville, Virginia.  As you know, it was Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, who founded the University of Virginia.
Before Thomas Jefferson died, he left specific instructions about what he wanted written on his tombstone. He even sketched a design of the tombstone he wanted erected and left nothing to chance. If you ever have the opportunity to visit Jefferson’s gravesite in Charlottesville, you would read the following epitaph, just as Jefferson wanted it:

Here was buried
Thomas Jefferson
Author of the Declaration of American Independence
of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom
& Father of the University of Virginia

Please note that Jefferson did not mention the fact that he was the third President of the United States, Vice President, Secretary of State, or United States Ambassador to France. He was most proud of his accomplishments in writing the Declaration of Independence, the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom, and his establishment of the University of Virginia.
Since Thomas Jefferson felt that education was so important, I think it is fitting that the Napoleon Hill Foundation uses educational institutions to make the world a better place in which to live. Through books, courses, and seminars, we are teaching the success principles that Napoleon Hill spent his life researching. I truly believe that Thomas Jefferson was correct when he said, “an educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.”
If you are currently enrolled in our Distance Learning Course, you are invited to accompany our instructor Uriel Martinez, to the Napoleon Hill Foundation offices, located in Wise, Virginia, if you are interested in Leader Certification. While in Wise, I will able to show you many artifacts and historical sites from Napoleon Hill’s life in Wise. We have personal items of Napoleon’s such as eyeglasses, pens, books, and honorary doctorate degrees, on display in our office.
In addition, there is the historical marker and Rufus Ayers mansion that you can visit. The historical marker was erected by the State of Virginia in honor of Napoleon Hill, and Hill is the only author in Virginia to receive this prestigious award. The Rufus Ayers mansion is now a museum that is located only minutes away from Wise. Mr. Rufus Ayers was Napoleon Hill’s employer after he graduated from business school.
If you are not yet enrolled in our Distance Learning Class, this is the perfect opportunity to enroll and thus qualify you to attend our in-person Leader Certification which will take place on July 10 – 12, 2025.  Come and meet like-minded individuals like yourself who personify the principle of Positive Mental Attitude.
This will be a great opportunity to visit the archives of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, which are not open to the public.  We hope you can join us!

I wish you the best,

Don Green
Executive Director
Napoleon Hill Foundation

Something to Look Forward to!:
I hope you can join me for our upcoming Leader Certification here in Wise, Virginia.
We look forward to meeting you!

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The Napoleon Hill Foundation
Leader Certification

JULY 10 -12, 2025!

In person course at Wise Virginia,

TODAY IS THE DAY to start your journey!  Attend this year’s Leader Certification in July!  Enroll in step one or two to qualify to attend this year’s Leader Certification. 

“Embracing this certification means stepping into a transformative role where you elevate your potential and become a beacon for others. If you aspire to lead purposefully and make a meaningful impact, I encourage you to join this exceptional program.  If you want to discover the power of Napoleon Hill’s principles in your life, I invite you to participate in this transformative experience. You can illuminate the path for others!”
– Ericka Kelly

Napoleon Hill Foundation Distance Learning

This Distance Learning course is a prerequisite for attending
the Leader Certification in July.  Sign up today!!

Join us in the comprehensive study of the Success Philosophy!
Discover a Key to Success each week with Napoleon Hill as your instructor.
Sign up TODAY!!
See our sale below!

This distance learning course prompts new ideas
and provides a structure for your specific goal setting.

Formal education is one essential key to continued success but we also need inspirational instruction to motivate us to our higher goals.  I encourage you to attend Napoleon Hill’s Distance Learning course.

– Don Green, Executive Director, Napoleon Hill Foundation

Napoleon Hill’s Distance Learning.  Sign up TODAY!

This online distance learning course presents and examines the principles of success researched and developed by Dr. Napoleon Hill and others. It provides a framework for students to better understand life’s opportunities and the need for definiteness of purpose.
The class is based on and structured around Hill’s 17 Principles of Success. Each lesson focuses on one principle and contains online reading assignments, points to ponder, chapter quizzes, Napoleon Hill vintage audio and just released video, articles from the Think and Grow Rich and PMA Adviser newsletters, class discussion questions, journal writing assignments and, other activities that help reinforce the principle being studied. Each student in the class has a personalized relationship with a fully accredited and approved instructor for Napoleon Hill Distance Learning Courses. The class concludes with an assignment dealing with an individualized plan for personal success.

“When I read Think and Grow Rich for the second time so long ago, I realized that I held the recipe for success in my hands. It was the key to everything — financial security, personal relationships, happiness … it could be used to achieve anything of value. It could be done by anybody and it could be done by me. There was just one catch. It’s up to me.”
Dr. J.B. Hill

“I remember the first time we received email correspondence from Dr. JB Hill.  We could not believe it was Napoleon Hill’s grandson!  He was sincerely interested in going through his Grandfather’s PMA: Science of Success course.  He signed up and that began a correspondence that eventually led to him being placed on the board for the Napoleon Hill Foundation.  He found great value in the material and he knew that if he was to benefit from it he had to actually go through the process.  I know that you will find great value in this pinnacle of Napoleon Hill’s philosophy of success.”
Uriel Martinez, Director of Distance Learning, The Napoleon Hill Foundation

Give yourself or someone you love a gift that keeps on giving!

Napoleon Hill’s Distance Learning Course
$999.00
Leader Certification Course to take place in person in Wise Virginia 2025:
$1,499.00

Bundle Deal (save even more)
includes both Distance Learning and
The Leader Certification class.
$2,249.00

Spring SALE (save even more!)
$2,000. FOR THE DISTANCE LEARNING AND LEADER CERTIFICATION bundle deal. 

write Uriel to claim your deal:
Any questions about our courses please email Uriel at um17pma@gmail.com
Spring SALE is good until May 31.

Every lesson introduces one of Dr. Hill’s success principles, which build on each other as you progress through the course. He clearly explains why and how each step has worked in every generation to help you think and grow rich!
Sign up today!

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THERE are two kinds of knowledge. One is general, the other is specialized. General knowledge, no matter how great in quantity or variety it may be, is of but little use in the accumulation of money. The faculties of the great universities possess, in the aggregate, practically every form of general knowledge known to civilization. Most of the professors have but little or no money. They specialize on teaching knowledge, but they do not specialize on the organization, or the use of knowledge.

KNOWLEDGE will not attract money, unless it is organized, and intelligently directed, through practical PLANS OF ACTION, to the DEFINITE END of accumulation of money. Lack of understanding of this fact has been the source of confusion to millions of people who falsely believe that “knowledge is power.” It is nothing of the sort! Knowledge is only potential power. It becomes power only when, and if, it is organized into definite plans of action, and directed to a definite end.

This “missing link” in all systems of education known to civilization today, may be found in the failure of educational institutions to teach their students HOW TO ORGANIZE AND USE KNOWLEDGE AFTER THEY ACQUIRE IT.

It Pays to Know How to Purchase Knowledge

First of all, decide the sort of specialized knowledge you require, and the purpose for which it is needed.  To a large extent your major purpose in life, the goal toward which you are working, will help determine what knowledge you need.  With this question settled, your next move requires that you have accurate information concerning dependable sources of knowledge.  The more important of these are:

(a)    One’s own experience and education
(b)   Experience and education available through cooperation of others (Master Mind Alliance)
(c) Colleges and Universities
(d) Public Libraries (Through books and periodicals in which may be found all the knowledge organized by civilization)
(e) Special Training Courses (Through night schools and home study schools in particular.)

As knowledge is acquired, it must be organized and put into use, for a definite purpose, through practical plans.  Knowledge has no value except that which can be gained from its application toward some worthy end.  This is one reason why college degrees are not valued more highly.  They represent nothing but miscellaneous knowledge.

If you contemplate taking additional schooling, first determine the purpose for which you want the knowledge you are seeking, then learn where this particular sort of knowledge can be obtained, from reliable sources.

Successful men, in all callings, never stop acquiring specialized knowledge related to their major purpose, business, or profession.  Those who are not successful usually make the mistake of believing that the knowledge acquiring period ends when one finishes school. The truth is that schooling does but little more than to put one in the way of learning how to acquire practical knowledge.

Source: Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill

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Memorial Day is May 26, 2025

In Flanders Fields
by John McCrae

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky,
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

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Do you have a poem, song, or story that goes well with one of the Principles of Success?
Do you have a list of books that go well with each Principle of Success?  Send your suggested selections to Uriel at um17pma@gmail.comUriel Martinez
Director of Distance Learning
The Napoleon Hill Foundation
um17pma@gmail.com
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A Millionaire Vision
by Don Green

In A Millionaire Vision, Don Green takes readers on an inspiring journey from humble beginnings to achieving a vision of wealth, not just in material terms, but in richness of life. Raised in a small house without modern conveniences, Green’s story is a testament to the power of vision, goal-setting, and relentless effort. Working for minimal wages, he set his sights high, aiming for no less than a millionaire’s life filled with success symbols like a black Mercedes and a gold Presidential Rolex watch.

Through vivid narratives, Green shares how his early fascination with the biographies of great men and personal development leaders like Napoleon Hill and Brian Tracy laid the foundation for his own path to success. His practical use of a vision board, setting clear and tangible goals, and the profound realization that true success encompasses helping others, frames a blueprint for anyone aspiring to achieve their own dreams.

With contributions from Dr. J.B. Hill, who provides an esoteric perspective on the subconscious mind’s role in creating our reality, the book delves into the historical and psychological underpinnings of success. It explores the power of visualization and positive thinking, backed by stories that affirm the human potential to manifest desires into reality.

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Ninety Days to a Positive Mental Attitude

Transform Your Life in Just 90 Days!

Do you feel stuck in a rut, unable to break free from negative thinking?
Do you want to achieve your goals but can’t seem to find the motivation?
This inspirational 90-day program by author Don Green will help you form empowering habits to create lasting positive change.

With short, daily readings, action steps, and profiles of successful achievers, this book provides a clear roadmap to developing and maintaining a positive mental attitude. Learn how small adjustments in thinking and behavior compound over time to yield dramatic results. Whether you want to advance your career, improve relationships, or simply be happier, this book gives you the tools to realize your full potential.

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Outwitting the Devil

If you have been the victim of lost courage, weakened enthusiasm, and lack of self-discipline if you are demoralized and plagued by fear, anxiety, overwhelm, or apathy the seven principles to freedom detailed in this book herald your redemption. You will finally become independent of the causes of failure and misery, break the bonds of destructive habits, and unlock the secret of a natural law as significant as the law of gravity so that you can outwit the devil once and for all.

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