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Citing the examples of success of renowned industrialist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) and being encouraged by him only to pen down the formula, the author Napolean Hill has written this book of 'zeal -n-jerk'. The formula is nothing sort of scouring out any elixir but its all about 'persistent desire' to get what you want or wannabe, without taking the notion of how's it gonna happen. (reminds me a bit like another book of this kind 'The Secret')
Sounds yet another sermon book ? Not actually it is as author has been able to maintain the quench of ' What next ? ' to its readers. The author mentions that myriads of people give up being tricked up by the sly habit of 'opportunity' ,which comes in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite
ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.
The author talks about the emotions of Faith, Love, and Sex, when mixed with any thought impulse, give height to thought and action , while the negative beliefs are picked up by the subconscious mind, and translated into its physical equivalent.
So, How does he interpret subconscious mind ? Both negative and positive thoughts (perceived through our sense organs) are topped by conscious mind and may be either passed on to the subconscious mind, or rejected, at will. Here , auto suggestion is the absolute key to feed the subconscious mind by 'emotionally mixed' creative thoughts.
Another important point that the author keeps is about knowledge. General knowledge, no matter
how great in quantity or variety it may be, is of but little use in the accumulation of money. He rules out the adage ' Knowledge is power'. It's the specialized knowledge that is organized, and intelligently directed, through practical plan of action to make the riches.
The author has briefly and vividly explained the various factors clogging the wheel of possession viz indecision, fear etc etc.
I won't differ that this book is somewhat yawning and repetitive to its point (I may not have grasped the author' mandate for this! ) , but it as been able to keep its idea at least to a conglomerate of matured readers and also to the precocious ones .
Citing the examples of success of renowned industrialist Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) and being encouraged by him only to pen down the formula, the author Napolean Hill has written this book of 'zeal -n-jerk'. The formula is nothing sort of scouring out any elixir but its all about 'persistent desire' to get what you want or wannabe, without taking the notion of how's it gonna happen. (reminds me a bit like another book of this kind 'The Secret')
Sounds yet another sermon book ? Not actually it is as author has been able to maintain the quench of ' What next ? ' to its readers. The author mentions that myriads of people give up being tricked up by the sly habit of 'opportunity' ,which comes in by the back door, and often it comes disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat.
But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite
ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.
The author has mentioned the way to transmute desire into final equivalence as :So, Faith is a state of mind which may be induced, or created, by affirmation or repeated instructions to the subconscious mind, through the principle of auto-suggestion.
Desire the amount -> What you intend to give up for this -> Decide definite date -> Create action plan -> Feel the possession (Faith). (*Make changes to plan if it fails).
The author talks about the emotions of Faith, Love, and Sex, when mixed with any thought impulse, give height to thought and action , while the negative beliefs are picked up by the subconscious mind, and translated into its physical equivalent.
So, How does he interpret subconscious mind ? Both negative and positive thoughts (perceived through our sense organs) are topped by conscious mind and may be either passed on to the subconscious mind, or rejected, at will. Here , auto suggestion is the absolute key to feed the subconscious mind by 'emotionally mixed' creative thoughts.
Another important point that the author keeps is about knowledge. General knowledge, no matter
how great in quantity or variety it may be, is of but little use in the accumulation of money. He rules out the adage ' Knowledge is power'. It's the specialized knowledge that is organized, and intelligently directed, through practical plan of action to make the riches.
The author has briefly and vividly explained the various factors clogging the wheel of possession viz indecision, fear etc etc.
I won't differ that this book is somewhat yawning and repetitive to its point (I may not have grasped the author' mandate for this! ) , but it as been able to keep its idea at least to a conglomerate of matured readers and also to the precocious ones .
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