When it came down to choosing a book from the choices provided, I just had to select Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. This is a great book to read if you are having financial trouble in your life or if you are just need some motivation to get you going in the right path. Napoleon Hill is a acclaimed author who teaches you in this book the 13 success principles used by the great success stories of the early 20th-century. Napoleon Hill interviewed with William Wrigley, Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie and 500 others. He gives you the secrets that helped these great leaders rise to the top in their respected industries. Many of today's top achievers credit Napoleon Hill's work as being the blueprint to their success. Access the secrets that helped great leaders rise to the top. For three decades Napoleon Hill studied, interviewed and interpreted the habits, attitudes and knowledge of great achievers, like brilliant inventors such as Edison, Ford and Bell and rich and powerful businesspersons such as Carnegie, Wrigley and Rockefeller. I was given this book from my mother who has read this book several times and has grown to appreciate its value and how much it could help me in my life at whatever I choose to do. Therefore, it would only make since from me to pick this book over the others as soon as I saw it on the list.
In chapter 1, it talks about the starting point of all achievements is desire. He writes that the desire or impulse to achieve something in life can be so great that any obstacles no matter how big or small can stop an individual from reaching the goal he has set up for himself. A person with burning desire, an obsession with success can go to any lengths until he succeeds. Failure does not bother him and...
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...n, which receives vibrations of thought ordinarily, called hunches. Understanding the sixth sense is very difficult; it comes only by meditation through mind development from within.
What the most beneficial thing I have learned form all of this is that over 20 Million people have read Think & Grow Rich: by Napoleon Hill, but unfortunately most people don't take it to heart, they scan read it, don't discover the secret, then put it down and never pick it up again. My goal it let anyone who need help with what so ever problem they might have in there life to fully read this book as many times as possible, so that they have knowledge and satisfaction of knowing, that they have the ability to do or be as successful as they want to be in the there lives as they allow themselves to, because whatever the mind of a man or woman can conceive and believe it can achieve it!
William Manchester, the author, wanted us to comprehend that it is goal-oriented people such as Desiderius Erasmus who doubtlessly have all the capacity to alter the world. As Erasmus once said, “There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are those who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other”. If people do not have faith in themselves and work hard towards their goals, then they will never reach said desired goals and continuously remorse the days that they did not take advantage of.
The most valuable lesson I have learned so far from Ben Horowitz’s book is that there is always a solution. Really, I am amazed by how much resilience Ben had when his personal and professional life were shitty. Twenty-five years ago, my father left 3M to create his own company, he left a really good position in a global company to follow his dream and also because he couldn’t stand having a boss breathing over his neck anymore. I was less than one-year-old and he “gambled” everything over an idea. That is one of the thing I admire the most about him. My dad’s story and Ben’s book made me realize even more that to be successful the hardest part is to actually start. Having a lot of ambition but never taking to risk to fulfill it or loose some price is the worst that can happened to me.
There are several issues that were both discussed in the book End This Depression Now by Paul Krugman and Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and opportunities in the New Economy by Stephen Sweet and Peter Meiksins. The textbook offered a sociological analysis of the nature of work in the new economy, such as the new opportunities in this economy as well and the challenges many workers now face and ultimately how this change the family lives of many. The book also discussed about the new face of the workplace and work in general, which includes issues on inequality and discrimination. The book discussed job security, policies and why workers work more now than they did before or work in 24/7 economy. Lastly, the book talks about the ways on how to face all the challenges in this new economy and work environment.
“ But something else less easy to conquer stands in the ways of his dreams for himself”.
...him reach the truth. But he didn’t stop, he pushed on until he beat his dilemma. It was this mentality that helped him to succeed, he knew what he wanted to do and he wasn’t stopping until he achieved that.
Throughout the book the author implies that through persevering through adversity, following omens, and overcoming one's fears, everyone has a chance to achieve their dreams.
This to most is the goal, what is strived for to achieve in the span of a lifetime, but for those who have and those who seek to have, the perspective greatly differs. To the lower class citizens of the world, what more could one want than to have achieved the pinnacle of wealth. A person no longer wants for anything, one simply has and can have more. The epitome of contentment and endless possibilities. This is not the case however for those in the position of having such means. Gill uses the quote “When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain he wept, for there were no worlds to conquer.” in comparison to the life of people suffering from perfection anxiety. To make having everything possible, one most no longer have anything left to obtain. Without a goal or an ambition to strive for there is a prominent lack of purpose to one’s life, painting a rather depthless view of the inside life of the incredibly
...s is related to his philosophy about doing the right thing and about a being a good person. But it goes beyond this. He spoke often about having true compassion. It isn’t enough to help those in need, but we must truly care about them, to take a good look and see how they got that way. He asked us to examine how we as a society can change the conditions that led them to be there in the first place. Doing this makes us better as people. I have found that it also makes me feel better. Never give up on your dreams. While his life was cut tragically short, he died in pursuit of his dream and in spite of everything he faced, he never gave up on it. He faced obstacles I could never imagine having to face, and still persisted. This reminds me that the small things in my life that often seem insurmountable, are just my excuses for not taking action and are not obstacles.
Attempting to follow the extremely contradictory knightly code, Gawain develops a bad self-image, has trouble thinking freely, and loses track of his overall purpose. The setbacks he experiences mirror the setbacks people face when striving for complete perfection. However, Gawain is able to embark on an eye-opening journey driven by the need to be perfect, which eventually helps him to realize that with the fight for perfection comes not only negatives, but a few positives as well. Reaching for goals that might not necessarily be in the realm of possibility may mean failure to complete that specific task or reach that specific status, however, the achievement of slightly smaller goals is likely. When looking for complete perfection, lessons can be learned and smaller goals can be achieved, which may eventually lead to the completion of a main goal. It is when a person loses sight of the fact that perfection is unobtainable when self-images are destroyed, free thinking is lost, and when people wavier
Moreover, this concept of free will and becoming financially self-reliant is still prevalent in modern society. The mid-twentieth (20th) to the early twenty-first (21st) century has become the age of entrepreneurship, where peoples from all nations no longer desire to work “for the man” but create their own legacy of prosperity. Likewise, it is a period in time that has redefined the way in which those from all walks of life can obtain success and wealth. Hence, the evolution of reality TV stars, YouTube sensations and rappers from being ordinary individuals to becoming fashion designers, actors and CEOs. However, our definition of success is not only defined by wealth it also includes having a life of meaning that is similar to that of Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. and Malcolm X. Certainly, I am speaking of a life that encompasses the ability to change our world for the better.
Whatever one thinks about all the time tends to happen, hence the title “Think and Grow Rich.” Using the examples of past success, such as his son and Edwin C. Barnes, Hill shows how a burning desire, persistence and other principles, if done effectively, can be combined to create favorable conditions towards success. This book is written to guide anybody, in any occupation, with everyday endeavors, because new inspirations can always be found. Hill stresses principles, methods that have to deal with the mind because it is a powerful weapon. This book was written during the Era of the Great depression, and it could still be used for modern day situations because the techniques, teachings and instructions do not get old.
Coming from Russia during the civil war between a collectivist party and capitalism, author Ayn Rand grew up under the exposure of communism. She strongly disagreed with the sentiment of socialism, thus moved to the U.S. to experience the capitalist system. Here, Rand’s books became critically acclaimed through her unique perspective and characters. The majority of these novels is heavy handed and are heavily laced with biases that depict her strong distaste of collectivism. In the particular novella Anthem, Rand gives a warning to readers about the dangers of depending on the ‘we’ of society.
Robert Kiyosaki said “You’re only poor if you give up. The most important thing is that you did something. Most people only talk and dream of getting rich. You’ve done something” There is no way of becoming successful in life if you aren’t driven and don’t have determination in what you believe in. The main point of this book was that you need to make money work for you and not the other way around. It is tough trying to put your wants and fears to the side in order to get rich and stay rich. One tip given was that you need to stop what your doing if what your doing isn’t working for you. Robert Kiyosaki did a great job of taking us into his life and his journey into becoming successful.
Although there is as of yet no scientific basis for the sixth sense, human intuition and the “gut feeling” has become a great indicator for many of what’s to come as anything else, and famous cases of the future being anticipated such as that of Nostradamus have only helped to legitimize and build up the belief that a sixth sense may actually exist within humans. What’s more, this feeling of foreboding can apply to the presence of people and spiritual presences as well, indicating that the sensing of energy does indeed play a role. The sixth sense can even be found in animals, as there have been many documented cases of creatures such as mice and dogs acting strangely before a natural disaster happened in their area. I find it unlikely that so many seemingly random instincts by so many could turn out to be so
If you want to achieve wealth, believe in the fact that you can if you work hard. The word "impossible" has been coined because of the pessimistic attitudes. If you support your positive thoughts with positive actions, nothing in this world is out of reach. Great men have achieved the results through sheer positivism. It does not mean however that there will not be any failures. Rather, the failures carry with them a sense of pursuing one's goals. Being resolute, courageous and having fighting spirit in smallest matters is being