Truthful Living - The First Writings of Napoleon Hill PDF
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“When defeat overtakes a man or woman, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That’s exactly what the majority of people do.” – Napoleon Hill “Most people are not willing to do the hard work that it takes to make success easy.” – Jeffrey Gitomer Copyright 2018 Jeffrey Gitomer and GitGo, LLC All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without express written permission of the publisher. Published by Amazon Publishing, Seattle www.apub.com Amazon, the Amazon logo, and Amazon Publishing are trademarks of Amazon.com, Inc., or its affiliates. ISBN-13: 9781503942011 ISBN-10: 1503942015 Cover design by Faceout Studio, Jeff Miller First Edition Foreword, Actions, and Annotations by Jeffrey Gitomer Edited by Jennifer Gluckow Book Designer: Mike Wolff – Contents The First Thoughts of the Father of American Achievement and Wealth Lesson Number 1 Success Is Up to YOU Lesson Number 2 FINISH WHAT YOU START Lesson Number 3 HOW TO THINK Lesson Number 4 IMAGINATION Lesson Number 5 THE VALUE OF SELF-CONFIDENCE AND SINCERITY Lesson Number 6 LET AMBITION BE YOUR MASTER Lesson Number 7 ADVERSITY: A BLESSING IN DISGUISE Lesson Number 8 TIME: THE MOST PRECIOUS THING IN THE WORLD Lesson Number 9 SEVEN SUCCESS RULES Lesson Number 10 ADOPT A “CHIEF AIM IN LIFE”! Lesson Number 11 THE “LAW OF HARMONIOUS ATTRACTION” Lesson Number 12 HOW TO SELL YOURSELF AND YOUR SERVICES Lesson Number 13 DISCOVERY; THINGS, LIFE, and HAPPINESS Lesson Number 14 “LUCK versus P-LUCK!” Lesson Number 15 IMAGINATION, DESIRE, ENTHUSIASM, SELF- CONFIDENCE, AND CONCENTRATION Lesson Number 16 Who is BEHIND your success? Lesson Number 17 IF I HAD BUT ONE WISH! Lesson Number 18 THE GREAT MAGIC KEY Lesson Number 19 THE VALUE OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE IN CREATING A FAVORABLE FIRST IMPRESSION Lesson Number 20 AT THE SIGN OF THE DOLLAR Lesson Number 21 “THE FIVE-POINT RULE” Lesson Number 22 THE PRINCIPLE OF SERVICE Lesson Number 23 A GREAT TRUTH WHICH I HAVE LEARNED FROM TWENTY YEARS’ EXPERIENCE Epilogue by Jeffrey Gitomer The TRUTH, the Whole TRUTH, So Help Me HILL Books You Ought to Read The First Thoughts of the Father of American Achievement and Wealth by Jeffrey Gitomer In 1917, 20 years before the publication of his magnum opus, THINK AND GROW RICH, Napoleon Hill began his career as a teacher, philosopher, and writer at the George Washington Institute in Chicago. There he taught courses on advertising and selling, but rather than focusing on the more technical aspects of those subjects, he structured his courses around the notion that attitude, belief, hard work and personal development were the keys to achievement. As a teacher and a writer he intuitively understood that in order to get his students to succeed, they had to start with the foundation of believing in themselves, having a positive attitude, and making a plan before they could ultimately achieve their purpose. Mindful of the potential legacy of these teachings, and proud to have created them, Hill wrote, typed, and hand signed each lesson. Over the next two decades, Hill would go on to hone his craft and substantiate his original thinking by interviewing and writing about the most successful people of his time: icons like Edison, Firestone, Burroughs, and Schwab. Over the course of 45 years, Hill expanded the positive principles he wrote about and spoke about in 1917; penned ten books that have sold more than 100,000,000 copies; delivered thousands of talks and lectures; and became world renowned as the leader in self-help, personal development and positive attitude. One hundred years later, he still holds that global position. But what of those original lessons on life Napoleon Hill taught in 1917? Long the subject of rumors and speculation, they were thought lost to history – until now. THE BOOK: TRUTHFUL LIVING A few years ago, the Napoleon Hill Foundation uncovered Napoleon Hill’s ORIGINAL writings and teachings. These are not just Hill’s first writings, they represent the fundamental and foundational thinking that created his legacy. Napoleon Hill began his career as a college professor in Cleveland delivering lectures and lessons, and had the presence of mind to document them. These lessons and lectures were penned 20 years before the immortal Think and Grow Rich was published. These are in fact the first documented writings of Napoleon Hill. These are Hill’s original thoughts and ideas about how to focus on your major goals, have a great attitude, and become successful. These are his first lectures, lessons, and writings. At the same time Hill was teaching advertising and selling, he was focusing on attitude, self-belief, writing, persuading, and philosophy of life and living. These pages of Truthful Living contain Hill’s original writings and lectures from 1917. Think and Grow Rich was published in 1937. And Hill’s immortal sales book, How to Sell Your Way Through Life, was published in 1939. The original lessons and lectures in Truthful Living served as the foundation of his philosophy, strategy, and thinking for his entire body of work. Genuine classics. Genuine genius. I have been given the honor by the Napoleon Hill Foundation to edit and annotate these writings for the 21st century. With as much integrity as I possess, I have stayed true to the concepts and meaning that Hill was trying to transfer. Here’s why. . .
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