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227 Pages·2008·2.85 MB·English

by  Hill, Napoleon.

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NAPOLEON
HILL’S
GOLDEN
RULES
NAPOLEON HILL
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Hill, Napoleon,1883–1970.
Napoleon Hill’s golden rules: thelost writings /Napoleon Hill.
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1. Successinbusiness.2. Positive psychology. I. Title. II. Title: Goldenrules.
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Contents
FOREWORD DON M. GREEN v
PREFACE ix
Lesson #1: Your Social and Physical Heredity 1
Lesson #2: Auto-Suggestion 7
Lesson #3: Suggestion 27
Lesson #4: The Law of Retaliation 51
Lesson #5: The Power of Your Mind 69
Lesson #6: How to Build Self-Confidence 81
Lesson #7: Environment and Habit 95
Lesson #8: How to Remember 121
Lesson #9: How Mark Antony Used Suggestion in
Winning the Roman Mob 147
Lesson #10: Persuasion versus Force 161
Lesson #11: The Law of Compensation 187
Lesson #12: The Golden Rule as a Passkey to
All Achievement 199
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Foreword
P erhaps you are like millions the world over who have read
Napoleon Hill’s writings and have profited from them.
Whether you are a follower of Hill’s teaching or this is your first
encounter with his writing, you will benefit from these lessons on
human potential.
ThesourcesofthebookyouhaveinyourhandsaremagazinesHill
published over eighty years ago. Hill’s Golden Rule Magazine and Hill’s
Magazine were published for several years before his first book
appeared. Hill’s lessons are a series of writings on human potential.
The remote mountains of Wise County, Virginia, where Hill was
born in 1883, did not provide a lot of opportunities for a boy being
raised in poverty. Hill’s mother died when he was ten years old, and
hisfather marriedagainayearlater.Napoleon’snewstepmotherwas
tobeablessingtotheyoungboy.Marthawasayoungwidowwhowas
educated, the daughter of a doctor; she took a liking to her highly
energized stepson, who was often involved in mischievous deeds.
The newest member of the Hill household was a source of encour-
agement that lasted a lifetime. Later in life, Hill credited his step-
mother in a manner similar to the way Abraham Lincoln, the
sixteenth President of the United States, credited his, when he
once remarked that ‘‘whatever I am or ever aspire to be I owe to
that dear woman.’’ By the age of thirteen, with the help of his
stepmother,hehadtradedapistolforatypewriter.Aseriesofarticles
would encourage his pursuit of a profession in writing.
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vi FOREWORD
After two years of high school, Hill enrolled in a business school,
and upon completion sought a job with Rufus Ayres, who had been
Attorney General of the State of Virginia, an officer in the Confed-
eracy, and at one time a candidate for the United States Senate.
General Ayres was into banking, lumber, and coal mining, and Hill
thought of him as the richest man in the mountains. Suddenly
attracted to the law profession, however, Hill convinced his brother
Vivian to apply with him to Georgetown Law School; Napoleon
would work as a writer and pay both of their ways. Both enrolled at
Georgetown Law School, and Vivian graduated but Napoleon was
detoured,obtainingajobwithBobTaylor’sMagazine,whichwasowned
by Robert Taylor, a United States Senator from Tennessee. Hill’s
assignments were success stories, including a storyon the growth of
Mobile, Alabama, as a seaport. When he was sent to interview
Andrew Carnegie at his 45-room mansion, what was scheduled to
be a short interview lasted three days. Carnegie challenged him to
interview the successful and develop a philosophy of success, which
Hillwouldthenteachtoothers.Hill’slifewaschangeddrastically,and
hislifelong adventurewastointerviewsuccessfulpeopleinhisstudy
of why some were successful and so many others were not.
Carnegie’s introduction put the young Hill in contact with Henry
Ford, Thomas Edison, George Eastman, John D. Rockefeller, and
other noted people of the time. Hill’s study of the success principles
tooktwentyyearswithoverfivehundredinterviewsbeforehewrote
his first book.
Hill lived to be 87 years old and during his lifetime developed the
philosophyofsuccessprinciplesthatareasrelevanttodayaswhenhe
studied and recorded his findings in his books. Hill’s first title was
actually an eight-volume set called The Law of Success, published in
1928. He began to receive royalties of $2,000 to $3,000 per month,
suchahugesumthathepurchasedaRolls-RoyceforavisitupGuest
RiverinthemountainsofWiseCounty,Virginia,wherehehadspent
his childhood.
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FOREWORD vii
HillwroteasmallbookcalledTheMagicLaddertoSuccess,andwhile
itappearedtobeacondensedversionofTheLawofSuccess,itaddeda
sectioncalled‘‘FortyUniqueIdeas’’formakingmoney.AmongHill’s
ideas were automatic gas filling stations at which motorists could
serve themselves either day or night, keyless locks to prevent theft,
and fountain drinks made of vegetables served fresh without pres-
ervatives. Remember, this was in 1930; the list demonstrates what a
visionary Hill was.
Furtherevidence thatHill wasavisionaryisfoundinthefactthat
somuchoftheself-helpmaterialwrittentodayissimplyaversionof
what Hill studied and wrote about over 80 years ago.
Today a number of books have been written about the law of
attraction as if it is some newly discovered principle that will ensure
success.Hillwroteaboutthis‘‘new’’principleintheMarch1919issue
of Hill’s Golden Rule Magazine, which is included in Lesson #4: The
Law of Retaliation.
Today there are stacks and stacks of books that reference one or
moreofHill’sworks,andheisnodoubtquotedmorethananyother
motivational writer or speaker who ever lived. These quotes are
sometimes used verbatim and at other times with slight changes.
In 1937, Hill wrote his most famous book, Think and Grow Rich,
whichsoldoutthreetimestheyearitwaspublishedat$2.50acopyin
the middle of the Great Depression, and that was without mass
advertising that exists today. Think and Grow Rich has sold over sixty
million copies worldwide and still sells about one million copies per
year. Today a best seller is usually classified as a book that sells a
hundred thousand copies. All of Hill’s books have sold more than
that, and most exceed a million copies. The more popular books
todayhavewhatpublishersrefer toasashelf lifeofonetotwoyears
(the length of time the book is in demand and remains in stock at
major bookstores). Hill’s The Law of Success has been in continuous
publication since 1928, Think and Grow Rich since 1937, Master Key to
Riches since 1945, Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude since 1960,