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th e(cid:2)lost writings FM_1 11/15/2008 4 FM_1 11/15/2008 1 NAPOLEON HILL’S GOLDEN RULES NAPOLEON HILL Downloaded from www.lifebooks4all.blogspot.com John Wiley & Sons, Inc. FM_1 11/15/2008 2 Copyright #2009 byTheNapoleon Hill Foundation.All rights reserved. PublishedbyJohnWiley &Sons,Inc., Hoboken,New Jersey. Publishedsimultaneouslyin Canada. Nopartofthispublicationmaybereproduced,storedinaretrievalsystem,ortransmitted inanyformorbyanymeans,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,scanning,or otherwise,exceptas permittedunderSection 107 or108 ofthe1976 United States Copyright Act,without either the prior written permission of thePublisher,or authorizationthroughpaymentoftheappropriateper-copyfeetotheCopyrightClearance Center, Inc., 222 RosewoodDrive, Danvers,MA 01923, (978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646- 8600, oronthe web atwww.copyright.com. 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Forgeneralinformationonourotherproductsandservicesorfortechnicalsupport,please contactour Customer Care Departmentwithin theUnitedStates at (800) 762-2974, outsidethe UnitedStates at(317) 572-3993 or fax(317) 572-4002. Wileyalsopublishesitsbooksinavarietyofelectronicformats.Somecontentthatappears inprint maynot beavailableinelectronic books.For more information aboutWiley products, visit our web site atwww.wiley.com. Library ofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Hill, Napoleon,1883–1970. Napoleon Hill’s golden rules: thelost writings /Napoleon Hill. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferences andindex. ISBN978-0-470-41156-8 (pbk.) 1. Successinbusiness.2. Positive psychology. I. Title. II. Title: Goldenrules. HF5386.H562 2009 650.1–dc22 2008038666 Printed inthe UnitedStates ofAmerica 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 FM_1 11/15/2008 3 Downloaded from www.lifebooks4all.blogspot.com 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 iii FM_1 11/15/2008 4 FM_1 11/15/2008 5 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. v FM_1 11/15/2008 6 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. FM_1 11/15/2008 7 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,

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