Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success: The 17 Principles of Personal Achievement

258 Pages·1997·8.4 MB·English

by  Napoleon Hill

From the Bestselling Author of
Think and Grow Rich!

NAPOLEON

HILL’s

KEYS TO

SUCCESS

The 17 Principles
of
Personal Achievement

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NAPOLEON HILL'S KEYS TO SUCCESS

RAFOUION UML was bem into poverty in 1889, and
achiewed great access as an atlomney and journalist, He
was an advisor to Andrew Camugie and Franklin
Rooscvell. Widh Caraogie’s help, he Formulated a phitow-
phy of success leawing on the thoughts andl expetienaes oF
A multilude of rags-lo-riches tyecons. Ln mcant years, the
Nipalean Hill Foundation has published his hestselling,
writings worldwide, giving him an innmense influence
around the globe. Araany his formas tds ane Thitk aad
‘Grow Rit Action Fash (Pluuse), Napoleon Hills A Yar of
Growing Rich (Plume, ant Suereed aud Groce Ri Through
Peraasion (Sige)

FULFILL YOUR AMBITIONS

‘Why have Napoleon THs gides ty success sold millions
of wopies all pver the world—and today arc selling better
than wer?

he answer is simple. These hay woe inthis companion,
guide to the besbulling Thitk cad Grow Richt, Napoleon
Till shaces seventeen essentio! principles that will spue
‘your efferés, steel your strength, and make your drearns
‘ome tue, They inclu

= Using the Mastermind Principle
* Fecusmg Your Atiention

+ Tearing fron Defeat

* Going the Extra Mle

4 Improving Your Mental Attitude:

For anyone sucking personal and financial stability,
Napoleon Hill's Keys fy Success promises to he a valuable
‘5nd important guide on the soad to riches,

Napoleon Hill’s
Keys to Success
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THE 17 PRINCIPLES OF
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CONTENTS

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Introduction by W. Clemsst Stone te

|. Develop Definiteness of Purpose 1
. Establish a Mastermind Alliance 1B
Assemble an Attractive Personality 2

. Uw Applied Faith ra
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6. Create Personal Initiative
7. Build a Positive Menlal Auttade

‘8. Comtral Your Enthusiasm,

9, Hnloxce Sel-Disciphine we
30. Think Accurately’ wt
1. Control Your Attention, 136
42. Inspire Teamsrork Ww
15. Lea from Adversity and Defeat 136
18. Cultivate Creative Vision 165
415, Maintain Sound Tleal:h 173
16. Budget Your Time and Money 157
17. Use Cosmic Tahitionce 201
18, The Sevemtoun Principles of Succans 23

Ackoaladgeents
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PREFACE

Ihe title Negeteon HS Keys tu Success should get one's
attention if Iow to be succsssfal happens to be of intersst
‘the render,

“The principles of sucunss thot ze deactsbed in Kia t Suc
cass are not only welllen abet, but aso explained ws the
reader can undesstand and apply the principles fm their
Fives.

Hill's banks ane sald worldwide and are mane popntar
tha over baie of he principles of success and Weis uni-
‘versal appeal

‘You have the same book in your hands that haa been wsed
in wraps universities and ig stil being caught today as a
Erecchaur college couse,

Napolece Hill was hom in te mugged mountains ol
Soathavest Ving'nia ir. TS, inte what Hill descrized as “lor
three generation... people had been bom, lived, shrug-
gled iproraney, ilteracy and paverty, and died without
Taving boea outside the mourtaine of Ghat wuotin, They
makie bee living from the wl, Whatever utoney they pro
cated 995 trom the sale of corn converted inte moonshine,
There ware no railroads, lelephones, eleciic Lights, o¢ Pass
able publi highways.”
earsmothurd:od when he was oy nine yeas oi whit
could aes o his chances of eee bing suc ossl Tb
his talker mated a young widow wha was educated 1
dloscribod her aa blessing lis stepmother was 9 vamstant
sauce of encouragement. She helped Napelean obsain a type
weiter, and he was wing stodios by the age of fourteen,

Like inline of oer Auer oem into melest of a=
(povcrishee means, Hil: was destined to admire Ihe likes of
‘Thomas Faison, Andrew Camegie,llenry Fard, and many
other self-made men with pass'on that bardenud in worship,
Tnday, a vexy similar sitantion exists where fhe sich al fo
rurus are teat a8 po, Like milions ol other Amteicans.
Hil would be conslured with inlemat sbout people who
succeed where others fail, why, and how tp stractame his
town life to tmke phice among He rich and powerful. Hill
ould dam of mecting Mnese giants, impressing ther, and.
harvesting the Wisdom that produced their inevedibla ac-
compliahmencs

Tot unlike most of dhuwe other enim of adams and
wronderurs, Napolvor. Hill was destined to Lull his creams,
Not only dle Hil meot ant impress America’s greatest
achicvers of his day, but le would spend his enti adut-
hood shasying ans learning theiraecrets la sarcren and com
smunicating thom to the world,

Fate woulal have Nagoleo% Hill meet his meniar Andrew
Ccamegie, whom he sat out tn interview in 19DS, Camegic
as soventy-four yu old and resided in a siety-fouurroom
engin on Fil Avenue in New York City. Hill admired
him because he knew that Carmeyie, a poor immigrant boy
from Sentland with very Kittle education, had startet work:
ing at thu age of swelve. By thy age of thisty Five, Cazneyie
Thad crested Amesies’s stu! inhustry and hal amassua a for.
tune. Not only di Carnegie personify the American Dreaun
cing tau but he also eft sl aus impression coy Hill that
fhe words af wisdom fom Catnugie sour ecome le coc
neretinw for TI's philusuphy of suesess. He soul spend 2
lifetime developing the success principles.
sili Namarney Fins Kee te Succes

Aca student of Hill's philosophy, which is ay mievanit
today as whe LK was doing his studies, you can bene
roa the experiences nF atburs, which will wave yer ima ard
Ielp you avoid erurs that others nave wmade. You can learn
the principles of success ard haw ta applp chez

“As you read, pay particular atlention to the principles,
starting with Defnitenes of Porpene, which is the starting
aint ofall achievement, You must define your gol, ard
then develop plans for zeaching those goals, Napsleom Hill
fates thet drifting through Filewithaut sim or purpose isthe
fio count oF faire

‘Once you have defined your Deliriteness of Purpose,
reading and studving the other sixteen principles will help
pou to reach goa that only a very small group of people
‘ail over achieve. The choice is youns and the tee ia he

~DonM, Gren
Exarutive Director
(Nigelewn Hill Fwadation,