Napoleon Rules Part I

Think And Grow Rich

Napoleon Hillis most famous for his book ‘Think And Grow Rich’ which is one of the best selling books of all time.

He was really an investigative journalist who died in 1970 at the age of 87.  He is THE father of all personal success literature, and if you haven’t read this book yet, I suggest you get yourself a nice inexpensive used copy off of Amazon (or similar).

What is significant about Mr. Hill (other than being raised dirt-poor) is that he was little more than a newspaper writer for a local Virginia newspaper who hit upon the idea of finding the formula for success…………success in ANYTHING.  How did he do this?  He interviewed as many successful people as he could and took the essence of what they all told him and put his findings into his short book. Who did he interview?  Here are some of them:

Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller, Charles Schwab, F.W. Woolworth, William Wrigley and a few Presidents also.

What Did He Learn?

So, do you think, after 20 years of speaking with these kinds of people he knew what he was talking about?  Yep, darn right he did.

Now, I’ve never really been one for all this “positive thinking” stuff, BUT (and this “but” ISN’T negating everything prior to it…………I promise) I DO believe that NEGATIVE thinking ABSOLUTELY will bring you down and keep you down.  So, because of that alone, thinking positively HAS to be better than the alternative.  Personally, I’m more of a realist (yes, I know EVERYBODY thinks that they are realists, but that’s patently not true of most, otherwise there wouldn’t be so many religions in the world!).

Be A Realist

A prerequisite for success in business is realism.  Don’t let the hype fool you; running a business takes work and starting a business takes a LOT of work.  However, you’ve chosen the right field in which to start your business, because making money online gives you the opportunity to make mistakes and correct them without much loss of working capital or customers.

Do you need to be a genius to start and run a successful business?  Absolutely not! (see article on Donald Trump).  There have been a few real geniuses in the world (Leonardo DaVinci, Galileo, Isaac Newton, Benjamin Franklin etc.) and many of them never achieved financial success, though some did.  However there are THOUSANDS of normal AVERAGE people who HAVE made financial successes of themselves.

Edison Vs. Tesla

There’s a famous battle between two of my heroes, one of whom was a REAL genius and the other was a great businessman.  You can decide which was which.  Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla fought for many years over using two different systems for transporting electricity around the world.

Can you guess who won the battle?

Part II on Wednesday.

Luke