Napoleon Rules Part II

continued from Monday………….

Who Won The Battle?

The GENIUS, Nikola Tesla, that’s who!  Tesla won the electrical-distribution battle.  He is responsible for AC voltage as opposed to Thomas Edison’s DC voltage, which is great for small local applications like toys and electric cars, but is useless for long-distance applications like lighting up and powering a city or a country.

But guess who died broke???  Same guy, Nikola Tesla.  You see, though he was no doubt a REAL genius, who didn’t have much idea about money.  He gave up many of his royalites that Westinghouse owed him, so that that company wouldn’t go out of business.  He was amazing successful as an inventor and engineer, but had the entirely wrong idea about money.  Money was just a means to an end to him, which is a good thing, but he simply didn’t realize that he had to MANAGE his money.  He couldn’t manage his SUCCESS!

The Businessman

Thomas Edison, on the other hand, was an incredibly good businessman.  He invented and produced products that people wanted the benefits of, and he did this not through genius-insight (like Tesla) but through sheer hard-work and lots of trial-and-error (LOTS of errors, but he NEVER QUIT TRYING).  He then took the products to market using other people’s money, just like any great businessman would do.

So, back to Mr. Napleon Hill.  What did Mr. Hill glean from all of the successful people that he spent 20 years interviewing?  The person who actually gave Napoleon Hill the commission for interviewing these successful people was Andrew Carnegie (not to be confused with Dale Carnegie who was not related to Andrew).  Hill’s payment for doing this 20 year study?

Napoleon Hill Was Paid………

Nothing!  Huh!?  NOTHING???  Yep, no money, BUT he would be given introductions to the interviewees by Andrew Carnegie (one of the most powerful and wealthy men in the world at the time and the man responsible for public libraries).  Hill would also be allowed to use any material he obtained to write his book.  That was payment enough for him, and it still earns Hill’s estate money to this day based on royalties for the book he published in 1937!

Napoleon’s Rules

So what exactly WERE Napoleon’s rules, his rules for success?  Here are some of them:

1. Definiteness of purpose – knowing WHAT you want

2. Mastermind group – be with like-minded people who want success

3. Attractive personality – people are drawn to strong, confident people

4. Applied faith – believe in what you WILL achieve

5. Going the extra mile – give MORE than what is expected of you

6. Persistence – NEVER quit (just like Thomas Edison)

7. Self discipline – control YOURSELF, don’t let others control you

8. Learning – learn from defeat and failure and keep moving towards your goal

9. Focus – when you’re doing something, do it with all of your attention

10. Habit – get into good daily habits, which will naturally get you out of bad habits

There are others (read the book!) but these are some key ones.  Try to understand that though you have thousands (millions really) of choices in your life, there are only two main choices.  You can either let life happen TO YOU, or you can MAKE A LIFE FOR YOURSELF.

What’s The Difference?

The difference between the two are MASSIVE but to make the difference doesn’t take a lot; just small choices every hour of every day.  Will you write that extra article to promote your site.  Will you work that extra hour. Will you eat that extra piece of cake. Will you run that extra mile. Will you smoke one less cigarette each day and so on.

Nobody has control over your life UNLESS YOU GIVE THEM CONTROL!

Follow Napoleon’s rules and control your own life.  The alternative is unimaginable and certainly not something any sane person would want to live through. My biggest fear (really) is that the world is about to go out of control, but YOU can still control what you read, listen to, eat and THINK.

Luke.