Napoleon Hill - Napoleon Hills Timeless Thoughts For Today

NAPOLEON HILLS

TIMELESS THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

NAPOLEON HILLS

TIMELESS THOUGHTS FOR TODAY

Napoleon Hill AND
Judith Williamson

An Approved Publication of The Napoleon Hill Foundation

Published 2019 by Gildan Media LLC
aka G&D Media
www.GandDmedia.com

NAPOLEON HILLS TIMELESS THOUGHTS FOR TODAY. Copyright 2008, 2019 The Napoleon Hill Foundation. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce, transmit, store, perform or record the contents hereof.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available upon request

ISBN: 978-1-7225-0111-2

eISBN: 978-1-7225-2212-4

10987654321

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

N apoleon Hill was born in the rugged mountains of Southwest Virginia in 1883. Nothing in his early background would give any inclination that he would spend a lifetime of studying and writing as to why some people are successful and others are not.

Hill would not remain an uneducated youth with little apparent desire to rise above the degrading poverty that engulfed most of the mountain people. Living in a very remote world with limited access to the fast changing world, life was very difficult.

Hills mother died when he was ten years old and one year later his father married a young widow who brought many good qualities into the family. Hills stepmother was educated, the daughter of a physician and the widow of a school principal. At once she began to encourage young Napoleon to better himself at a critical stage in his life.

Martha Banner Hill, the stepmother came into young Hills life when he was in need of direction. The eleven year old was seen by his stepmother as a bright energetic boy with unlimited possibilities. Napoleons stepmother was an inspiration to him during his lifetime. It was the new Mrs. Hill that helped him acquire a typewriter at age thirteen and told him that he would be known throughout the state of Virginia.

Hill became a prolific reader and writer. Today, nearly forty years after Napoleon Hills death, his books continue to be best sellers around the world.

In this book you are getting the benefit of some of Dr. Napoleon Hills best thoughts but you are also getting writings from Judith Williamson who for many years has been the director of the Napoleon Hill World Learning Center located at Purdue University Calumet Campus in Hammond, Indiana. Ms. Williamson is not only a student of Dr. Hills philosophy but has taught the material at Purdue University as credit and non-credit courses. The author has lectured and conducted seminars for diverse groups in many parts of the world. She has taught Hills classes in grade school, high school, college, corporations, and correctional institutions. The Actions for Success are taken directly from her professional experiences.

Napoleon Hills Timeless Thoughts for Today is written so you do not have to read the book from beginning to end to get inspirational insight. Instead, you can select sections that appeal to you and enjoy the immediate applications in your own journey to success.

Don Green
Executive Director
Napoleon Hill Foundation

Achievement

It seems hardly possible that things could have taken such a change for the better in so short a time. Everything is going in my favor just as strongly as it was going against me for the past couple of years or so. It is all too strange to understand, so I do not try to understand it. I just accept it and let the matter go at that.

Letter written by Napoleon Hill on May 14, 1925 to Mrs. Florence Hill from Cleveland, Ohio.

All individual achievements are the result of a motive or a combination of motives. The ten basic motives which inspire all voluntary action are:

1. The desire for self-preservation

2. The emotion of love

3. The emotion of fear

4. The emotion of sex

5. The desire for life after death

6. The desire for freedom of body and mind

7. The desire for revenge

8. The emotion of hate

9. The desire for self-expression and recognition

10. The desire for material gain

Source: PMA Science of Success. 1983. Pg. 15.

ACHIEVEMENT

Where will you be ten years from now if you keep on going the way you are going?

NAPOLEON HILL

Chart Your Course

Many people fail to realize that big success is the result of little successes achieved, often over a very long period of time. Truly successful people are long-term thinkers. They know that they must build upon each achievement and constantly learn new and better ways of doing things. A regular review of your progress is an essential part of goal-setting. A goal is little more than a wish unless it has a timetable for completion. Make sure your plan for your life includes short, medium, and long-term goals. Revise your goals as circumstances dictate, check them off when they are completed, and set new and bigger goals for yourself as you grow. And take time to reflect often to make sure you are on the right coursefor you.

Todays action for success:

Be spontaneous. Create a life plan that lists your 1, 3, 5, and 7 year goals. Shakespeare states that there are seven stages of mans life. Perhaps you can review your life up until now, analyze what stages you have lived, and prepare for the next ones by creating goal sheets. It has also been stated that man changes every seven years. When you look at your life in 7 year increments, possibly you can begin to forecast where you want to be when you begin the next stage of development.

ACHIEVEMENT

Dont be afraid to aim high when choosing your lifes goal, for no matter how high you aim, your achievements may fall below it.

NAPOLEON HILL

Set Sail for Your Horizon

Many businesses today advocate continuous improvement as part of their quality programs. They have realized that to remain competitive in todays global economy they must constantly strive to improve every aspect of the business, otherwise they will be overtaken by the competition. The same ethic applies to individuals. All of life is a continuous learning experience. Every success and every temporary setback only serve to prepare you for the time when you will eventually prevail. Your short and medium term goals should be realistic and achievable, but your long-term goals should always far exceed your present capabilities. As the Roman poet Virgil said, Fortune sides with him who dares.