[THIS] BOOK IS TAKING THE COUNTRY BY STORM. ENLIGHTENING.
Black Business Listings
THINK AND GROW RICH: A BLACK CHOICE is the perfect updating of a classic, a must read for Black America. Kimbro and Hill have created a sensible and powerful guide to getting ahead that will long stand as the guide to not only reaching, but also explaining, success.
A HMAD R ASHAD
A four-star winner! Kimbros book is alive with the scientific principles that will lead you to successusing the gifts and powers you already have. Its riveting, realistic, and supercharged with exciting stories of black achievers who discovered the real secret of wealth and success: Whatever you fix your mind on, you will become.
Success Magazine
Kimbro is a terrific speaker, and the writings are dead-on. Napoleon would have been proud.
USA Today
THIS BOOK SHOULD BE REQUIRED READING FOR ANYONE IN THE WORKPLACE.
The Philadelphia New Observer
Unlocks prominent blacks secrets of success for others.
Atlanta Journal & Constitution
THINK AND GROW RICK: A BLACK CHOICE is superb. I cant think of anyone who wouldnt find this book inspiring. I will recommind it to all our players.
L OU H OLTZ
Head Football Coach
University of Notre Dame
Fantastic This is real liberation philosophy. Every youngand olderblack person must read it! This book is the path to financial freedom!
D R . R OBERT S CHULLER
Crystal Cathedral Ministries
A CLEAR-HEADED, SHARPLY FOCUSED GUIDE FOR GETTING AHEAD Kimbro writes powerfully and persuasively.
Dayton Defender
Like the Olympic torch, this brilliant rekindling of timeless truth can lead a generation frustrated by discrimination and its resulting self-doubt out of the vicious circle and into the victors circle. I have always believed that true wealth is an internal quality and that real success is color-blind. Dennis Kimbro has reignited this wisdom for all of us to share at a time when none of us can afford to drop the baton!
D ENIS W AITLEY
Author of The Psychology of Winning
A practical and proven philosophy of success from which anyone can profit Well written, thoughtful, and inspiring A challenging, insightful plan to improve you lifestarting now.
G EORGE F. S EFLER , P H.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Purdue University, Calumet
By Dennis Kimbro
Published by Ballantine Books:
THINK AND GROW RICH: A Black Choice
(with Napoleon Hill)
DAILY MOTIVATIONS FOR AFRICAN-AMERICAN
SUCCESS
A Fawcett Book
Published by The Random House Publishing Group
Copyright 1991 by The Napoleon Hill Foundation
All rights reserved.
Published in the United States by Fawcett Books, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto.
Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint previously published material: Marcia Ann Gillespie: Excerpt from Winfrey Faces All by Marcia Ann Gillespie. Marcia Ann Gillespie/Ms. Magazine, November 1988.
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.: Excerpt from Mother to Son from Selected Poems by Langston Hughes. Copyright 1926 by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Copyright renewed 1954 by Langston Hughes. Reprinted by permission of the publisher.
Random House, Inc.: Excerpt from How to Sell More Cookies, Condos, Etc by Markita Andrew and Cheryl Merser. Copyright 1986 by Markita Andrews. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Simon & Schuster, Inc.: Excerpt from a poem by Guillaume Apollinaire quoted in Creating Wealth by Robert Allen. Copyright 1983, 1986 by Robert Allen. Reprinted by permission of Simon & Schuster, Inc.
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DEDICATION
To Pat, my wife, my adviser, and my best friend;
to my daughters, Kelli, Kim, and MacKenzie;
to my late father, Donald Kimbro. He was right.
He missed his ship, but Ill catch mine.
And to an entire race anxiously
awaiting the keys to success.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Where do I begin? So much work goes into a book like this. There are so many to thank. During the years I spent developing the ideas for Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice, I benefitted from the support of family, special friends, and associates. Major credit can be given to the following:
To W. Clement Stone, Bob Anderson, and Michael Ritt for believing in an unknown, unpublished writer. Because they took the first step, I was able to complete a journey of a thousand miles. A great boost also came from the Napoleon Hill Foundation, in particular Eileen Considine, who would drop everything to handle my most trivial needs.
To Wally Amos for teaching me how to raise my level of vision.
To Harvey Mackay and his fine staff at Mackay Envelope. Harvey walks what he talks and has taught me the real meaning of winning. To him I am deeply indebted.
My agent, Jonathon Lazear, and his assistant, Jennifer Flannery, could see from a distance what I couldnt see up close. Their book publishing expertise was felt throughout the entire process. A special note of thanks must go to Susan Randol at Bailantine, whose editorial touch is evident on every page of this book.
Special recognition goes to Warren Brookes, a kind soul, who taught me to cast my nets on the right side. He really provided the insight to the three magic words. Walter Williams, whose piercing wit and keen intellect has provided much-needed alternatives for Black America, has been helpful. Maybe one day he and Tom Sowell will be given their due.
Drew Piasecki and Roy Lantz also deserve special mention. They were intrigued by my early research and were active supporters. Moreover, their thoughtful questioning was often critical to the honing of the ideas expressed in this book.
To my three daughters, Kelli, Kim, and MacKenziethe true wealth in my lifefor their love and motivation to press forward. The future belongs to them and their generation.
To two very special ladies, Louise Sims and Alice Hopkins, who reached down and pulled me up during the many times I stumbled.
To my loving wife, Pat, who has been my sounding board for the last twenty years. Thanks to her tireless effort and support, I was able to put my best foot forward. Lord knows when this book would have been completed if it wasnt for her.
And the last word goes to my mother and mother-in-law, Mary Kimbro and Ruby McCauley. These are the rocks against which Ive leaned. Its amazing how two black women with little formal education and less money can accomplish so much with their lives. Ive sat at their feet and learned the great lessons of life. Their solution to any problem can be found in the Bible and hard work. This book is really about them.
Foreword
You are about to embark on a transformational experience. The information and ideas contained in this very special book will actually change your belief system.