Think and Grow Rich is About Action

I'll try to find that book man. This sounds very interesting book to read.

Thank you for the recomendation. sorry to say I have not read it all the way through either. May be I need to get on it

Reading this book honestly changed my perspective of life completely... just finished reading it for the second time today and in my opinion this book is an absolute "must" for every person willing to do what it takes to make you successful because it will boost your ego so much that you will start acting immediately after your done with the book!!!

Wow, do I love this book. I'm on my 3rd read of it. It has radically changed my life.

It's interesting that your take away from your 1st reading was that it is a book primarily about action. I'll have to look at the book from your perspective! You've got me to thinking...

For me, Think and Grow Rich is About Ideas.

No wait... It's about Desire.

Oops ... I mean it's about Visualization and Faith.

Hmmmm ...isn't it really about Imagination?

Come to think of it ... it's *really* about Autosuggestion, the Subconscious and utilizing our Sixth Sense.

Oh silly me ... it's really about Decision.

or is it?!? :confused:

Now you've *really* got me thinking, USGTMauthor.

It's a 13-step formula to riches, says the author. Can it really be distilled down to just one thing?

I'll let this question linger in people's minds with a quote from the author Napoleon Hill:

"Anybody can wish for riches, and most people do, but only a few know that a definite plan, plus a burning desire for riches are the only dependable means of accumulating wealth."

and

"All achievement, all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea."
~Napoleon Hill, 1937

There is no single resource or technique that leads to success. We'll always need a mix. In a sense, imagination and action ''are the same''. You know like Gas and Ice. Two states.

The truth is that the imagination creates a world (that's not visible to most, so let's not go into it). But action, yes action is the ultimate. Yet, it's an extension and reflection of a deeper and invisible process.

Thank you for the recomendation

I have a nice book too, but I guess it's not your cup of tea.

Thanks for the recommendation. I have been told several times to read Napoleon Hill. I am gonna have to do so. I hear great things about his books and thoughts.

Because they read the Secret where it is not mentioned

Agreed that this is a great book, all the principles are age-proof and they would never get out-dated!

Cheers!

I am working on attaining my life goals and will surely do with motivation from TAGR, thanks for the information.

Loved that book. Another classic is "As a man thinketh" by James Allen.
Also not forgetting the Magic of thinking BIG by David Schwartz.

USGTMauthor, I've been thinking about your OP for the past couple of weeks. I made a wonderful discovery this morning while reading Think and Grow Rich (I'm on my 3rd reading).

Here's my discovery: This book is about the power of autosuggestion! Hill says this at least 2x (at least that's what I could find):

"The actual performance of transmuting desire into money involves the use of autosuggestion. The other principles are simply tools with which to apply autosuggestion. Keep this thought in mind, and you, at all times, be conscious of the important part the principle of autosuggestion is to play in your efforts to accumulate money through the methods described in this book." (Chapter 4: Autosuggestion, the 3rd Step to Riches)

and

"The 13 principles are the stimuli with which you acquire the ability to reach and to influence your subconscious mind." (Chap. 12 The Unconscious Mind: The 11th Step to Riches)

And the way we reach the subconscious mind is through the principle of autosuggestion.

So it seems to me, that while action is how we implement the steps to becoming wealthy, the foundation of the book is aimed at mastering the art of autosuggestion. I think Hill is suggesting that we receive the motivation for carrying out successful through the power of autosuggestion.

Just a thought!

Cynthea

What I have learned in the past few years, especially when it came to making money online, is that action alone will not make you successful.

It is taking the right action and focusing one ONE thing and do it well.

Just like writing an article a day is TAKING ACTION, but this will probably not make you any money.

You got to take the right action and if you are promoting a product, you need to focus on promoting that one alone and until your see its fruits.