When it came down to choosing a book from the choices provided, I just had to select Think & Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. This is a great book to read if you are having financial trouble in your life or if you are just need some motivation to get you going in the right path. Napoleon Hill is a acclaimed author who teaches you in this book the 13 success principles used by the great success stories of the early 20th-century. Napoleon Hill interviewed with William Wrigley, Alexander Graham Bell, Andrew Carnegie and 500 others. He gives you the secrets that helped these great leaders rise to the top in their respected industries. Many of today's top achievers credit Napoleon Hill's work as being the blueprint to their success. Access the secrets that helped great leaders rise to the top. For three decades Napoleon Hill studied, interviewed and interpreted the habits, attitudes and knowledge of great achievers, like brilliant inventors such as Edison, Ford and Bell and rich and powerful businesspersons such as Carnegie, Wrigley and Rockefeller. I was given this book from my mother who has read this book several times and has grown to appreciate its value and how much it could help me in my life at whatever I choose to do. Therefore, it would only make since from me to pick this book over the others as soon as I saw it on the list.
In chapter 1, it talks about the starting point of all achievements is desire. He writes that the desire or impulse to achieve something in life can be so great that any obstacles no matter how big or small can stop an individual from reaching the goal he has set up for himself. A person with burning desire, an obsession with success can go to any lengths until he succeeds. Failure does not bother him and...
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...n, which receives vibrations of thought ordinarily, called hunches. Understanding the sixth sense is very difficult; it comes only by meditation through mind development from within.
What the most beneficial thing I have learned form all of this is that over 20 Million people have read Think & Grow Rich: by Napoleon Hill, but unfortunately most people don't take it to heart, they scan read it, don't discover the secret, then put it down and never pick it up again. My goal it let anyone who need help with what so ever problem they might have in there life to fully read this book as many times as possible, so that they have knowledge and satisfaction of knowing, that they have the ability to do or be as successful as they want to be in the there lives as they allow themselves to, because whatever the mind of a man or woman can conceive and believe it can achieve it!
William Manchester, the author, wanted us to comprehend that it is goal-oriented people such as Desiderius Erasmus who doubtlessly have all the capacity to alter the world. As Erasmus once said, “There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are those who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other”. If people do not have faith in themselves and work hard towards their goals, then they will never reach said desired goals and continuously remorse the days that they did not take advantage of.
Throughout the book the author implies that through persevering through adversity, following omens, and overcoming one's fears, everyone has a chance to achieve their dreams.
... narrator urges him not to give up because eventually, he will be able to reach his goal and write a ‘Proper Villanelle.’ Moreover, the perseverance will help enhance his life now by giving him reason to continue living.
Any goal in life is achieved through ambition, fueled by determination, desire and hard work. Ambition maybe a driving force to success or to a pit of failure, the path chosen by an individual determines the end. Remember that any goal to be fulfilled needs desire, desire that strives to do good or greedy desire that is selfish. Also the actions that contribute to our ‘hard work’ need to be morally and ethically right to enjoy the sweet success. However, when the desire and determination is stronger than conscience, many tend to fail often reach or don’t reach what they strived for, leaving them emotionally or even physically dead. The inner lying consequence of ambition is clearly stated by Napoleon, he quotes “Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them”. The undesirable consequence of ambition can be observed in the lives of the protagonists of ‘The Great Gatsby and Macbeth. This describes the direction in which ambition is driven could change the end result, it is simply based on the individual itself rather than the dream they seek to achieve. Therefore, the strong drive of ambition helps the seeker attain their goal but greedy desires and wrong paths taken eventually lead to downfall.
Since the beginning of mankind, it has been the need to attain a specific goal, which has driven humans to work hard. Without any ambition, humans would not be inspired to overcome adversities and challenge themselves to become increasingly adaptable. When one is motivated by certain factors in their environment, the probability of them being satisfied with the results of their deeds depends on the moral value of their inspiration. If the individual is aware of the fact that their deed is immoral, then no matter how dire their circumstances which forced them to perform the actions, they will not be content. The irony establishes itself in the fact that those characters who are motivated by a cause bigger than themselves, tend to be happier,
“ But something else less easy to conquer stands in the ways of his dreams for himself”.
There are several issues that were both discussed in the book End This Depression Now by Paul Krugman and Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and opportunities in the New Economy by Stephen Sweet and Peter Meiksins. The textbook offered a sociological analysis of the nature of work in the new economy, such as the new opportunities in this economy as well and the challenges many workers now face and ultimately how this change the family lives of many. The book also discussed about the new face of the workplace and work in general, which includes issues on inequality and discrimination. The book discussed job security, policies and why workers work more now than they did before or work in 24/7 economy. Lastly, the book talks about the ways on how to face all the challenges in this new economy and work environment.
...him reach the truth. But he didn’t stop, he pushed on until he beat his dilemma. It was this mentality that helped him to succeed, he knew what he wanted to do and he wasn’t stopping until he achieved that.
Attempting to follow the extremely contradictory knightly code, Gawain develops a bad self-image, has trouble thinking freely, and loses track of his overall purpose. The setbacks he experiences mirror the setbacks people face when striving for complete perfection. However, Gawain is able to embark on an eye-opening journey driven by the need to be perfect, which eventually helps him to realize that with the fight for perfection comes not only negatives, but a few positives as well. Reaching for goals that might not necessarily be in the realm of possibility may mean failure to complete that specific task or reach that specific status, however, the achievement of slightly smaller goals is likely. When looking for complete perfection, lessons can be learned and smaller goals can be achieved, which may eventually lead to the completion of a main goal. It is when a person loses sight of the fact that perfection is unobtainable when self-images are destroyed, free thinking is lost, and when people wavier
Coming from Russia during the civil war between a collectivist party and capitalism, author Ayn Rand grew up under the exposure of communism. She strongly disagreed with the sentiment of socialism, thus moved to the U.S. to experience the capitalist system. Here, Rand’s books became critically acclaimed through her unique perspective and characters. The majority of these novels is heavy handed and are heavily laced with biases that depict her strong distaste of collectivism. In the particular novella Anthem, Rand gives a warning to readers about the dangers of depending on the ‘we’ of society.
...s is related to his philosophy about doing the right thing and about a being a good person. But it goes beyond this. He spoke often about having true compassion. It isn’t enough to help those in need, but we must truly care about them, to take a good look and see how they got that way. He asked us to examine how we as a society can change the conditions that led them to be there in the first place. Doing this makes us better as people. I have found that it also makes me feel better. Never give up on your dreams. While his life was cut tragically short, he died in pursuit of his dream and in spite of everything he faced, he never gave up on it. He faced obstacles I could never imagine having to face, and still persisted. This reminds me that the small things in my life that often seem insurmountable, are just my excuses for not taking action and are not obstacles.
Moreover, this concept of free will and becoming financially self-reliant is still prevalent in modern society. The mid-twentieth (20th) to the early twenty-first (21st) century has become the age of entrepreneurship, where peoples from all nations no longer desire to work “for the man” but create their own legacy of prosperity. Likewise, it is a period in time that has redefined the way in which those from all walks of life can obtain success and wealth. Hence, the evolution of reality TV stars, YouTube sensations and rappers from being ordinary individuals to becoming fashion designers, actors and CEOs. However, our definition of success is not only defined by wealth it also includes having a life of meaning that is similar to that of Dr. Martin Luther king Jr. and Malcolm X. Certainly, I am speaking of a life that encompasses the ability to change our world for the better.
Whatever one thinks about all the time tends to happen, hence the title “Think and Grow Rich.” Using the examples of past success, such as his son and Edwin C. Barnes, Hill shows how a burning desire, persistence and other principles, if done effectively, can be combined to create favorable conditions towards success. This book is written to guide anybody, in any occupation, with everyday endeavors, because new inspirations can always be found. Hill stresses principles, methods that have to deal with the mind because it is a powerful weapon. This book was written during the Era of the Great depression, and it could still be used for modern day situations because the techniques, teachings and instructions do not get old.
Although there is as of yet no scientific basis for the sixth sense, human intuition and the “gut feeling” has become a great indicator for many of what’s to come as anything else, and famous cases of the future being anticipated such as that of Nostradamus have only helped to legitimize and build up the belief that a sixth sense may actually exist within humans. What’s more, this feeling of foreboding can apply to the presence of people and spiritual presences as well, indicating that the sensing of energy does indeed play a role. The sixth sense can even be found in animals, as there have been many documented cases of creatures such as mice and dogs acting strangely before a natural disaster happened in their area. I find it unlikely that so many seemingly random instincts by so many could turn out to be so
If you want to achieve wealth, believe in the fact that you can if you work hard. The word "impossible" has been coined because of the pessimistic attitudes. If you support your positive thoughts with positive actions, nothing in this world is out of reach. Great men have achieved the results through sheer positivism. It does not mean however that there will not be any failures. Rather, the failures carry with them a sense of pursuing one's goals. Being resolute, courageous and having fighting spirit in smallest matters is being