The rest is history.ĭespite passing away in 1970, Napoleon Hill continues to inspire ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Finally, at 2:30am-with the book almost on the printing press and having brainstormed 600+ titles, Hill came up with “Think and Grow Rich”. Napoleon Hill’s publisher told him that if he couldn’t think of a good title for the book within 24 hours, it would be called “Use Your Noodle and Get the Boodle”. Irrespective of circumstances, through the consistent application of a proven set of success principles, ordinary people become extraordinary-potential is not predicated on age, education, financial starting point, or any other perceived misfortune. Perhaps Hill’s greatest discovery was that success does not discriminate it comes to all those who do what needs to be done. The book outlined a success formula known as the “achievement philosophy” and was an instant phenomenon.

Hill met with industry titans such as inventor Thomas Edison, automobile giant Henry Ford, and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie-who, despite arriving in the United States a penniless immigrant, managed to accumulate one of the greatest personal fortunes in existence.Īfter more than 25 years of research on these extraordinary figures, Hill published his findings in Think and Grow Rich. It led him to interview more than 500 of the world’s most accomplished business leaders to unearth the secrets to their vast fortunes and identify whether any of their attributes could be modeled by everyday people. As Hill progressed, he quickly realized this pursuit would become his life’s work. At the turn of the 20th century, the young reporter from Wise County, Virginia, was given a mission to interview the most successful people of his time. The Napoleon Hill journey has become the stuff of legend. “Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve.”

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