Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules: The Lost Writings Book Review by Vanga Srikanth

Book Description

Napoleon Hill′s Golden Rules: The Lost Writings consists of a series of magazine articles Napoleon Hill wrote between 1919 and1923 for Success Magazine, of which he eventually become an editor. Hill′s obsession with achieving material success had led him from poverty stricken Appalachian Mountains with the desire to study successful people. These articles focus on Hill′s philosophy of success, drawing on the thoughts and experience of a multitude of rags–to–riches tycoons, showing readers how these successful people achieved such status. Many of his writings such as the chapter on Law of Attraction, written in the March 1919 issue, have recently basis of several bestselling books. Readers will discover principles that will assure their success if studied and put into action. Chapters include: Lesson #1: Your Social and Physical Heredity––Hills Golden Rule (May 1920) Lesson #2: Auto Suggestion––Napoleon Hill′s Magazine (July 1921) Lesson #3: Suggestion (Applied Salesmanship)––Napoleon Hill′s Magazine (August 1921) Lesson #4: The Law of Retaliation––Hill′s Golden Rule (March 1919) Lesson #5: The Power of Your Mind (Little Odd Visits with Your Editor)––Hill′s Golden Rule (October 1919) Lesson #6: How to Build Self–Confidence––Napoleon Hill′s Magazine (June 1921) Lesson #7: Environment and Habit––Hill′s Golden Rule (April 1919) Lesson #8: How to Remember––Hill′s Golden Rule (May–June 1919) Lesson #9: How Marc Antony Used Suggestion in Winning the Roman Mob––Hill′s Golden Rule (July 1919) Lesson #10: Persuasion vs. Force––Hill′s Golden Rule (September 1919) Lesson #11: The Law of Compensation––Napoleon Hill′s Magazine (April 1921) Lesson #12: The Golden Rule as a Pass Key to All Achievement––Napoleon Hill′s Magazine (June 1921)

From the Back Cover

An amazing collection of long–lost articles from the king of personal success Napoleon Hill has been inspiring people to achieve their personal best for more than seventy years. He was the first and most famous motivational author of all time, and in fact, today′s most successful self–help authors owe a lot to Hill′s farsighted wisdom, including some of their very best ideas. Now, Napoleon Hill′s Golden Rules presents the articles Hill wrote between 1919 and 1923, which started it all. Never before collected in book form, these articles feature big nuggets of golden wisdom that are as applicable today as they were nearly a century ago. Based on interviews with famous rags–to–riches tycoons like Carnegie, Ford, and Edison, they reveal proven, effective paths to success that truly work for the average person—yesterday, today, and tomorrow. These entertaining, lively articles are packed with plenty of inspiration and motivation and offer timeless insight on topics like the power of suggestion, building self–confidence, using persuasion versus force, and the law of attraction. If these ideas sound familiar, they are. Modern motivational writers have been tweaking and repackaging Hill′s ideas for decades, but the original source remains the best. Read Napoleon Hill′s Golden Rules and change your life.

About the Author

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) was a highly respected, influential, and bestselling author of the first modern motivational and personal success books. His most famous book, Think and Grow Rich! , has sold more than 60 million copies worldwide, is the all–time bestseller in the genre, and continues to change thousands of lives each year. For more information, please visit www.naphill.org 

Book Review by Vanga Srikanth

Before Napoleon Hill became a massively successful author, he wrote articles for a magazine called Success Magazine. The nucleus of those articles is what this book is made of with each chapter coming from a different article. It is a book that everyone should read once in their life.

There are twelve chapters in the book and the first chapter is only four pages long, but it is packed with information which should be read more than once. Hill says we all consist of and develop "sense impressions" from the same things; teachings we received at home, Sunday school or Church (which can be substituted for whatever religious background we have), public or private schools, and daily newspapers or magazines.

The impressions we have is what make up our conscious and sub-conscious minds and in order for us to be successful, we need to fine- tune them.
He emphasizes two things in later chapters; suggestion, which is how we influence the minds of others, and auto-suggestion, which is how we tap into the powers of our own mind. Hill believes the latter of the two is more important as we need to create in our minds the plan for achieving what we want.

He says the person who has a sound plan and has the self-confidence to make it work is undefeatable. Confidence must be created in the mind before that mind is "neutralized." What Hill means is that our minds can lose focus and it must be in a certain state where it will only accept the things which will help a person achieve his or her goals.

In the 4th chapter, Hill says there is an "unknown phenomena" that helps us when we pray. He emphasizes that it has "no connection whatsoever" with organized religion. He doesn't clarify whether he means any person who believes in a higher power can pray or anyone, including Atheists, can make a prayer. This is something that is interesting since those who do not believe in God can obviously pray, but to who they pray is something of a mystery.

Later on, Hill talks about how we must turn the thing which we are trying to overcome or master into a habit. He says we must stick to doing whatever it is we aspire to do until it becomes 2nd nature. He says we should have the "tenacity of a bull-dog" and not let anything deter us from getting the thing we want.

Towards the end, Mr. Hill talks about the power of persuasion and says that a teacher who can stimulate minds and make students reach for higher then their averages "will confer a blessing on the human race second to none in the history of the world." This stresses the important role that educators play. It is crucial that future generations are allowed to reach for greatness and become successful by developing their highest level of concentration.

He ends the book by summarizing the Golden Rule Philosophy and tells us not to worry about the injustices in the world and people who do not apply the Golden Rule. "You can change the attitude of others towards you by first changing your attitude towards others." Your job is to master yourself and believe that you can be successful by being a force of attraction and then others will follow your lead.

Regards
Vanga Srikanth