Napolean Hill’s classic book Think and Grow Rich is one of the most recommended books for understanding how your mind works.
I remember watching Bob Proctor on stage talking about this amazing book that he had been reading for over 50 years and was still fascinated by how the mind works.
He asked the question to the audience “If you car was broken you would take it to a garage to get it fixed.”
He then asked the audience “Where would you go to get your MIND fixed if it was broken?”
Most people do not even realise that their mindset IS broken, in fact nobody really knows what anybody’s MIIND looks like so when you hear that the biggest challenge you have to overcome is MINDSET first then you begin to see how important it is to network with people who constantly demand more from themselves and have a desire to be the best in whatever they choose to do.
The wake up moment for me a few years ago when I picked up a copy of Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich was understanding that what holds most people back is the FEAR of POVERTY.
Some of the symptoms to watch out for are:-
INDIFFERENCE. Commonly expressed through lack of ambition, a willingness to tolerate poverty and accept whatever compensation life offers without protest. Mental and physical laziness, lack of imagination, enthusiasm and self control.
INDECISON. The habit of permitting others to do ones thinking, being incapable of organising your own thought process to make a quick, well informed decision based on a few facts and a determination to see it through.
DOUBT. Generally expressed through third parties and excuses designed to cover up, explain or apologise for ones failures. Sometimes expressed in the form of eny of others who are more successful.
WORRY. Usually expressed by finding fault with others, a tendency to spend beyond your means, neglect of personal appearance, intemperance of alcohol or other “props” and lack of self-reliance.
OVERCAUTION. The habit of looking for the negative side of every circumstance, thinking and talking of possible failure instead of concentrating upon the means of succeeding. Waiting for the “right time” to begin putting ideas and plans into action until the waiting becomes a permanent habit.
PROCRASTINATION. The habit of putting off until tomorrow what should have been done last year. Spending time creating excuses and reasons why you did not do something instead of just getting it done. Bargaining with life for a penny instead of demanding prosperity, contentment and happiness.
By far and away the most powerful few pages in any book I have ever read and having always had a fascination for how people THINK it is a continuous joy to be able to delve into the pages of Think and Grow Rich to find continued inspiration from its pages today even though it was written in 1937.
I believe it was Jim Rohn who said that the road to success has been the same for over 3000 years.
Fascinating!
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