Hesham Seleem's Key Ideas from Think and Grow Rich
by Napoleon Hill

Many people struggle with faith. This is probably because you can't actually see faith. it is a feeling and a sense of comfort.

To have more faith, you need to use autosuggestion, and that involves talking to yourself firmly daily. You need to say to yourself you’re going to develop confidence and that you aren’t going to stop trying until you get what you want. you should visualize already achieving what you want; how does it feel? How does it look? All of this will help to influence your subconscious and therefore develop that invisible faith.

There are two types of knowledge, and both are powerful: one is general, and one is specialized.

Specialized knowledge will help you take giant leaps forward in your particular niche. Knowledge itself doesn’t bring you riches; it simply influences your plan, and therefore your actions. Read into your particular industry or area of interest and learn more. Ask questions and seek answers. The more specialized you can be, the more you’ll succeed.

If you want to achieve your dreams in adulthood, you need to continue imagining. Your imagination is where you come up with ideas and make your plans.

There are two types of imagination: synthetic imagination allows you to reaffirm existing knowledge, and creative imagination allows you to dream up new ideas and plans.

Synthetic imagination isn’t really about coming up with anything new; it is simply about rehashing the things you already know. On the other hand, creative imagination is potent, and it is where the brain communicates with something called infinite intelligence.

Infinite intelligence allows you to focus on your end plan, taking you where you want to go. Through this, you experience those hunches or flashes of ideas that don’t seem to have much sense or reason. If you put those ideas and hunches into a plan, this plan needs to be definite and organized. The more solid and organized you are, the more likely your goal is to succeed. However, you cannot do this alone, and you need to create a team of people with whom you can bounce ideas off, gain advice, and a new perspective. Napoleon Hill calls these your Mastermind Alliance.

you should expect to fail a few times because it is simply a part of life. but you merely rebuild it and try once more. Your Mastermind Alliance will help you with this. Of course, you need to be a leader amongst your alliance and develop the right leadership skills. These include:

• Total courage

• The ability to control yourself and your actions

• A sense of justice

• Keen decision–making skills

• The ability to make definite plans

• Always going above and beyond

• A pleasant, easy–going, and understanding personality

• Responsible, someone who will accept responsibility when required

The most successful people on the planet can make quick and firm decisions without allowing procrastination to affect their choices. 

Caring too much about what other people think or listening to opinions is simply going to slow you down. For this reason, be very selective with whom you let into your group; friends and family might mean well, but it rarely works.

Persistence is developed via the following traits:

• Having a purpose, a very definite one

• Desire

• Being self – reliant

• Making very definite plans

• Ensuring specialized knowledge

• Strong willpower

• Creating positive habits

subconscious mind, in particular, is very vulnerable to the things you tell yourself and repeat, so it makes sense to use this to your advantage. To help protect yourself against fear and other negative factors, you need to develop willpower and always use it to build up a wall. This wall will keep out negativity and help you focus on your mind and a positive mindset.

It’s also important to surround yourself with positive and helpful people, not those who are negative. A negative person can easily transmit their negativity and doubt onto you without even trying.

Remember, changing your mindset doesn’t happen overnight. This is a process you must dedicate time and effort.

• By becoming a stronger, more decisive person, you’ll change your mindset about success.
• Becoming a successful person isn’t down to luck. It’s down to hard work and perseverance.
• Take control of your emotions, create a plan, and start to move towards your goals in life.
• Focus on becoming a stronger, more single–minded person.
• Identify the people you want by your side throughout your journey, i.e., your Mastermind Alliance
• create a plan, and start to move towards your goals in life.