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Practical lessons from Hill's life:
- Saving earnings to prepare for eventual rainy days
- Consideration for those closest to you
- Vetting associates and partners
- The necessity for adequate planning
- The importance of testing ideas before launch
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Think and Grow Rich
Just after the great depression, Napoleon Hill married again and also wrote and published "Think and Grow Rich", with the support and persistence of his wife.
This was an enormous success, but Hill and his young wife wasted no time spending more than they earned (a clear violation of Hil...
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Napoleon Hill - A Flawed Character
- He did not publish "The Laws of Success" until he hit rock bottom in his mid-forties. Before this, he experienced very little success and seldom had a steady source of income.
- Much of his hardship was self-inflicted due to a habit of jumping from one ill-advised ventu...
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The (almost) Comeback Kid
- Hill was recruited by William Jacobs and successfully developed a new self-help course and series of lectures for students and to attract investment from prosperous companies in the north.
- America's entry into World War II made Hill's success short-lived as students went off...
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Short lived success
- A combination of the stock market crash, royalty checks that ended, overextending himself while owing creditors left Hill worse off than before.
- He attempted many business ventures related to inspirational writing and publishing projects but to no avail.
- Hill's wife d...
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The Curse of Brilliance
- Despite Napoleon Hill's brilliance and principles for success, he barely eked out a living for most of his life.
- While he preached the gospel of saving a percentage of earnings, he spent frivolously.
- While he spoke of having a pleasing personality as a key to su...
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Hill Finds His Rock
Napoleaon Hill learned about the popularity of "Think and Grow Rich" in Los Angeles and used his work and started with regular lectures to eager students.
This was enormously successful and Hill was even given an honorary doctorate from Pacific International University....
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