Livingroom University Edition #1: Think and Grow Rich

Think and Grow Rich. Doesn’t that title intrigue you? Think...and grow rich. This masterpiece was penned by Napoleon Hill more than 60 years ago. It is not primarily a book of riches of money, but riches on a personal philosophical level as well. Napoleon Hill is considered by many to be the father of the personal development movement. Hill was commissioned by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, to interview hundreds of the worlds most influential and wealthy individuals of the time. Carnegie believed many of these people held the key to riches not only of wealth but of mastery of human potential, and felt it was a shame that these secrets were never placed into a format that could be learned by others, in fact the secrets were often buried with their bones when they died.

  Hill spent more than 20 years conducting interviews with influential people such as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, J.P. Morgan, Charles Schwab, F.W. Woolworth, and John D. Rockefeller just to name a few. The result was Hills masterpiece, Think and Grow Rich. This was the first book I read that lead me down the path to personal development. A path I continue on to this day. This book is a great foundation for Livingroom University. It is a base for many other writings by authors who have had tremendous success in life, all thanks to the teachings in Think and Grow Rich.

  Think and Grow Rich is primarily a “what-to-do and how-to-do-it” book. In it you will find the lessons of self-direction, organized planning, auto suggestion, master-mind association, and an amazingly revealing system of self analysis. There are detailed plans for selling personal services, and wealth not only monetarily, but mentally and emotionally as well.

  Prepare to put the philosophy of Think and Grow Rich into action, for a changed life which will not only ease the stress and trials of life, but also prepare you for the accumulation of material and philosophical riches in abundance.

The following is a chapter by chapter breakdown.

Chapter 1. THOUGHTS ARE THINGS

Chapter 2. DESIRE (the starting point of all achievement)

Chapter 3. FAITH (visualization of, and belief in attainment of desire)

Chapter 4. AUTOSUGGESTION (the medium for influencing the subconscious mind)

Chapter 5. SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE (personal experiences or observations)

Chapter 6. IMAGINATION (the workshop of the mind)

Chapter 7. ORGANIZED PLANNING (the crystallization of desire into action)

Chapter 8. DECISION (the mastery of procrastination)

Chapter 9. PERSISTENCE (the sustained effort necessary to induce faith)

Chapter 10. POWER OF THE MASTER MIND (the driving force)

Chapter 11. THE MYSTERY OF SEX TRANSMUTATION

Chapter 12. THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND (the connecting link)

Chapter 13. THE BRAIN (a broadcasting and receiving station for thought)

Chapter 14. THE SIXTH SENSE (the door to the temple of wisdom)

Chapter 15. THE SIX GHOSTS OF FEAR

I hope this first “edition” from Livingroom University helps jump start your life as it did for me. Since this book is a classic of epic proportions, I am certain your local library will carry it. If not, you can find it on Amazon.com, some copies for less than a dollar. Honestly, it is my opinion that you should make the investment and purchase the book. But if you can’t purchase it, certainly check it out from your library.