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Think and Grow Rich

Napoleon Hill

  • 257 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 1937
  • 309 editions
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1 About this book

Think and Grow Rich is a book written by Napoleon Hill and Rosa Lee Beeland released in 1937 and promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. Hill claimed to be inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, though historians doubt this claim.

The book is considered a classic in the personal development genre and has been widely influential in shaping the way people think about success and wealth.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Motivation (Psychology)
  • Personal growth
  • Self-help
  • Wealth
  • Success
  • Success in business
  • New Thought
  • Personal Finance

2 What to expect

A 1937 classic of success writing, built on the author's conversations with wealthy men of his time. It argues that desire, belief and persistence lead to riches, through principles and stories meant to be reread; dated and repetitive in places.

Good for readers who want: a motivational classic, and the mindset behind success.

3 About Napoleon Hill

1883–1970

Oliver Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author and con man who is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time. Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to improving one's life. Most of his books are promoted as expounding principles to achieve "success". Hill is a controversial figure.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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