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28
Oct 10

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill? (Part 8)

In this post: a steel-magnate (Elbert Henry Gary), an inventor (Alexander Graham Bell), a clothier and philanthropist (Julius Rosenwald), a lawyer, lecturer and writer (Stuart Austin Wier) and an author of a million-seller (Napoleon Hill and “Think and Grow Rich”)

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Four gentlemen from Napoleon Hill’s list in the Author’s Preface of “Think and Grow Rich”. Enjoy their interesting short-bios.


Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7



Elbert Henry Gary

Elbert Henry Gary

ELBERT HENRY GARY (* October 8, 1846 in Wheaton, Illinois; † August 15, 1927 in New York City) was an American lawyer, county judge and businessman. He was key founder and chief organizer of the U.S. Steel Corporation. Elbert H. Gary was an authority on corporate law and became president of Federal Steel Co., Chicago, in 1898. By 1901, Federal Steel Co. merged with other companies to become America’s first billion-dollar corporation, U.S. Steel Corp.. Elbert H. Gary became chairman of the board of directors and remained in this position for 26 years until his death at the age of 82. Even though he was a strict opponent of unions, he promoted profit sharing, higher wages and better working conditions.

Elbert H. Gary is being mentioned four times by Napoleon Hill in “Think and Grow Rich”. This is an interesting text-passage: “So Carnegie had his millions, and the Morgan syndicate had $62,000,000 for all its `trouble,’ and all the `boys,’ from Gates to Gary, had their millions.”


Alexander Graham Bell

Alexander Graham Bell

ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL (March 3, 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland; † August 2, 1922 in Beinn Bhreagh, Nova Scotia, Canada) was an Scottish-American inventor, engineer and scientist. He invented the first practical telephone and founded the Bell Telephone Company. Bell had a very personal relation to elocution and speech, since his grandfather, father and brother worked in that field and both his wife and his mother were deaf. Alexander Graham Bell made several inventions, among them an audiometer, a metal detector and  the hydrofoil boat. Alexander Graham Bell became part oft the eugenics movement when his research showed that congenitally deaf parents were more likely to produce deaf children. Bel (B), a unit of ratio used in acoustics and electronics (mostly used as the derived decibel (dB) = 0.1 B) is named in honor of telecommunication pioneer Alexander Graham Bell.

Dr. Alexander Graham Bell is being mentioned two times in “Think and Grow Rich”. Napoleon Hill puts him on the list in the author’s preface and mentions him in chapter 13 “The Brain”.

“Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work at hand. The sun’s rays do not burn until brought to a focus.”
Alexander Graham Bell


Julius Rosenwald

Julius Rosenwald

JULIUS ROSENWALD (* August 12, 1862 in Springfield, Illinois; † January 6, 1932 in Highland Park, Illinois) was a German-American clothier, manufacturer and philanthropist. Since 1895, he was part-owner and president (1908) of Sears, Roebuck and Company, an American chain of department stores, which merged with Kmart to form Sears Holdings Corporation in 2005. Julius Rosenwald also was a major philanthropist. In 1917, he and his family established the Rosenwald Fund for “the well-being of mankind”. The Rosenwald Fund donated over $70 million to public schools, colleges, universities, museums, Jewish charities and black institutions until 1948, when the Julius Rosenwald Fund was completely depleted.

Julius Rosenwald is part Napoleon Hill’s list of 47 wealthy men in “Think and Grow Rich”.

“Early in my business career I learned the folly of worrying about anything. I have always worked as hard as I could, but when a thing went wrong and could not be righted, I dismissed it from my mind.”
Julius Rosenwald


Stuart Austin Wier

Stuart Austin Wier

STUART AUSTIN WIER (* August 21, 1894 in Avoyelles Parish, Louisiana; † April 23, 1959 in Dallas, Texas) was an American lawyer, lecturer and writer. What does Napoleon Hill write about Stuart Austin Wier in “Think and Grow Rich”?
“The secret was passed on to Stuart Austin Wier, of Dallas, Texas. He was ready for it–so ready that he gave up his profession and studied law. Did he succeed? That story is told too.” (Author’s Preface). Later, in Chapter 5, Napoleon Hill writes: “Stuart Austin Wier prepared himself as a Construction Engineer and followed this line of work until the depression limited his market to where it did not give him the income he required. He took inventory of himself, decided to change his profession to law, went back to school and took special courses by which he prepared himself as a corporation lawyer. despite the fact the depression had not ended, he completed his training, passed the Bar Examination, and quickly built a lucrative law practice, in Dallas, Texas; in fact he is turning away clients. Just to keep the record straight, and to anticipate the alibis of those who will say, “I couldn’t go to school because I have a family to support,” or “I’m too old,” I will add the information that Mr. Wier was past forty, and married when he went back to school. Moreover, by carefully selecting highly specialized courses, in colleges best prepared to teach the subjects chosen, Mr. Wier completed in two years the work for which the majority of law students require four years. IT PAYS TO
KNOW HOW TO PURCHASE KNOWLEDGE!”

Napoleon Hill mentions Stuart Austin Wier half a dozen times in “Think and Grow Rich” (see above for some quotes).


Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7


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22
Oct 10

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill (Part 6)

In this post you are going to meet four men that are mentioned in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill: A retail genius (Edward A. Filene), a man with definite desire (Edwin C. Barnes), an influential newspaper editor (Arthur Brisbane) and a Nobel Peace Price awarded U.S. President (Woodrow Wilson)

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Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7


Edward Albert Filene

Edward Albert Filene

EDWARD ALBERT FILENE (September 3, 1860 in Salem, Massachusetts; † September 26, 1937 in Paris, France) was an American businessman, author and philanthropist. Due to his father’s ill health he had to give up his Harvard ambitions (he had already passed the entrance exams) to take over his family’s clothing business at the age of 19.  Even though Edward A. Filene had only little formal education, he became a retail genius and successfully developed the Filene’s department store chain. Filene also was a spiritual leader in the credit union movement, which he supported by public speeches and money. He planned and helped organize the Boston Chamber of Commerce and the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and served in World War I as chairman of the War Shipping Committee. Edward A. Filene corresponded with many leaders in economy, politics and culture. Among them were Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, Mahatma Gandhi and Lenin.

Napoleon Hill mentions Edward A. Filene in the list of millionaires  in “Think and Grow Rich”.

“What is needed is that the American masses shall learn the art of constructive self-government in this machine age (…)”
Edward A. Filene


Edwin C. Barnes

Edwin C. Barnes

EDWIN C. BARNES (* 1878 in Wisonsin, † September 23, 1952 in Bradenton, Florida) was an American inventor and electronic engineering specialist. He was Thomas A. Edison’s business partner from 1905 to Edison’s death in 1931. Edwin C. Barnes is “The Man Who “Thought” His Way Into Partnership With Thomas A. Edison”. Napoleon Hill tells Barnes’ story in the first chapter of “Think and Grow Rich”. It is the story of a man with a big burning and definite desire to become a business associate of Thomas Alva Edison. He had travelled by “blind baggage” on a freight train, because he did not have enough money to pay the fare. Edison gave him a chance and let him work in the office at first. Barnes saw his opportunity when Edison’s salesmen disregarded the Edison Dictating Machine (later: Ediphone). Barnes knew he could sell the machine and he did it so successfully that eventually Edison made him his business partner.

In “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill tells Edwin C. Barnes’ story in chapter 1 as “The man who “thought” his way into partnership with Thomas A. Edison”

“I came here to go into business with Edison, and I’ll accomplish this end if it takes the remainder of my life.”


Arthur Brisbane

Arthur Brisbane

ARTHUR BRISBANE (* December 12, 1864 in Buffalo, New York; † December 25, 1936 in New York City) was an American newspaper editor,  writer and real estate investor. Arthur Brisbane  started his career as a newspaper reporter in and editor in New York. He worked at The New York Sun and The New York World before he became editor of the New York Journal and the Evening Journal, owned by William Randolph Hearst. Arthur Brisbane was one of the most influential newspaper editors ever, since his syndicated editorial column reached a daily readership of over 20 million.

Arthur Brisbane is being mentioned by Napoleon Hill in “Think and Grow Rich” in the list of the author’s preface.

“If you don’t hit the reader between the eyes in your first sentence of your news column, there’s no need to write any more.”
Arthur Brisbane


Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

THOMAS WOODROW WILSON (* December 28, 1856 in Staunton, Virginia; † February 3, 1924 in Washington D.C.) was the 28th President of the United States of America from 1913 to 1921. President Wilson was the second democratic president since 1861. In the spirit of the progressive era, he established several social and economic reforms, e. g. the Federal Reserve Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the Clayton Antitrust Act, the Federal Farm Loan Act and America’s first-ever federal progressive income tax in the Revenue Act of 1913. Woodrow Wilson tried to keep the United States out of WW I, but had to declare war to Germany due to a threatening military alliance of Germany and Mexico and due to Germany’s unrestricted submarine warfare. At the end of the war, President Wilson personally controlled negotiations with Germany and was mainly responsible for shaping the Treaty of Versailles. Based on this treaty,  the League of Nations, predecessor of the United Nations,  was created in 1919 and for this accomplishment, President Wilson was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1919. President Woodrow Wilson is considered as one of the greatest U.S. Presidents.

Woodrow Wilson is being mentioned by Napoleon Hill in “Think and Grow Rich” as part of the list of users of the Carnegie secret.

“America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.”
Woodrow Wilson


Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7


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15
Sep 10

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill? (Part 1)

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Who are the millionaires mentioned in Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”?

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7

In the author’s preface of “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill lists 47 self-made millionaires from whom he has received  valuable assistance either in person or by studying the life-work of. These men, many of them with only elementary formal education, used the principles of success as described in “The Law of attraction in 16 Lessons” and “Think and Grow Rich” to gain their vast fortunes.



Henry Ford, 1919

Henry Ford, 1919

HENRY FORD (* July 30, 1863 in Wayne County, Michigan; † April 7, 1947 in Dearborn, Michigan) was an American industrialist and  founder of the Ford Motor Company. As a pioneer of mass production he advanced the assembly line technique. His Model T (Tin Lizzy) automobile sold 15 million units and made Henry Ford one of the richest men in the world.

Napoleon Hill mentions Henry Ford several times throughout “Think and Grow Rich” and, among other things, tells the story of Ford’s V-8 motor.

“A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.”

Henry Ford


William Wrigley Jr.

William Wrigley Jr.

WILLIAM WRIGLEY JR. (* September 30, 1861 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; † January 26,1932 in Phoenix, Arizona) was an American chewing gum industrialist (Juicy Fruit, Spearmint etc.) and owner of the Chicago Cubs baseball team. Starting out with the production of soap and baking powder, the William Wrigley Jr. Company currently operates 14 gum factories in more than 180 countries.

Wrigley is being mentioned by Napoleon Hill in the author’s preface of “Think and Grow Rich” only.

“When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.”

William Wrigley Jr.


John Wanamaker, 1915

John Wanamaker, 1915

JOHN WANAMAKER (*July 11, 1838 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; † December 12, 1922 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American merchant, politician and is considered to be the father of modern advertising. He cared for his employees as he gave them free medical care, education programs, opportunities of profit-sharing and pensions. He also was a co-founder of the Christian Commission to aid wounded soldiers on both sides of the Civil War.

In “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill writes about John Wanamaker: “John Wanamaker once told me that what little schooling he had, he acquired in very much the same manner as a modern locomotive takes on water, by “scooping it up as it runs.” ”

“Keep up the old standards, and day by day raise them higher.”

John Wanamaker


James Jerome Hill, 1873

James J. Hill, 1873

JAMES JEROME HILL (*September 16, 1838 in Eramosa Township, Wellington County, Upper Canada (now Ontario); † May 29, 1916 in St. Paul, Minnesota) was a Canadian-American railroad builder and driving force in planning, construction and managing the Great Northern Railway.  He was also known as “The Empire Builder” or “The Empire Builder of the Northwest”

Napoleon Hill writes about James J. Hill in “Think and Grow Rich”: “James J. Hill met with temporary defeat when he first endeavored to raise the necessary capital to build a railroad from the East to the West, but he, too turned defeat into victory through new plans.

“Most men who have really lived have had, in some share, their great adventure. This railway is mine.”

James J. Hill


George Safford Parker

George Safford Parker

GEORGE SAFFORD PARKER (*November 1, 1863 in Shullsburg, Wisconsin; † July 19, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American teacher, salesman and inventor. He was founder of the Parker Pen Company.  George S. Parker was a sales representative for John-Holland fountain pens. The unreliability of their ink flow made him construct a leakage preventing fountain pen. George S. Parker was issued a patent for his invention on June 30, 1891. By 1908, his pen factory had become the largest pen manufacturing facility in the world.

George S. Parker is being mentioned by Napoleon Hill in the list of wealthy men in the author’s preface of “Think and Grow Rich” only.

“Our pens will write in any language.”

George Safford Parker

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 1

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 2

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 3

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 4

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 5

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 6

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” Part 7



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3
Sep 10

Napoleon Hill and “Think and Grow Rich” FAQ

Yes, you are right. I am mentioning this fact at the end of this post, too. But anyway: You can get a free ebook copy of “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill on the right.

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What do you want to know about a man, whose book is selling millions during 7 decades?

These FAQ on Napoleon Hill and “Think and Grow Rich” with some interesting questions and answers to his professional and private life will be complemented in the future.


When did Napoleon Hill live?
Napoleon Hill was born on October 26, 1883 and died on November 8, 1970 at the age of 87.

Where was Napoleon Hill born, where did he die?

Napoleon Hill was born in Pound in Southwest Virginia and died in South Carolina.

What was Napoleon Hill’s profession?

Napoleon Hill was an author, journalist, lecturer and attorney. At the age of 13 he started as a mountain reporter for local newspapers. Later he worked for Bob Taylor’s Magazine, was an advertising writer, a teacher and owned a candy store.

What was the title of Napoleon Hill’s first book?
His first book was entitled “The Law of Success in 16 Lessons”. It was published in 1928.

Why did Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” become so successful?

Napoleon Hill’s book “Think and Grow Rich” was published in 1937 during the Great Depression. It contained Napoleon Hill’s philosophy of personal success as described in “The Law of Success in 16 Lessons”, but in a condensed form.

It must have hit the nerve at a time when many were without jobs and had a poor perspective in life. The sound footing of Napoleon Hill’s philosophy were interviews with more than 500 millionaires and billionaires. So Napoleon Hill and his book “Think and Grow Rich” gained a great amount of credibility.

Napoleon Hill’s philosophy was simple and easy to understand, too. That made it possible for the average man and woman to read, understand and apply Napoleon Hill’s success principles for their own personal success.

Did Napoleon Hill walk his talk?
You bet. He had a major purpose in life, namely to make a philosophy of personal success accessible to everybody. Napoleon Hill worked 20 years, that was the time he led the 500+ interviews without compensation, to publish his first book “The Law of Success in 16 Lessons”.

And, of course, he had to overcome a lot of obstacles in his personal and professional life. He even survived an assassination attempt in 1926. Napoleon Hill wrote 12 books and published several magazines.

Was Napoleon Hill married?
Yes, he was married three times. First with Florence Elisabeth Hornor, then Rosa Lee Beeland and last Annie Lou Norman.

Did Napoleon Hill have kids?
Yes, he had 3 sons (James, Napoleon Jr. and David) with his first wife Florence Elisabeth Hornor.

What is Napoleon Hill’s heritage?
Napoleon Hill has left his books and his comprehensively developed philosophy of personal success to the world. His heritage is being conducted by the Napoleon Hill Foundation, “a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to making the world a better place in which to live.“
http://www.naphill.org

Is “Think and Grow Rich” still up to date?
Napoleon Hill has always considered success being a developable personal habit. In his book “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill teaches how to develop this habit of success. So it is, aside from some details, still up to date.

Where can I get Napoleon Hill’s books?
Napoleon Hill’s books are, except “Mental Dynamite”, “How to Raise Your Own Salary” and “PMA Science of Success Course”,  still being published. You can buy them at any bookstore. But wait! You can get a free ebook copy of Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” on this website up on the right.

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9
Mar 10

12 Get Rich Books by Napoleon Hill

You don’t need to read them all. Actually, one is enough: “Think And Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. Get a copy. Get rich (see right).

Napoleon Hill authored or co-authored 12 books on ‘how to get rich’ listed below.

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“Doing a thing well never is trouble!”

Napoleon Hill


The 12 get-rich books are all about personal developement, self belief and getting rich. His third book “Think And Grow Rich” is his most famous and best-selling one.

  • The Law of Success (1928)
  • The Magic Ladder to Success (1930)
  • Think & Grow Rich (1937)
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  • How to Sell Your Way Through Life (1939)
  • Mental Dynamite (1941)*
  • The Master Key to Riches (1945)
  • How to Raise Your Own Salary (1953)*
  • Success Through a Positive Mental Attitude [with W. Clement Stone] (1959)
  • PMA Science of Success Course (1961)*
  • Grow Rich With Peace of Mind (1967)
  • Succeed and Grow Rich Through Persuasion (1970)
  • You Can Work Your Own Miracles (1971)
    (published posthumously)
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    9
    Mar 10

    About Napoleon Hill

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    Oliver Napoleon Hill was born on October 26, 1883 in Pound, Wise County, Virginia.

    Napoleon Hill as a young man

    Napoleon Hill, author of 'Think And Grow Rich'

    He was an American author and one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. His most famous and best-selling book “Think And Grow Rich” sold 30 – 60 million (data varies) copies since it was published for the first time in 1937.

    Despite the title “Think And Grow Rich” Hill’s aim was not only to enable people to get rich. His intention was particulary to examine the power of personal beliefs and the role they play in personal success.

    Napoleon Hill wanted to identify how achievement of any kind actually occurs and how to derive a formula of success that could be applied by the average person.

    Napoleon Hill was born into poverty and his mother, Sarah Sylvania Blair, died when he was 10 years old. His father James Monroe Hill remarried two years later and Napoleons well-educated stepmother Martha tutored Nap, as he was called, in writing.

    At 13, he began writing for several small-town newspapers in the Wise County area. Later, Napoleon Hill entered Georgetown University Law School (Washington D. C.) using his earnings as “mountain reporter” but soon he had to drop out due to shortness of money.

    Working with “Bob Taylor’s Magazine” a popular periodical on achieving power and wealth, in the year 1908 Hill was to conduct his first major interview with one of the most impressing celebreties in those days: 73-year-old Scottish-American industrialist, businessman and entrepreneur – steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie.

    He was the then richest man in America and a major philanthropist. That interview changed Napoleon Hill’s life in a way he never thought was possible.

    Andrew Carnegie commissioned Hill with writing a philosophy of achievement based on interviews with more than 500 successful and wealthy men and women, many of them millionaires or multimillionaires. Napolen Hill’s mission was to find a formula of success that could be used by the average person.

    Among the people consulted were personalities like

  • HENRY FORD
  • WILLIAM WRIGLEY JR.
  • JOHN WANAMAKER
  • JAMES J. HILL
  • GEORGE S. PARKER
  • E. M. STATLER
  • HENRY L. DOHERTY
  • CYRUS H. K. CURTIS
  • GEORGE EASTMAN
  • THEODORE ROOSEVELT
  • JOHN W. DAVIS
  • ELBERT HUBBARD
  • WILBUR WRIGHT
  • WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
  • DR. DAVID STARR JORDAN
  • J. ODGEN ARMOUR
  • CHARLES M. SCHWAB
  • HARRIS F. WILLIAMS
  • DR. FRANK GUNSAULUS
  • DANIEL WILLARD
  • KING GILLETTE
  • RALPH A. WEEKS
  • JUDGE DANIEL T. WRIGHT
  • JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
  • THOMAS A. EDISON
  • FRANK A. VANDERLIP
  • F. W. WOOLWORTH
  • COL. ROBERT A. DOLLAR
  • EDWARD A. FILENE
  • EDWIN C. BARNES
  • ARTHUR BRISBANE
  • WOODROW WILSON
  • WM. HOWARD TAFT
  • LUTHER BURBANK
  • EDWARD W. BOK
  • FRANK A. MUNSEY
  • ELBERT H. GARY
  • DR. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
  • JOHN H. PATTERSON
  • JULIUS ROSENWALD
  • STUART AUSTIN WIER
  • DR. FRANK CRANE
  • GEORGE M. ALEXANDER
  • J. G. CHAPPLINE
  • HON. JENNINGS RANDOLPH
  • ARTHUR NASH
  • CLARENCE DARROW
  • It took Napoleon Hill exactly 20 years to accomplish his goal but finally he succeeded. The result was his first book “The Law Of Success In Sixteen Lessons”, published in 1928. Nine years and one publication later (“The Magic Ladder Of Success”, 1930), Napoleon Hill published his world bestseller, the classic personal-achievement book “Think And Grow Rich” in 1937 at the age of 53.

    Nine books followed. All of them covered the formula of getting rich and successful. Hill later called his works “The Philosophy of Achievement”. The most contributing elements and inevitable foundations of successful personal achievement and riches are freedom, democracy, capitalism and harmony, said Hill. Firm beliefs and the overcoming of fears are another two core values in order to grow rich and live a successful life.

    Napoleon Hill joined staff of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s National Recovery Administration from 1933 – 1936. It is said, that Roosevelt’s world-famous sentence “We have nothing to fear, but fear itself.” was penned for the president by Napoleon Hill during that time.

    Hill married Florence Elisabeth Hornor in 1910. The couple had 3 sons, James (*1911), Napoleon Jr. (*1912) and David (*1918). Florence and Napoleon were divorced in 1935.

    Napoleon Hill, one of Americas most beloved motivational authors, writer, teacher and lecturer of the principles of success and getting rich passed away in South Carolina on November 8, 1970, at the age of 87.

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