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27
Feb 11

“New Video: Search Story of Luther Burbank, Napoleon Hill and ‘Think and Grow Rich’!”

Luther Burbank is one of the 47 millionaires in Napoleon Hill’s book “Think and Grow Rich”. Get your free copy now, see sidebar

Do you know the “Plant Wizard of California” Luther Burbank? Napoleon Hill tells his story in “Think and Grow Rich”

Luther Burbank was an American horticulturist, botanist and agricultural scientist. Although he had only a little formal education, he invented modern agriculture and revolutionized agriculture and food production.

This video shows a search-story on Luther Burbank. Luther Burbank is among the list of millionaires in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill and is being mentioned in the book a couple of times.

Napoleon Hill writes in “Think and Grow Rich”: “Long before I had ever written a line for publication, or endeavored to deliver a speech in public, I followed the habit of reshaping my own character, by trying to imitate the nine men whose lives and life-works had been most impressive to me. These nine men were, Emerson, Paine, Edison, Darwin, Lincoln, Burbank, Napoleon, Ford, and Carnegie.”

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According to his book “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill emulated the habits of Luther Burbank and 8 other men. Read it yourself and get your free copy of “Think and Grow Rich” (see sidebar)

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24
Feb 11

“Napoleon Hill, Andrew Carnegie and ‘Think and Grow Rich’!”

The meeting that changed the world forever: Andrew Carnegie meets Napoleon Hill and lays ground for “Think and Grow Rich” (get your free copy in the sidebar)

Brief video about Napoleon Hill, Andrew Carnegie and the task of a lifetime

This google search story is about the first practical Philosophy of Personal Success. Andrew Carnegie was convinced that a formula of success existed. When he met young reporter Napoleon Hill, he asked him to write this philosophy.

20 years later, in 1928, Napoleon Hill published “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”. It was the practical Philosophy of Personal Success, Andrew Carnegie had always dreamt of. “Think and Grow Rich” came out in 1937.

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24
Feb 11

Video: The Millionaires of Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”

The millionaires (see the video) in Napoleon Hill’s famous book “Think and Grow Rich” share a secret. They took action when it was necessary. Will you take action and get your free copy of “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill?

Do you already know YouTube’s latest feature? With only a handful of mouse-clicks you can produce a short video of google searches. Watch this example with Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” – millionaires

Great, what YouTube is offering now. You can produce your own video without a camera, without a microphone, without money.  I have made a video about the millionaires of Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”. Just click the link below and all you have to do is:

1. Click the “Create your own” button right next to the video.

2. Enter up to 7 different search terms and choose the kind of search you want to use. You can choose from google’s Web Search, Images, Maps, News, Blog Search, Product Search and Books.

3. Add music. Choose from 24 different tracks in 8 categories (Action, Comedy, Country & Western, Drama, Family, Horror, Sci-fi and Romance)

4. Take a look at a preview. You still can make changes and edit your story.

5. Enter title, description and genre of your story and upload your video. Done.

Check out this example. In this video you can see some of the 47 millionaires from The Author’s Preface of “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill.

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Napoleon Hill has interviewed over 500 millionaires for his books “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons” and “Think and Grow Rich”. In this video you can see a couple of them. Don’t forget to get your free ebook copy of “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill in the sidebar.

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Feb 11

“11 Interesting Facts About Andrew Carnegie!”

Even today, rags to riches stories are possible. Perhaps they are even more likely today than they were ever before, because of the Internet. Now, if you want to succeed like Andrew Carnegie did, read and apply the book that he inspired: “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill. Get your free copy at the sidebar.

Andrew Carnegie was the richest man in America, may be even the richest man in the world. He inspired the #1 classic book on wealth creation: “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill.

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Andrew Carnegie

Read 11 interesting facts about Andrew Carnegie, the mastermind behind Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”. Andrew Carnegie donated most of his vast fortune to libraries (Carnegie-Libraries), schools, universities and many other organizations.

  1. Andrew Carnegie was born in Dunfermline, Scotland on 25 November 1835.
  2. He was the son of a weaver.
  3. Andrew Carnegie rose from a bobbin boy in a textile factory to become one of the richest men in America.
  4. He was the father of modern steel and was one of America’s richest men.
  5. Andrew Carnegie was extremely successful when it came to investing his money.
  6. He was one of the most intriguing characters of late nineteenth century America.
  7. And he was the wealthiest man in the world at the beginning of the 20th century.
  8. Andrew Carnegie saw a lack of education as a major downfall of society.
  9. Andrew Carnegie  was a philanthropist who donated the funds for lots of public libraries and they were named after him.
  10. Andrew Carnegie believed that one should keep only the money required for his family; the rest of the money one earns should be used for the betterment of society.
  11. Andrew Carnegie died on 11 August 1919 in Lenox, Massachusetts.
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"Think And Grow Rich" / Alexander Graham Bell / Elbert Henry Gary / Julius Rosenwald / Napoleon Hill / Stuart Austin Wier / The Millionaires of "Think And Grow Rich" — 2 Comments
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

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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).


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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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26
Oct 10

Why Napoleon Hill went to work for 20 years without any pay for the richest man in the world?

“Think and Grow Rich” was Napoleon Hill’s biggest success, but not his first one. 20 years after Andrew Carnegie had commissioned Napoleon Hill with the task of a lifetime, the first practical philosophy of success was published: “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”

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There are a lot of rumors in circulation concerning the first meeting of Napoleon Hill with Andrew Carnegie. This is what Napoleon Hill tells about this historical day that led to “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons” and “Think and Grow Rich”

The following is a transcript of a speech that Napoleon Hill held before a live audience. He is telling the story of his first meeting with Andrew Carnegie in 1908 and how Mr. Carnegie commissioned him to write the first practical philosophy of success and achievement.

>> My brother and I had matriculated of Georgetown University Law school intending to become lawyers. We didn’t have any money but I did have ability to write and I promised that I would write stories about successful men, sell them to a magazine and pay our way through. And my first assignment fortunately was with Andrew Carnegie in Pittsburgh.

He gave me 3 hours. And when the 3 hours were over, he said: “Now, this interview is just beginning. Come on of the house, stay all night and after the dinner we’ll take up the interview again.” He kept me there three days and nights. And believe you me, I was more than flattered. I wondered what it was all about.

He kept talking to me about the need for a new philosophy. He said: “We’ve had many philosophies with days of Socrates and Plato on down to the days of William James and Emerson, but most of them dealt with the moral laws of life. What we need is an economic philosophy for the man on the streets that will enable him to make use of the know-how gained by men like myself over a lifetime of experience.” Well, it sounded (…) very nice to me except for one thing: I didn’t know exactly what that word philosophy meant. And finally, at the end of the third day, he said:

“Now, look here! I have been talking to you for three days about the need for a new philosophy. I’m gonna ask you a question about it: If I commission you to become the author of this philosophy, give you letters of introduction to men, whose experiences you will need in collaboration with yourself. Are you willing to put in 20 years of research, because that’s how long it will take, paying your own way as you go along without any subsidy from me – yes or no?”

Ladies and Gentlemen, there been many times in my life when I faced difficult problems and difficult decisions. And I don’t think I ever faced one more embarrassing than that. Because when Mr. Carnegie put that proposition to me (…), my hand was down in my pocket and I was fiddling with the money that I had there just about enough to get back to Washington and if I would have had to stay in a hotel instead of Mr. Carnegie’s house I wouldn’t have that much. I didn’t even know the meaning of the word Philosophy. And yeah, the richest men in the world wanted me to go to work for him for 20 years without pay.

Wasn’t that a situation for you? I started to tell Mr. Carnegie, I started to do exactly what you or the most of the people would have done under the same circumstances. Now, what do you think that was? What would you have done, if you would have faced that sort of proposition: going to work for 20 years without any pay for the richest man in the world? Well, yes that’s what I was about to do.

But something inside of me wouldn’t let me open my mouth until I got a hunch that if Mr. Carnegie kept me there for three days, it must have been for a purpose. That he must have seen something in me that I didn’t know was there. Also, that man, a man with Mr. Carnegie’s reputation for picking men, certainly didn’t pick me to do a job like that unless he knew I had the ability to do it.

And whatever this something was, this silent invisible person, who was standing, looking over my shoulder and whispering into my ear, said: Go ahead and tell him “Yes”.

I said: “Mr. Carnegie, I not only will accept the commission, Sir, but you may depend upon it that I will complete it.” He said: “I like the way you enter that (…) and I think you will do it. You have the job.” <<

Napoleon Hill had worked 20 years to write the first practical philosophy of success. It was entitled “The Law of Success in Sixteen Lessons”. Nine years and some research later, Napoleon Hill published his biggest success: “Think and Grow Rich”. You can grab yourself a free ebook copy in the sidebar.
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"Think And Grow Rich" / Edward W. Bok / Frank A. Munsey / Luther Burbank / Napoleon Hill / The Millionaires of "Think And Grow Rich" / WM. Howard Taft — 9 Comments
23
Oct 10

Who’s Who in Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich” (Part 7)

Four gentlemen at your service: An U.S. President (WM. H. Taft), a plant wizard (Luther Burbank), a publisher (Edward W. Bok), another publisher (Frank A. Munsey) and, of course, Napoleon Hill, author of “Think and Grow Rich” on the right in the sidebar

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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


William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT (* September 15, 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio; † March 8, 1930 in Washington D.C.) was the 27th President of the United States of America and later the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. WM H. Taft graduated from college and law school and then worked in several legal positions. By 1887 he was appointed an Ohio Supreme Court judge, later served under President William McKinley and President Theodore Roosevelt, who appointed Taft Secretary of War in 1904. According to Wikipedia, “President Taft’s domestic agenda emphasized trust-busting, civil service reform, strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission, improving the performance of the postal service, and passage of the Sixteenth Amendment. Abroad, Taft sought to further the economic development of undeveloped nations in Latin America and Asia through the method he termed “Dollar Diplomacy”. However, Taft often alienated his own key constituencies, and was overwhelmingly defeated in his bid for a second term in the presidential election of 1912.”

Napoleon Hill mentions WM. Howard Taft in the list of the author’s preface of “Think and Grow Rich”

“Don’t write so that you can be understood, write so that you can’t be misunderstood.”
William Howard Taft



Portrait of Luther Burbank (1902)

Portrait of Luther Burbank (1902)

LUTHER BURBANK (* March 7, 1849 in Lancaster, Massachusetts; † April 11, 1926 in Santa Rosa, California) was an American botanist, horticulturist and agricultural scientist. He was also known as the “Wizard of Horticulture” and “Plant Wizard of California”. Luther Burbank had only received an elementary formal education, but he revolutionized agriculture and food production. Charles Darwin’s book “The Variations of Animals and Plants under Domestication” was his inspirational guide to change agriculture and food production forever. His time was the late 19th and early 20th century, when he created hundreds of useful varieties of flowers, grains, fruits, grasses and vegetables. He is still known for his Russet Burbank Potato and his Burbank Cactus, which was spineless and useful for cattle feed.

Luther Burbank is being mentioned a couple of times by Napoleon Hill in “Think and Grow Rich”.

“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine for the soul.”
Luther Burbank



Edward William Bok

Edward William Bok

EDWARD WILLIAM BOK (* October 9, 1863 in Den Helder, The Netherlands; † January 9, 1930 in Lake Wales, Florida) was a Dutch-American editor and publisher. Edward W. Bok had immigrated to the United States at the age of six. He worked as an office boy and worked his way up to becoming an advertising manager and eventually editor of The Brooklyn Magazine. In 1886, he founded The Bok Syndicated Press. From 1889 until 1919, Edward W. Bok was the longtime editor of Cyrus Curtis’ influential magazine “The Ladies’ Home Journal”, which he built into one of the most successful publications of its era. Bok used his influence to initiate lively discussions and reforms concerning topics like civic beautification, sex education, Americanization programs for immigrants, a limited role for women in the nation’s political life, free enterprise and the problems of poverty. In 1921, Edward William Bok won the Pulitzer Prize for his autobiography “The Americanization of Edward Bok”. The term “living room” instead of “parlor” or “drawing room” can be traced back to him.

Napoleon Hill mentions Edward W. Bok in “Think and Grow Rich” on the list of rich men.

“A young person, to achieve, must first get out of his mind any notion either of the ease or rapidity of success. Nothing ever just happens in this world.”
Edward William Bok



Frank Andrew Munsey

Frank A. Munsey

FRANK ANDREW MUNSEY (* August 21, 1854 in Mercer, Maine; † December 22, 1925 in New York City) was an American newspaper / magazine publisher and author. He built a newspaper empire in the early 20th century and owned up to 17 newspapers at the same time. Among them were the Washington Times, the New York Daily News, The Boston Journal, Baltimore News-American, the Philadelphia Evening Times, the New York Herald, The Sun, the New York Press, The Mail and The Globe. Frank A. Munsey became known for bringing financial rigor the business and for merging several of his newspapers, e.g. New York Press merged with the New York Herald in 1916, the Evening Sun with the New York Press. Frank A. Munsey was criticized for the extinction of many newspapers, since he shut down unprofitable papers, even though he often started new ones in their place. Economical thinking Frank A. Munsey introduced high-speed rotary printing presses into the newspaper industry. This allowed him to dramatically increase the number of printed copies and to print on inexpensive pulp paper, which made magazines and newspapers cheaper and affordable even for the working class. “Munsey’s Magazine” (formerly “Munsey’s Weekly”, founded in 1889) had the largest circulation of any magazine in the world: 700,000 copies per month at its peak in 1897.

Frank A. Munsey is being mentioned by Napoleon Hill in “Think ad Grow Rich” in the author’s preface on the list of those who understand and use the Carnegie secret.


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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


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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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Oct 10

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill (Part 5)

Who are the four men in this article? An oil-magnate (John D. Rockefeller), the world’s greatest inventor (Thomas A. Edison), a banker (Frank A. Vanderlip), the “world’s worst salesman” (F. W. Woolworth) and, of course, the author of “Think and Grow Rich” (Napoleon Hill) – check the sidebar for your free ebook.

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In the author’s preface of “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill lists almost 50 entrepreneurs, politicians, self-made millionaires who knew and applied the eternal laws of success. This is the fifth part of the series Who’s Who in “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


John D. Rockefeller, 1885

John D. Rockefeller, 1885

JOHN DAVISON ROCKEFELLER (* July 8, 1839 in Richford, New York; † May 23, 1937 in Ormond Beach, Florida) was an American entrepreneur, oil-magnate and major philanthropist.  He was co-founder of an oil refinery, predecessor of the Standard Oil Company that was founded in 1870. Standard Oil Company was one of the world’s largest oil refiner. It also was one of the world’s first and largest multinational corporations. By 1911 the trust  was broken up by the United States Supreme Court and split into 34 companies. John D. Rockefeller was the richest man of his time and perhaps the richest man in history. His net worth in 2007 numbers was 663.4 billion US$. John D. Rockefeller was a major philanthropist. He mainly used his vast fortune to establish several foundations (“to promote the well-being of mankind throughout the world”), colleges, universities (University of Chicago, Rockefeller Universitiy), museums, hospitals and to support national parks, educational institutes and churches.

Napoleon Hill mentions John D. Rockefeller two times in “Think and Grow Rich”. In the list and in chapter 9 “Persistence”.

“Don’t be afraid to give up the good to go for the great.”
John D. Rockefeller


Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison

THOMAS ALVA EDISON (* February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio; † October 1931 in West Orange, New Jersey) was an American inventor and businessman. He can be considered as the greatest inventor in human history. His inventions have influenced life around the world in many aspects. Thomas A. Edison has made several groundbreaking inventions in the fields of electricity, electrical engineering, telecommunications and audio-visual media. Among Edison’s multitudinous inventions (1.093 patents in his name in the United States alone)  were the phonograph, a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb, a stock ticker, a mechanical vote recorder, a battery for an electric car, electrical power, recorded music and motion pictures and the motion picture camera.  Edison and his companies Edison Electric Light Co and Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York (By 1901: New York Edison Company) managed the electrification of New York City.  He also was co-founder of the General Electric Company.

Thomas A. Edison is being mentioned several times in “Think and Grow Rich”. One amazing passage in the text is: “Mr. Edison tried out more than 10,000 different combinations of ideas through the synthetic faculty of his imagination before he “tuned in” through the creative faculty, and got the answer which perfected the incandescent light.”

“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”
Thomas A. Edison


Frank Arthur Vanderlip

Frank A. Vanderlip

FRANK ARTHUR VANDERLIP (* November 17, 1864 in Aurora, Illinois; † June 30, 1937) was an American financier. From 1897 to1901 he was Assistant Secretary of the United States Treasury in President McKinley’s administration. Frank A. Vanderlip was director, trustee, founder or player of the following corporations or institutions: National City Bank (vice president and president), Nation Bank of Commerce, Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company of New York, Riggs National Bank of Washington, Union Pacific Railroad, United States Realty and Improvement Co.,  Consolidated Gas Company, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Trustee). Frank A. Vanderlip was is active in the work of the Chamber of Commerce, The Merchants Association, the Economic Club and the Academy of Political Science. He was the president of the Sleepy Hollow Country Club at Scarborough and was a member of the Metropolitan, The Century, the City and Union League clubs of New York, and other organizations in New York, Washington, and Chicago.

Frank A. Vanderlip is part of the list of wealthy men in the author’s preface of Napoleon Hill’s “Think and Grow Rich”.

“I want no men around me who have not the knack of making friends.”
Frank A. Vanderlip


Frank Winfield Woolworth

F. W. Woolworth

FRANK WINFIELD WOOLWORTH (* April 13, 1852 in Rodman, New York; April 8, 1919 in Glen Cove, New York) was an American entrepreneur and founder of F. W. Woolworth Company (now Foot Locker). At the age of  21, F. W. Woolworth started working as a merchant. By 1879, Woolworth founded his first five-cent store in Utica, New York with US$ 300.- he had borrowed. The shop was no success and failed within weeks. But F. W. Woolworth did not give up and established his second store only two months later, which was a great success. During the next years F. W. Woolworth and his brother Charles Sumner Woolworth established hundreds of five-and-ten-cent stores all over the country. In 1911, 586 Woolworth stores were united in the F. W. Woolworth Company. When Frank W. Woolworth died 8 years later in 1919, the F. W. Woolworth Company owned more than 1,000 stores in the United States and other countries.

F.W. Woolworth is being mentioned three times by Napoleon Hill in “Think and Grow Rich”. For example: “Woolworth’s Five and Ten Cent Store idea, for example, had far less merit, but it piled up a fortune for its creator.” (in chapter 5 – Specialized Knowledge)

“I am the world’s worst salesman, therefore, I must make it easy for people to buy.”
F. W. Woolworth

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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14
Oct 10

Who’s Who in “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill (Part 4)

Who are the men in this post? A meat packer (J. Ogden Armour), a steel-magnate (Charles M. Schwab), the man who held the “Million Dollar Sermon” (Frank W. Gunsaulus), a railroad manager (Daniel Willard), the king of the blade (King C. Gillette) and a free ebook edition of “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill (see sidebar)

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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


J. Ogden Armour

J. Ogden Armour

JONATHAN OGDEN ARMOUR (* November 11, 1863 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; † August 16, 1927 in London, England) was an American businessman and president of Armour and Company, a Chicago-based meatpacking company, founded by his father Philip Danforth Armour. J. Ogden Armour managed to expand the company worldwide and make it one of the largest food production companies in the United States. In the 1948, Armour and Company developed “Dial”, the first antibacterial deodorant soap. It was introduced by using scented ink in newspaper ads. “Dial” became the best-selling deodorant in the United States during the next years.

J. Ogden Armour is mentioned by Napoleon Hill in the millionaires list in “Think and Grow Rich”. His father Phillip D. Armour is mentioned in chapter 6 “Imagination”.

“Capital can do nothing without brains to direct it.”
J. Ogden Armour


Charles M. Schwab

Charles M. Schwab

CHARLES MICHAEL SCHWAB (* February 18, 1862 in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania; † October 18, 1939 in London, U.K.) was an American industrialist and steel-magnate. He started his career in Andrew Carnegie’s steelworks and at the age of only 35, Charles M. Schwab became president of the Carnegie Steel Company. Four years later, Schwab was the driving force in building the huge United States Steel Corporation, a company that was being formed out of Andrew Carnegie’s former steel holdings. Charles M. Schwab became U.S. Steel Corporation’s first president. In 1903, Schwab left the U.S. Steel Corporation to run the Bethlehem Steel Company in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Charles M. Schwab made it the world’s largest independent steel producer. Bethlehem Steel Company developed the H-beam, which revolutionized building construction and laid ground for the age of the skyscraper. Even though Charles M. Schwab had become very wealthy, he lost his vast fortune  due to his dissolute lifestyle and the stock market crash of 1929. When he died in 1939, he was over US$ 300.000 in debt.

Napoleon Hill mentions Charles M. Schwab several times in “Think and Grow Rich”. Once he writes: “This single application of the secret, by that young man -Charles M. Schwab- made him a huge fortune in both money and OPPORTUNITY.”

“A man to carry on a successful business must have imagination. He must see things as in a vision, a dream of the whole thing.”
Charles M. Schwab


Frank W. Gunsaulus

Frank W. Gunsaulus

FRANK WAKELEY GUNSAULUS, D.D., LL.D. (* January 1, 1856 in Chesterville, Morrow County, Ohio; † March 17, 1921 in Chicago, Illinois) was an American educator, preacher and author. He has become famous for his “Million Dollar Sermon” which made him raise the sum of one million dollars from meat packer and grain merchant Philip Danforth Armour. Dr. Gunsaulus used the money to found the Armour Institute of Technology in Chicago (now: Illinois Institute of Technology) where he served as president for its first 27 years. Napoleon Hill tells the story of the “Million Dollar Sermon” in his famous book “Think and Grow Rich”. Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus was and still is one of Chicago’s best known citizens. “His extraordinary energy, masterful oratory skills, and intellectual talents influenced the city’s spiritual, educational, cultural, and civic development for decades.”, Wikipedia says.

In “Think and Grow Rich”, Napoleon Hill tells the story of Frank W. Gunsaulus raising one million dollars within a week (in chapter 6 “Imagination”, paragraph “What I would do if I had a million dollars”).

“(…) the moment I reached a definite decision to get the money within a specified time, a strange feeling of assurance came over me, such as I had never before experienced.”
Frank W. Gunsaulus


Daniel Willard

Daniel Willard

DANIEL WILLARD (* January 28, 1861 in Hartland, Vermont; † July 6, 1942 in Hartland, Vermont) was an American railroad executive and president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from 1910 to 1941. Even though Daniel Willard had to leave College after 6 months due to poor eyesight, he managed to work his way up from being a track laborer on the Vermont Central Railroad to becoming a locomotive engineer on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. “Uncle Dan”  later continued his career with several railroad companies. Daniel Willard had worked in almost every segment of railroading before he at last became the president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and held this position for 32 years, which was the longest tenure of any B&O president.

Napoleon Hill mentions Daniel Willard in the author’s preface of “Think and Grow Rich” (on the list of millionaires).

“33% of all the suggestions tend to fix things that the men want, no special advantage to the company, but are desirable from the standpoint of the men, and we have been glad to do those things because they helped bring about a state of mind which made the men satisfied.“
Daniel Willard


King C. Gillette

King C. Gillette

KING CAMP GILLETTE (* January 5, 1855 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin; † July 9, 1932 in Los Angeles, California) was an American businessman and inventor. King C. Gillette is most famous for his invention of the safety razor and in particular, the thin and affordable steel blade. In 1901 King C. Gillette founded the American Safety Razor Company  (later renamed in Gillette Safety Razor Company) in order to sell his razors and blades. Production started in 1903 and after a weak first year sales increased dramatically. Gillette expanded his company internationally and established manufacturing facilities in the United States, Canada, England, France and Germany. In 1918, the U.S. Army bought a field razor set for all American soldiers which boosted sales once again.

King Gillette is mentioned by Napoleon Hill in his book “Think and Grow Rich”. He is part of the list of those who understand and apply the Carnegie secret.

“I urged the razor company to make a salaried position for me, but those in control refused to meet my wishes, giving as a reason the need of every dollar for development of the business.”
King C. Gillette


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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