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THINK
AND
GROW RICH
by
Napoleon Hill

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NAPOLEON HILL THINK AND GROW RICH
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Author’s Preface ...................................................................................................................... p. 3
Chapter 1 — Introduction ....................................................................................................... p. 9
Chapter 2 — Desire: The Turning Point of All Achievement ................................................. p. 22
Chapter 3 — Faith Visualization of, and Belief in Attainment of Desire ............................... p. 40
Chapter 4 — Auto-Suggestion the Medium for Influencing the Subconscious Mind .............. p. 58
Chapter 5 — Specialized Knowledge, Personal Experiences or Observations ...................... p. 64
Chapter 6 — Imagination: the Workshop of the Mind .......................................................... p. 77
Chapter 7 — Organized Planning, the Crystallization of Desire into Action ........................ p. 90
Chapter 8 — Decision: the Mastery of Procrastination ......................................................... p. 128
Chapter 9 — Persistence: the Sustained Effort Necessary to Induce Faith ........................... p. 138
Chapter 10 — Power of the Master Mind: the Driving Force ................................................. p. 153
Chapter 11 — The Mystery of Sex Transmutation .................................................................. p. 160
Chapter 12 — The Subconscious Mind: The Connecting Link ............................................... p. 180
Chapter 13 — The Brain: A Broadcasting and Receiving Station for Thought ...................... p. 187
Chapter 14 — The Sixth Sense: The Door to the Temple of Wisdom .................................... p. 193
Chapter 15 — How to Outwit the Six Ghosts of Fear ............................................................. p. 203

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NAPOLEON HILL THINK AND GROW RICH
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REFACE
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IN EVERY chapter of this book, mention has been made of the money-making
secret which has made fortunes for more than five hundred exceedingly wealthy
men whom I have carefully analyzed over a long period of years.
The secret was brought to my attention by Andrew Carnegie, more than a quarter
of a century ago. The canny, lovable old Scotsman carelessly tossed it into my
mind, when I was but a boy. Then he sat back in his chair, with a merry twinkle
in his eyes, and watched carefully to see if I had brains enough to understand the
full significance of what he had said to me.
When he saw that I had grasped the idea, he asked if I would be willing to spend
twenty years or more, preparing myself to take it to the world, to men and women
who, without the secret, might go through life as failures. I said I would, and with
Mr. Carnegie’s cooperation, I have kept my promise.
This book contains the secret, after having been put to a practical test by thou-
sands of people, in almost every walk of life. It was Mr. Carnegie’s idea that the
magic formula, which gave him a stupendous fortune, ought to be placed within
reach of people who do not have time to investigate how men make money, and
it was his hope that I might test and demonstrate the soundness of the formula
through the experience of men and women in every calling.
He believed the formula should be taught in all public schools and colleges, and
expressed the opinion that if it were properly taught it would so revolutionize the
entire educational system that the time spent in school could be reduced to less
than half.