Thoughts Are Things (and 5 Other Lessons on Success from Napoleon Hill)
How Purpose, Persistence, and a Burning Desire Can Help You Succeed
Note: This is a continuation of a study of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.
“Thoughts are things,” says Napoleon Hill, “powerful things, when mixed with definiteness of purpose, persistence, and a burning desire for their translation into riches or other material objects.”
In his book, Think and Grow Rich, Hill talks about how our thinking gets in the way of accomplishing our goals. He says, “Much of that which is taught in schools is of no value whatsoever in connection with the business of earning a living or accumulating riches.” Instead, he says, it comes down to a few key things.
#1 A BURNING DESIRE: You must know what you want (AND you must REALLY want it).
There are countless examples of people who wanted something and eventually got it. There are way more examples of people who said they wanted something and never even came close. According to Hill, the difference is in knowing what you want.
This didn’t register for me until the recent few years. I’d set out dozens of times in pursuit of some big dream or another, but most of the time, I fell amazingly short. It…
