Think & Grow Rich Book Review By Naval Kishore
BOOK AUTHOR: NAPOLEON
HILL
FIRST
PUBLISHED: 1937
AUTHOR’S PROFILE
The author was born in 1883 in wise country, Virginia and died in 1970 after a long and successful career as a consultant to business leaders, lecturer and author.
BOOK
SUMMARY
In this book
the author has described the secret to became rich. He divided the whole book
into 16 chapters for better understanding. He explained the secret in 13 steps
or principles which one needs to follow with honesty, dedication and
seriousness to became a rich person. The author has very beautifully described
the whole process on the basis of his experiences, understanding, knowledge and
observation of more than thousands of peoples. All the 13 principles were the 13
chapters and key to success in the journey to become rich. He explained every
chapter of the principle in very depth, covering each and every aspect related
to life. He mentioned so many real-life examples in the book who became
successful with the help of these principles such as Henry Ford, Albert Einstein,
King Gillette, Sir John Templeton, James J. Hill, Thomas A. Edison, Fred Smith,
Howard Schultz(the Starbucks man) etc. He put so many real examples in his book
so that anyone can easily connect with the book story. In this book the author
has used some good quotations, real-life examples, his personal experiences and
observations. He personally experimented this formula on his own and then he
urges to us for using it. This book has also included self-assessment
questionnaire in the end of some chapters, which makes a person capable to
analyse himself on the basis of that. Also, the kind of questions were
incorporated were all without any biasness. This book directly effects on your
thought process , after reading this book you will be able to know how your
mind works, how can you control your own mind and give them instructions which
you want. He believed that everyone on this earth can become rich so easily
after reading the book and following the instructions accordingly given in the book. The author called the
secret as a “magical formula” which can give a stupendous fortune.
13 PRINCIPLES
1.
DESIRE:- The starting point
of all achievement
2.
FAITH:- Visualising and
believing in desires
3.
AUTOSUGGESTION:- The medium
for influencing the subconscious mind
4.
SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE:-
Personal experiences and observations
5.
IMAGINATION:- The workshop
of mind
6.
ORGANISED PLANNING:- The
crystallisation of desires into action
7.
DECISION:- The mastery of
procrastination
8.
PERSISTENCE:- The effort
necessary to induce faith
9.
POWER OF MASTER MIND:- The
driving force
10.
MYSTERY OF SEX
TRANSMUTATION:-
11.
SUBCONSCIOUS MIND:- The
connecting link
12.
THE BRAIN:- A broadcasting
and receiving station for thought
13.
THE SIXTH SENSE:- The door
to template of wisdom
HIGHLIGHTS
IN THE BOOK
While reading
this book many times you find some interesting and important fact, stories and
poems etc. But in chapter 2 DESIRE, the author has mentioned a poem which is
now become my one of the favourite poem life-long. I also like to share here
that poem with you, so you will also feel it and understand it. The poem is:-
“I BARGAINED WITH LIFE FOR A PENNY,
AND LIFE WOULD PAY NO MORE,
HOWEVER, I BEGGED AT EVENING,
WHEN I COUNTED MY SCANTY STORE.
FOR LIFE IS A JUST EMPLOYER,
HE GIVES YOU WHAT YOU ASK,
BUT ONCE YOU HAVE SET THE WAGES,
WHY, YOU MUST BEAR THE TASK.
I WORKED FOR A MENAIL’S HIRE,
ONLY TO LEARN, DISMAYED,
THAT ANY WAGE I HAD ASKED OF LIFE,
LIFE WOULD HAVE WILLINGLY PAID.”
MY
VIEWS
This is my
second book which I read completely for 3 times. This book consists no picture
which makes this book boring in first look. Few chapters in the book was so
long in terms of pages that you might get a feeling of leisure. But I find this book very useful for everyone at
any age who want to become a rich person in life. The solutions or principles
given the book were all so real and practical that any individual can follow
it. Also, in this book the author has used some good quotations, real-life
examples, his personal experiences and observations. He personally experimented
this formula on his own and then he urges to us for using it. This book has
also included self-assessment questionnaire in the end of some chapters, which
makes a person capable to analyse himself on the basis of that. Also, the kind
of questions were incorporated were all without any biasness. This book
directly effects on your thought process , after reading this book you will be
able to know how your mind works, how can you control your own mind and give
them instructions which you want. When you read for the first time, you don’t
get complete understanding of chapters. Sometimes you will find that what is
going on in the chapter, its look like unimportant or waste. But if you read
this book multiple times, I assure you that you will find that each and every
text were of so important. Overall, this book was has taught me so many new
things for life. I must recommend this book to everyone who is a student,
working man, women, professionals, or any other who want to became rich and
create fortunes in life.
“DON’T WAIT. THE TIME WILL NEVER BE
JUST RIGHT.” BY NAPOLEON HILL
BEST
WISHES
NAVAL
KISHORE
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