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The reason I don't like Think and Grow Rich...

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“When you begin to think and grow rich, you will observe that riches begin with a state of mind, with definiteness of purpose, with little or no hard work

– Napoleon Hill

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Thank you for the link.

I'm actually going to buy it and give it a read.

The guy obviously had a screw loose, but his analytical intelligence seems to be off the charts.

The reviews are quite good. Will make for an interesting read, one you won't find on a NYT Best Seller list or on a stage with Oprah.
I can't imagine reading anything longer than a page by Ted Kaczynski. Yea he was intelligent, but that intelligence was comically misguided. The guy was a total nutter Marxist who believed the Industrial Rev is the causer of all human suffering. It's no surprise he want to Harvard, which is a liberal circle-jerk.

But if you found anything interesting in it, let me know.
 

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I think Think and Grow Rich is a great book for just about anyone to read. It's full of great points and outlines a method of finding personal success that is definitely good enough to get great results if followed.

It seems like most of the people relating this book to The Secret are a bit confused. Think and Grow Rich is a book about cultivating Desire and taking massive persistent action until goals are achieved, never accepting defeat, and getting what you want. It's not called Wish and Grow Rich... It's Think and Grow Rich. The idea that thought preceeds action is a fundamental truth of being human.

Just because the author wasn't a great guy doesn't make the material less true. It's not like he was talking about being a great person. He was talking about getting rich. Obviously he drank his own coolaid.

I've read hundreds of self help books and this is one of the best. Many have copied ideas from it and rightly so. Most of the material I've found to be very basic and principled knowledge which is imo the best for developing one's own success strategy.
 

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Robert Kiyosaki is a good promoter and marketer.

He basically combines something useful like “go do a business and learn investing and learn about tax instead of just get good grades in school and work like a slave.” with his own nonsensical but effective marketing.

His own nonsensical but effective marketing is that he always speak as if there is a group of secret elites that want to keep us poor and he cannot speak too much about that. Haha. I think he understands the American audience really at a deep level, with all those conspiracies that people love to hear....
 
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Ironic the 2 Biggie Topics pretty much banned on every forum for discussion are the 2 most full of B.S. that should be in Fiction catagory in a Book Store. :)
 

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