Napoleon Hill’s Carnegie Secret Revealed!
And, anyone who tries to sell it for a monetary price is a fraud... let me explain.
If Napoleon Hill wanted you to know what the secret was, don't you think he would have told you in his book? If he wanted to make money off of the secret, don't you think he would have done so in his lifetime? Or perhaps his foundation might have done so in the years after his death?
I thought so.
Other than being a great literary device to ensure you read the entire book with an open mind,
The truth is that NO ONE can tell you what the secret is... it cannot be given away or sold.
Do you want to know why?
To help me explain, I'd like to quote several paragraphs from Think & Grow Rich in which Napoleon Hill gives his most revealing clues as to what the secret is:
A peculiar thing about this secret is that those who acquire and use it find themselves literally swept on to success. However, as is often pointed out in this book, there is no such thing as something for nothing. The secret cannot be had without paying a price, although the price is far less than its value.
Another peculiarity is that the secret cannot be given away and it cannot be purchased for money. Unless you are intentionally searching for the secret, you cannot have it at any price. That is because the secret comes in two parts, and in order for you to get it, one of those parts must already be in your possession.
I have never known anyone who was inspired to use the Carnegie secret who did not achieve noteworthy success. On the other hand, I have never known any person to distinguish themself, or to accumulate riches of any consequence, without possession of the secret. From these two facts I draw the conclusion that the secret is more important for self-determination than anything you receive through what is popularly known as "education".
As a final word of preparation, may I offer one brief suggestion that could provide a clue how the Carnegie secret might be recognized? It is this: achievement, and all earned riches, have their beginning in an idea. If you are ready for the secret, you already possess one-half of it. Therefore, you will recognize the other half the moment it reaches your mind.
So, the first half of the secret is being ready to receive it... which opens your mind to possibilities. It cannot be given away, bought, or sold... yet, it comes with a price... the price of experience. (Some people pay for this experience with their lives!) The secret is more important for self-determination and it begins with an idea... your DESTINY. So, what is the second half of the secret?
It's your FREEWILL...
It's your God-given, inalienable right, as a human being, to control and focus your thoughts on whatever you choose. It is your ability to choose YOUR OWN purpose in life... your mission... It's the personal power within you to make your own decisions and to stand by them...
It's DEFINITENESS OF PURPOSE... your DEFINITE MAJOR PURPOSE!
It answers the ultimate questions: "Who am I", "Why am I here?" and "What is my purpose in life?" You are here because and your purpose in life is WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE IT TO BE! Your secret is a CHOICE that only you can make! That is why Napoleon Hill wouldn't tell you what the secret is and that's why nobody else can tell you what it is.
YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE YOUR DESTINY FOR YOURSELF!
Remember Napoleon Hill saying in his book that if you are ready for the secret you already possess half of it? The other half of the secret is your FREEWILL. Remember Napoleon Hill saying that he's never known anyone who applied the secret who didn't become successful? That's because over 98% of the population don't have a clue as to what they want in life... the remaining 2% that do have a clue are busy making it happen and, through persistence, will eventually succeed!
Remember Napoleon Hill saying that EVERYONE who knew the secret was literally swept away to success and riches? When you know your own secret... many doors of opportunity will open for you and your path will become clear.
Remember Napoleon Hill saying that you can either CHOOSE to be rich or CHOOSE to be poor? He was right!
If you're still not convinced that the secret is your freewill, I'll now quote the paragraphs in which Napoleon Hill mentions it directly... they are found in the last chapter of Think & Grow Rich:
You have absolute control over only one thing, and that is your thoughts. This is the most significant and inspiring of all facts known to humans. It reflects our divine nature. This ability to control your thoughts is the sole means by which you may control your own destiny. If you fail to control your own mind, you may be sure you will control nothing else. Your mind is your spiritual estate. Protect and use it with care to which divine royalty is entitled. You were given your willpower for this purpose.
Mind control is the result of self-discipline and habit. You either control your mind or it controls you. There is no halfway compromise. The most practical method for controlling your mind is the habit of keeping it busy with a definite purpose backed by a definite plan. Study the records of those who achieve noteworthy success, and you will see that they have control over their own minds, and that they exercise that control and direct it toward the attainment of definite objectives. Without this control, success is not possible.
Previously you may have had a logical excuse for not having forced life to come through with whatever you asked. That alibi is now obsolete because you are in possession of the Master Key that unlocks the door to life's riches.
The Master Key is intangible, but it is powerful. It is the privilege of creating, in your own mind, a burning desire for a definite form of riches. There is no penalty for the use of the key, but there is a price you must pay if you do not use it. The price is failure. There is a reward of stupendous proportions if you put the key to use. It is the satisfaction that will come to you when you conquer self and force life to pay whatever is asked.
Andrew Carnegie
And there you have it... the Carnegie Secret is that you have the ability to choose your own destiny... and achieve it through the use of your willpower.
Now, let me ask you a question...
Are You Ready To Apply The Carnegie Secret?
If you are, read Think & Grow Balls!... read the Preview Chapters to see if it's right for you.
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Onward & Upward,
Escape Velocity Pep-Talk #1
Several years ago I used to write a series of e-mails called Escape Velocity Pep-Talks that I used to send out to my readers on a weekly basis. They were extremely popular and my list of subscribers was growing on a daily basis. I had several months worth of pep-talks written and several thousand subscribers when I received an e-mail from my service provider informing me that their server had crashed and lost all of my data. I immediately picked up the phone to confirm the bad news and needless to say I was pretty bummed.
Recently, while going through my old e-mail account, I found a copy of most of my Escape Velocity Pep-Talks sitting in an old archived folder. I read them all with a bit of nostalgia and realized that I had written some pretty good stuff that wasn't getting read anymore.
I've been thinking about hosting my own blog for a while now and with the recent discovery of my pep-talks I thought this would be the perfect time and place to re-release them. So, over the next days, weeks, and months I will be publishing these pep-talks, newsletters, free content, and more on this blog. I hope you enjoy them as so many others have.
Here is Escape Velocity Pep-Talk #1... it's a great place to start. I hope you'll leave me a comment below when you're done reading. Enjoy!
Escape Velocity Pep-Talk #1
Over the last several weeks I've been taking a survey on a new page of my website asking visitors to pick which topic is MOST important to them.
And, out of 8 possible choices, the "fear of failure" has 40 percent of the votes so far.
With this feedback in mind, I decided to dedicate this week's newsletter to "overcoming" the fear of failure.
To start, I'll use my all-time favorite quote on failure:
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison
I love this quote because it clearly shows that Thomas Edison, the inventor of the incandescent light bulb, "perceived" failure in an unusual and successful way.
All of his friends and supporters were getting impatient with him... they thought he was going mad and wasting all their money.
This, however, did not stop Mr. Edison from continuing his experiments and eventually succeeding.
Think about this... if Mr. Edison DIDN'T fail over 10,000 times before he discovered how to sustain light in a glass bulb, life as we know it now would be different.
In otherwords, if he didn't have the guts, courage, or "balls" to keep trying new things over and over and over or if he "gave up" on failed attempt number 9,593, you may not be reading this e-mail on your computer screen right now.
Who knows, maybe computers wouldn't have even been invented yet?
Because he "refused" to "perceive" failure as permanent defeat and loss, and to instead "see" failure as just one step closer to eventual success, Mr. Edison not only changed his life... he changed the world!
And, it was because of the WAY HE THOUGHT about failure.
And, that's what I want to stress in this newsletter and it's a HUGE topic of discussion in my e-book...
that in order to OVERCOME fear, you must "perceive" it differently.
You must view it as "necessary" to reach your goals.
In my philosophy, I take it one step further...
instead of just "seeing" it differently, start to "expect" it.
Know that we are human and make mistakes. Know that failure will happen from time to time. It's inevitable! Nobody's perfect. Instead of seeing failure as a permanent "state", learn the lessons it's trying to teach you and move on.
And, a major concept of my Think & Grow Balls! philosophy is that MOST of the time (if not ALL the time) we don't have all the "information" we need to succeed during the first attempt.
We need the "experience" to KNOW that certain methods won't work. We must know this so we can ADAPT and try something different that MIGHT work.
And, we must keep trying until a new method DOES work.
To put it another way, you'll learn what you need to learn ALONG THE WAY!
But, you must take that first step.
Remember, even the longest journeys begin with a single step.
And, as you're beginning your journey, think of this quote from Napoleon Hill:
"Ultimately, nothing much matters very much. The defeat that seems to break your heart today will be but a ripple among the waves of other experiences in the ocean of your life further ahead."
So, in conclusion, failure is a necessary step towards success and the only thing that matters is how YOU perceive it and if YOU will let it deter you from making another attempt.
Failure can hurt sometimes and it can even be pretty embarrassing at other times... but so what?
At least you have the courage and "balls" to make the attempts that few people ever will.
Just remember that if you fail enough, you will eventually succeed! Most every person who changed the world in some way was thought to be "mad" at some point in their lives because they NEVER gave up... even when logical reasoning said they SHOULD have. But, because they followed their own path and listened to the beat of their own drummer, they made the world a better place!
I sincerely hope I can reduce your fear and encourage you to make the happiest life possible for yourself.
Onward & Upward,
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