Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hill
Napoleon Hillwas an American author and impresario who cribbed freely from the new thought tradition of the previous century to become an early producer of personal-success literature. At the time of Hill's death in 1970, his best-known work, Think and Grow Richhad sold 20 million copies. Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to increasing one's income. Most of his books were promoted as expositing principles to achieve "success". Hill was an advisor to two presidents of the United...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSelf-Help Author
Date of Birth26 October 1883
CityPound, VA
CountryUnited States of America
The successful leader must plan his work and work his plan.
Until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
Successful men and women become successful because they acquire the habit of thinking in terms of success. Get the success habit in the small circumstances you control, and soon you'll be controlling the bigger ones.
Successful people are decisive people. When opportunities come their way, they evaluate them carefully, make a decision, and take appropriate action. They know that indecision wastes time that could be spent on more productive tasks.
The ability to negotiate with other people without friction and argument is the outstanding quality of all successful people.
If you have been wise and successful I congratulate you. Unless you are unable to forget how successful you have been, then I pity you.
Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.
Every successful person finds that great success lies just beyond the point when they're convinced their idea is not going to work.
We have already discovered the fact that fear is the chief reason for poverty and failure and misery that takes on a thousand different forms. We have already discovered the fact that the man who masters fear may march on to successful achievement in practically any undertaking, despite all efforts to defeat him.
The successful leader must be willing to assume responsibility for the mistakes and the shortcomings of his followers.
Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you; until you have cultivated the habit of saying some kind word of those whom you do not admire; until you have formed the habit of looking for the good instead of the bad there is in others, you will be neither successful nor happy.
Many successful people have found opportunities in failure and adversity that they could not recognize in more favorable circumstances.
One should use great care to select an employer who will be an inspiration, and who is, himself, intelligent and successful
Successful people make decisions quickly (as soon as all the facts are available) and change them very slowly (if ever). Unsuccessful people make decisions very slowly, and change them often and quickly.