THINK AND GROW RICH

Attain whatever you ask from life, through the philosophy by Napolean Hill, in his book 'Think and Grow Rich'.

The book provides the principles of success, after extensive research for 25yrs on more than 500 people who possesses great wealth. 

Here I provide the brief analysis of those principles which you can apply in your daily lives and fulfil your dreams. 

1) DESIRE 

•Desire is the starting point of all achievements. Don't just wish but have a pulsating and definite desire. 

•Desires become reality when you desire something so deeply that you are willing to stake your entire future for it. 

•You can desire anything, but for now suppose you desire to be rich, then you can realise your desire by following these steps -:

Step 1 - Fix your mind with exact amount of money you desire. Vague statements like 'I want to have plenty of money' doesn't work.

Step 2- Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for that money, then gain enough knowledge about that skill.

Step 3 - Determine definite date and time by which you intend to own that money. 

Step 4- Create a concrete plan for carrying out your desire and put that plan in action.

Step 5- Write down all the above points on a piece of paper.

Step 6 - Religiously read them with 'faith' twice daily i.e after waking up and before sleeping. And while reading, find yourself already in possession of your desire. 

•If there is something you wish to do and you believe in it then go for it without thinking about failure. No one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as reality. 

•Our only limitations are set up in our own minds. Nothing is impossible to a person who backs strong desire with enduring faith. 

2) FAITH

•Faith is a major positive emotion which helps us realise our desires. 

•We can induce faith by repeated instructions to subconscious mind, through the principle of autosuggestion (self suggestion). 

•To achieve your desires using faith, convince your mind that you believe (have faith) you will receive what you ask for. This way the thought will get implanted in subconscious mind through self suggestion and will soon be translated into its physical equivalent. 

3) SUBCONSCIOUS MIND 

•Subconscious mind doesn't distinguish between constructive or destructive thoughts. It simply translate the dominating thoughts which are mixed with faith, into reality. 

•So the choice is yours if you want to fill it with positive thoughts of desire, love, hope or with negative thoughts like jealously, hatred, revenge. 

•Remember that subconscious mind cannot remain empty and it cannot have both negative and positive thoughts at the same time. So make it a habit of thinking about good things like success etc. 

•Since thoughts are really important, concentrate on your thoughts daily for 30 minutes and create a clear mental image of the person you want to be. 

•Every man is what he is because of the dominating thoughts, he permits to occupy his mind. The man who wins is the man who thinks that he can win.

•Thus the man who thinks he can grow rich, becomes rich. 

4) AUTOSUGGESTION 

•Autosuggestion means self suggestion. It is a medium for influencing subconscious mind. 

•You can control your thoughts through autosuggestion and hence you can control your subconscious mind by using the principle of autosuggestion.

5) SPECIALISED KNOWLEDGE

•Any man is educated who knows where to get knowledge when he needs it. 

•You either need to acquire specialised knowledge of profession you intend to offer in return for money or you can employ a 'group of master mind' people who have already acquired the specialised knowledge required in every stage of your business. 

•If you can direct Master Mind group, you are no less than those men. So never feel inferior if you are less educated. 

•Specialised knowledge + imagination = successfull business.

6) IMAGINATION 

•Desire is given form and shape through aid of imaginative faculty of mind. 

•Man has the potential to create anything he imagine.

•Give a concrete form to your imagination by writing it on paper. This is the first step to realise your dream.

•Once you give life to an idea, they take power of their own and sweep aside all opposition. They have more power than physical brains, that give birth to them. 

7) ORGANISED PLANNING 

•Knowledge won't attract money unless organised in plan. Knowledge becomes power only when it's implemented. 

•Plans are created and organised through imagination. 

•Your achievements can be no greater than your plans. So employ your imaginative faculty properly to develop best plan. 

8) DECISION MAKING 

• Lack of decision is a major reason of failure. 

•Successful people have habit of reaching decisions promptly and of changing them slowly (if they are changed).

•Whereas people who fails usually takes a lot of time to make a decision because of their habit of procrastination and then change them frequently, after being influenced by other's opinion or small failures. 

•Those who reach decision promptly know what they want and generaly gets it. The leader decides quickly and firmly, that's why he is a leader. He knows where he is going and that people rely on him. 

•Definiteness of decision requires courage. 

9) PERSISTENCE 

• Persistence (sustained effort) is necessary to induce faith. 

•Basis of persistence is willpower. Willpower and desire make irrestible pair. 

•Level of persistence depends upon intensity of one's desire. To develop persistence you should have intense desire, definite plan, belief in your ability and no influence of negative thoughts.

•Follow all the principles mentioned above with persistence until they become habit. 

AVOID BASIC FEARS 

•3 enemies of human are - indecision, doubt and fear. Indecision crystallize into doubt and these two blend and become fear. 

•Basic fears are - fear of poverty, fear of criticism, fear of ill health, fear of death. 

• Fear is nothing more than the state of mind.

•Use autosuggestion to make your mind positive and for getting rid of these fears. 

#Apply these 9 principles in your life and comment about how they changed your lives. Please share the information with your family and friends so that they can also fulfil their dreams by following these simple principles.