Think and Grow Rich!

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
1938
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* FOREWORD
* PUBLISHER'S PREFACE
* AUTHOR'S PREFACE
* CHAPTER 1
* CHAPTER 2
* CHAPTER 3
* CHAPTER 4
* CHAPTER 5
* CHAPTER 6

* CHAPTER 7
* CHAPTER 8
* CHAPTER 9
* CHAPTER 10
* CHAPTER 11
* CHAPTER 12
* CHAPTER 13
* CHAPTER 14
* CHAPTER 15

FOREWORD
WHAT DO YOU WANT MOST?
Is It Money, Fame, Power, Contentment, Personality, Peace of Mind,
Happiness?
The Thirteen Steps to Riches described in this book offer the shortest
dependable philosophy of individual achievement ever presented for
the benefit of the man or woman who is searching for a definite goal in
life.
Before beginning the book you will profit greatly if you recognize the
fact that the book was not written to entertain. You cannot digest the
contents properly in a week or a month. After reading the book
thoroughly, Dr. Miller Reese Hutchison, nationally known Consulting
Engineer and long-time associate of Thomas A. Edison, said-- "This is
not a novel. It is a textbook on individual achievement that came
directly from the experiences of hundreds of America's most successful

men. It should be studied, digested, and meditated upon. No more than
one chapter should be read in a single night. The reader should
underline the sentences which impress him most. Later, he should go
back to these marked lines and read them again. A real student will not
merely read this book, he will absorb its contents and make them his
own. This book should be adopted by all high schools and no boy or
girl should be permitted to graduate without having satisfactorily
passed an examination on it. This philosophy will not take the place of
the subjects taught in schools, but it will enable one to organize and
apply the knowledge acquired, and convert it into useful service and
adequate compensation without waste of time. Dr. John R. Turner,
Dean of the College of The City of New York, after having read the
book, said-- "The very best example of the soundness of this
philosophy is your own son, Blair, whose dramatic story you have
outlined in the chapter on Desire." Dr. Turner had reference to the
author's son, who, born without normal hearing capacity, not only
avoided becoming a deaf mute, but actually converted his handicap into
a priceless asset by applying the philosophy here described. After
reading the story (starting on page 52), you will realize that you are
about to come into possession of a philosophy which can be transmuted
into material wealth, or serve as readily to bring you peace of mind,
understanding, spiritual harmony, and in some instances, as in the case
of the author's son, it can. help you master physical affliction. The
author discovered, through personally analyzing hundreds of successful
men, that all of them followed the habit of exchanging ideas, through
what is commonly called conferences. When they had problems to be
solved they sat down together and talked freely until they discovered,
from their joint contribution of ideas, a plan that would serve their
purpose. You, who read this book, will get most out of it by putting
into practice the Master Mind principle described in the book. This you
can do (as others are doing so successfully) by forming a study club,
consisting of any desired number of people who are friendly and
harmonious. The club should have a meeting at regular periods, as
often as once each week. The procedure should consist of reading one
chapter of the book at each meeting, after which the contents of the
chapter should be freely discussed by all members. Each member
should make notes, putting down ALL IDEAS OF HIS OWN inspired

by the discussion. Each member should carefully read and analyze each
chapter several days prior to its open reading and joint discussion in the
club. The reading at the club should be done by someone who reads
well and understands how to put color and feeling into the lines. By
following this plan every reader will get from its pages, not only the
sum total of the