Learning From the Masters
by Jeff B.
(Oklahoma)
If you were given an opportunity to study the habits of highly successful people, wouldn't you take it?
I have, and I do every chance I get. We can learn so much from those that have "been there, done that." They say the quickest way to success is to learn from those that are successful, and if we can learn from their mistakes, and not make those same mistakes, that too, saves us a lot of time and grief.
In Napoleon Hill's classic book “Think and Grow Rich” he talks about how he studied the habits of highly successful people and learned the keys to what made them successful. One of those keys was just what he did; learn from those that are successful. Another thing Hill points out in the book is to be successful, you need to surround yourself with other successful people who have your best interest at heart. He calls this a "Mastermind Group."
When Napoleon Hill was conducting his research, he did not have the convenience of the internet or the option to read countless books and publications on leadership and success drivers. With the financial backing of Andrew Carnegie, Hill interviewed 20,000 people over a 20-year period to develop his fundamental principles. The culmination of that research was refined by Hill as he tirelessly interviewed 500 of the wealthiest people in America for “Think and Grow Rich”. This book quickly became a classic and is considered the basis of the personal development genre.
In reading a book that is so rich in wisdom and packed so full of ideas, there is a real danger that we may miss many of the key points that Hill was trying to express or that we may misunderstand certain concepts both personal and business development keys that will revolutionize your life.
This is an opportunity you won't want to pass up!