Napoleon Hill's "Think and Grow Rich"- A MASSIVE FLAW, Maybe?

Have you ever been told that Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich is MUST reading? I sure have. But, do you know what, I think that there's a massive flaw in the title of that book!

Of course, who am I to say that there's somthing awry with one of the greatest personal development/money making books of all time?

Well, in answer to that, I 'm going to focus on the words of the Buddha, when he said words to the effect of -don't follow things blindly. Be your own judge. The truth for you is only when you experience it for yourself, not on others say so. Let experience be your guide -

Anyway, what I want to point out is if all a person had to do is THINK in order to automatically GROW rich, then there'd be some pretty wealthy people doing nothing but thinking themselves rich... without having to life a finger! True?

No. What I believe is the massive flaw in the title of that book, as well as the message that the title conveys, is that there's no mention of ACTION. Of doing. Of movement. Of getting the momentum flowing.

See, it makes real sense if the book was called "Think, Act and Grow Rich". Now that strikes me as commonsense. Something that has meaning, that has logic.

But do you know what?

Think and Grow Rich has massive appeal, in that there's the implication that you don't have to WORK for things. And in this modern day, there's huge appeal for having things... DONE FOR YOU... instantly!

How does that sit with you? Is it troubling you a little, or does it ring of a little sense and sensibility?

And look, I'll go a little further - there's many a person who's read, re-read and read again that book, and... has come out more confused and messed up than ever!

And I think it's all to do with... THAT title!

See, somewhere, running amok in the tiny head of ours, is that little inner gremlin of ours (look out for a notice about a simple website called www.KnockYourCriticOut.com coming soon) who has latched onto the title of the book, and... now (and quite reasonably so) expects the book to deliver, full on, the EXACT PROMISE it suggests!

And guess what... when it doesn't deliver... lookout! There'll be a herd of people stampeding, pulling their hair out, gnashing their teeth, scratching their brains wondering how the heck life's the same as its ever been!

Oh, before I get a nutty mail from a berated reader, let me just add that the THINKING of things is the necessity before the ACTION phase kicks in. To me, 'thinking and action' go hand in hand. They're useless without eachother.

And something else...

"As you think, so you are"... "It's all in the mind"... "If you can conceive and believe, you can achieve"...

These are very well known sayings. There's an instruction there, to the mind. But, tell you what, if all those sayings did was to lay in the basement of your mind, you'd be no better than if you didn't know them at all!

Imagine, a 45 year old who's been listening to this stuff since he was 20, who's never lifted a finger to DO anything about turning those ideas and concepts... into practical, meaningful, worthwhile accomplishment and endeavour?

It's all a waste. A person is better left unknowing, than knowing and not doing a thing about it. It reminds me about something to the effect of - a person who knows how to read, but doesn't, is no better off than the person who CAN'T read!

Listen, when we boil all of this stuff down to its bare bones, we find life and success is all about truly accurate thinking balanced with masterful DOING.

Remember those twins, as you move through life.

Til next time....

Sparkle in your endeavours!

Raja C. Hireker

Turning Our Own EDUCATION into a Lifeforce of Power

What? You've gotta be kidding me!

Tell me, have you ever seen a well educated person, starve?

And... on the other hand, have you seen a somewhat disheveled, unkept, illiterate looking person, prosper?

I have.

What on earth could be the reason for this unexplained phenomenon?

I mean, it seems as if the second person has every strike going against them, right? And... it seems as if the first person above should have everything going FOR him, true?

Well, if we take a closer look, we'll find that there are a few simple 'things' happening in the head of both sets of people.

What do I mean?

Well, for one, Mr Educated has a certain level of academia lodged in the centre of his heart, mind and sinews... that is mightily difficult for him to shrug off.

Why would he want to shrug it off?

See, we've all got belief's about things. About the way the world works, about the way we fit into the world, about our view of ourselves, about how educated we are...

And...

The belief about OUR EDUCATION is what stops us from really discovering things, anew.

Let me put it this way: say you have a strong, firmly held belief that the only true way to make really good money is by working in a Bricks 'n Mortar business, 16 hours a day, 364 days a year with no time off (except Christmas Day or other festive hol) , no time to smile, to time to meet friends, no time to to do anything but the B & M.

Now, unless someone comes along and shows you ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW about making more money - quicker, easier, with less hassle, less headaches, less overheads than what's happening at present, you're going to cheerfully chug along believing your own point of view.

But, get this, there are people, EVEN WHEN SHOWN another simpler, working, profitable model, will hunker down even deeper and stick to their guns like it was glued to them forever.

That's what I call the hardening of the educational arteries.

So, going back to Mr Educated, we find that his ability to aspire in the academic world, is shockingly mis-matched with his ability to turn that EDUCATION into a profitable money making enterprise.

There seems to be a conditioning with really educated and academic based people that money should flow to them automatically. And that thinking is fostered because of the PATH OF EFFORT they've taken to get where they are.

I know 'PROFESSIONALS' who are literally, on the bread line, barely scraping enough dignity to muster on, and that's in any profession you care to mention. See, the problem about rusticating in one's own stale thinking is it helps the mind to spread this 'bad thinking virus' throughout the mental and physical body.

Do you know what? I'd say that it's probably better to be rough edged and rich, than educated and broke! But then again, that all depends on your EDUCATION in how you understand and apply that truth.

And oh, about that disheveled, unkept, illiterate looking person - what makes someone like that excel, is their ability to train their mind that there is no lack, and that ACTION is the ultimate key to ANY success.

Stay tuned... there's more controversy coming your way soon.

Raja C. Hireker

P.S. Don't forget if you're looking to train your mindset to get BIG MARKETING RETURNS, for tiny low investment, like... FREE, then hop on over to www.15MinuteMarketingFix.com