Book Recommendation: Napoleon Hill - Think & Grow Rich

I am currently reading this e-book (yes, we are all quite up to date with technology it seems) by Napoleon Hill titled Think and Grow Rich.

I have yet to finish reading it, but I am greatly impressed by the words in the book.

I believe sometime during the year, my colleague started to talk about Napoleon Hill, but as the book states, and I am quoting "There is a difference between wishing for something and being ready to receive it". My guess was, probably at that moment, I was not ready to receive this knowledge, hence I dismissed the thought of even looking up who Napolean Hill is, and what his book was all about.

This book tells the stories of many successful men, who started off as a nobody and transformed into a somebody - names whom we recognized in this day such as Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson, just to name a few.

There is a certain paragraph in this book that caught my attention:
"Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything."

This is how I break them down.

Desire is initially powered up by imagination. As a child, I have always wondered what it is like to be rich - this leads me to imagine.
When my imagination is working, it brings out a desire to BE rich, but the only problem was, at that moment, I do not know what or where is the correct outlet, or rather, I was not exposed to the correct channel of thinking.

But it does not work with desire alone. I have to also be ready to receive the knowledge or information to fuel this desire to the next level of thinking.
Which explains why I still felt as if there wasn't much growth opportunities for me to BE rich, and I was instead confined to the thoughts of the common, which is, to work until I retire and still wonder if I will have enough money when retirement comes.

The thing is, no matter how open minded one person is, as long as he or she is still not willing to be fully open minded - meaning, there is still some restriction in the mind that certain things cannot be done or not possible, then this knowledge will not present itself to the person.

The barriers in the mind must be collapsed, and it will allow this person to see things in a different light, where the impossible becomes possible.

Your subconscious mind will allow you to explore many more aspects of thought. Desire will then become motivation.

Motivation will allow you to work towards your desired goal, and will also help you to take risks, whether you're ready or not.

As the book quotes, "Don't wait. The time will never be just right."

And if you tried and failed, do not be discouraged. Opportunity comes in the form of temporary defeat and sometimes failure. As long as you keep on fighting and refuse to admit defeat, you will definately win the battle, and will be able to achieve your utmost desired goal.

Let's all think and grow rich together :)