13 Steps to Realizing Your Dreams, from Napoleon Hill, the Master of Success Philosophy

Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison, Marshall Field, Henry Ford… What do they have in common?

Napoleon Hill went to interview Andrew Carnegie, the world's richest man at the time, and was offered the following: "Would you like to study the secrets of the world's wealthiest men for 20 years? For free!"
Napoleon Hill agreed to do it without hesitation and spent 20 years studying the principles of success of people who achieved success and wealth.
As a result, the great masterpiece in the history of success studies, "Think and Grow Rich," was born, and it has become the second best-selling study seller after the Bible.


This book is the first in the series, “My Dream, My Life I Don’t Want to Miss,” and presents 13 steps to attracting wealth and success.
The message Napoleon Hill wants to convey is not difficult.
Anyone who has their own philosophy, sets clear goals, and moves towards success without wavering will succeed.
Moreover, this book explains, through various anecdotes, why we should immediately implement the guidelines we need to follow.
Bill Gates emphasized that “Napoleon Hill’s philosophy of life is a very useful tool for overcoming uncertainty in life.”
For those who dream of success but don't know where to start, or who know but hesitate and can't take action, Napoleon Hill's philosophy of success will help them break free from that mold and find their way to success.

* To prove that this philosophy of life's success has incredible power, I would like to add the following:

“All people who have become successful or rich have truly desired to be successful or rich in their hearts.
So as long as you don't forget what you're looking for, the door to success will surely open."
I believe that you, the readers, have already prepared yourselves mentally, so now I just wait for the form of this philosophy of life's success to be revealed before your eyes.
--- From the author's note

* Their dreams grew as big as they dug down with a rock drill, but one day, the gold mine suddenly disappeared.
Their dreams were shattered and there was not a single piece of gold left.
Still, they fought against despair and dug down with a prayerful heart, one step at a time, using a jackhammer.
But in the end, I had to admit that everything had gone down the drain.
They sold all their mining equipment to a junk dealer for cheap and returned to their hometown.
However, the junk dealer who bought the equipment took a mining engineer with him just in case to investigate whether the mine was really hopeless.
··· According to the calculations of the mining engineer in charge of the investigation, the gold vein was to appear one meter below the layer where Derby and his uncle had given up mining.
In fact, gold veins were rediscovered from that layer.
The junk dealer had dug up gold ore worth millions of dollars from this vein.
--- From "Getting Started: Your Life Changes Depending on Your Thoughts"

* The subconscious mind cannot distinguish between constructive and destructive thoughts.
The subconscious mind reacts sensitively to feelings of inferiority or fear, as well as courage or belief.
Therefore, depending on how we use it, self-suggestion can bring us happiness and prosperity, but it can also lead us into the abyss of despair.
If you are caught up in fear, doubt, or feelings of inferiority, then at some point, these self-suggestions will take effect and you will end up living a meaningless life.
The yacht can go east or west depending on how the sails are adjusted.
In this way, your life can be either happy or ruined depending on your way of thinking.
--- From "STEP 2: Beliefs Move Me"

* What should you do if your initial plan fails? In that case, immediately devise a new plan without hesitation.
If this plan also fails, the next plan will be drawn up soon.
That is, you keep making new plans over and over again until you achieve complete success.
This is the point of success.
If you want to succeed, you must learn from your failures and make new plans.
If you give up, it is because you lack perseverance.
No matter how talented a person is, it is difficult to succeed in anything, let alone make money, without a thorough plan.

One thing to keep in mind is that “even if you fail, it is only temporary and never permanent.”
The only reason for your failure is poor planning.
So, you just have to make a new plan and try again.
Temporary failure means something is wrong with the plan.
The only thing that will make you successful is a perfect plan.
And no one can be defeated unless they give up in the middle.
--- From "STEP 6: Make a plan you can take action on"

* “When two or more brains work together in harmony (combination), they produce much greater mental energy than a single brain.” This is similar to the principle that combining multiple batteries produces much more energy than combining just one.

Henry Ford started his business very poor, uneducated, and naive.
But in just 10 years, he overcame these three handicaps and became the richest man in America.
... It was around the time when Ford became friends with Thomas Edison that he made remarkable progress.
Just looking at this, you can clearly see how much of an impact the emotional exchange that occurs between people has on their success.
Furthermore, Ford's success began to manifest itself around the time he became acquainted with brilliant minds like Harvey Firestone, Luther Burbank, and William Burroughs.

--- From "STEP 9: Finding Beneficial Collaborators"

* What was the phrase that gave her hope and courage for life? It was, "For a wise man, every day is a new life."
She kept this phrase on her car window so she could always see it.
She eventually discovered that living each day wasn't so difficult, and she learned how to forget the past and not think about tomorrow.
Every morning she said to herself, “Today is a new day.”
In this way, she succeeded in overcoming the fear of loneliness and the fear of lack.
Now she is happy and quite successful.
I also feel passion and affection for life.
She concluded the conversation with these words:

“I will never be afraid again, no matter what my life holds in the future.
Now there is no need to worry about tomorrow.
I have come to understand that 'we live one day at a time' and that 'for the wise, every day is a new life.'

--- From "The power of the mind is infinite"