The Secret – Napoleon Hill’s Version
In 1928, twenty years after he was commissioned by Andrew Carnegie to write a success formula that could be used by the average man, Napoleon Hill published “Think and Grow Rich“. Long before The Secret became known worldwide and influenced another generation of people, Hill, guided by Andrew Carnegie, interviewed 504 of America’s most famous men and produced the great Secret. Hill not only wrote the book which revealed the Secret, but also provided the Plan which together form a blueprint for anyone seeking success; not only financially but also successfully happy.
The book takes you through the 13 steps necessary to overcome all obstacles and achieve all of your ambitions and remember, it was written in the early 1900’s. It is an amazing book, a guiding light and a basic text for any student of personal development. These days, as expected, you can become a member of the Napoleon Hill Foundation and enjoy all of the benefits that the Internet has to offer. I can only imagine their lives if these men had access to the technologies that we have. However the book allows a glimpse of personal development 1928 style.
One of the key principals that Hill outlines is the mastermind which is the capacity to join up with a group of people who have harmonious minds and share your thoughts, thought energy and intelligence for their good and your own. This bringing together of thought energy creates a great bank of energy that is then used towards a specific purpose. According to Hill, this form of cooperative alliance has been the basis of nearly every great fortune. The message is simple, surround yourself with like minds in a harmonious environment, give generously to the mastermind yourself and receive the full benefits. To success and happiness!
Strategies for Success – Hot Tip 6
This hot tip is for everyone, everywhere in the world, who wants to feel positive and successful. It is simple, turn off the media. Do What? I hear you ask. You read right, turn off the media and occupy your time doing something more positive. The fact is that media is full of negative input and if you wish to be successful, to feel positive, successful and happy, it is hard to do that when you are bombarded by negative inputs. Much easier when the input is positive. Much nicer for the Universe as well.
When you do turn off the media, you actually find many hours of the week available to you to do other more exciting things like researching your new venture, your home business or work from home opportunity or any of the other things that you might be passionate about. And passion and following your passion is one of the important keys to success. So give up media in all forms, TV, newspapers, magazines and you will have time for your passion.
I hear so many people saying that they want more time in their day for the things they want to do. Well, here is one way to gift yourself time. Time to exercise, time to play with your kids or dog, time to expand your mind, grow your mind power or time to read inspiring books or articles.
In the words of Nelson Mandela, “As we let our light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to be the same”. Wonderful man, wonderful book. Well I am off to expand my mind, have some personal development and read a bit more of Nelson Mandela’s life story. And have a bit of fun with one of my passions; books.
Strategies for Success – Hot Tip 5
This hot tip is for women who are considering going into business, especially a home business, and I might be biased but I reckon that women should choose a home business in personal development. Do you know that in America, the number of women-owned firms continues to grow at twice the rate of all U.S. firms (23 percent vs. 9 percent). There are an estimated 10 million women-owned, privately-held U.S. businesses. The greatest challenge for women-owned firms is access to capital, credit and equity. Women start businesses on both lifestyle and financial reasons. Many run businesses from home to keep overheads low (reference). I can imagine that the same sort of statistic would exist elsewhere in the world.
I know for sure, in my home business in personal development that many of the business owners are women. And I know that these women have what it takes to set up a business that allows them to work from home. One of the things that it takes to be successful in your home business is persistence and perseverance. Not only to access capital, credit and equity as shown by the American statistics, but also to understand marketing, arrange a daily schedule of activities that works for you and to keep going while the business is established and producing an income. Persistence is the key.
And it pays to remember that people who do not succeed in their home business may be just one shot away from success when they give up. Persistence and perseverance is everything. Isn’t it great also to see the leadership role that women are taking in business about lifestyle and making money. Here in Cairns, in my home business in personal development, I can be persistent while enjoying my amazing lifestyle and having fun.
Why a Home Business in Personal Development
Why would anyone make a dramatic change in their life and move from a secure job into a home business in personal development? Well, I do not know about all others, but I know my reasons. First and foremost, I was like many people. I did not have job security. Since I was on a contract that allowed my employer to cancel it at any time without reason, I spent those contract years ensuring that I was eminently employable. Working cruel hours, and then doing lots of home work as well, going above and beyond every day, worrying when it came to contract renewal and making sure that I was politically correct. This was a very tiring business and left me wondering what else there might be in life. I hankered after my own small business.
My mind turned to being my own boss. After all, could it be any less secure than my circumstances at the time. Although it was critical, to make money was not my only driving aim. I had always wanted other things like work freedom, a balance between accountability and responsibility, happiness and generosity and a host of other values based things. The job had been good to me; I loved it but was driven to make my own way to success. Have you ever heard of a millionaire who got that way while in a job? A home business was definitely the go, something online if possible and suddenly there it was!! The Universe provided and into my line of vision came this amazing online home business in personal development. I was ecstatic to say the least and my intuition assured me that this is just right.
This business caters for all of my needs. Time for my family, working from home, only the travel that I want to do, the opportunity to talk with amazing people every day, immersion in personal development which has been a lifetime love affair, assisting people all over the world to achieve their dreams and desires while I have the prospect of earning a six figure income. The business has been amazingly successful in Australia and I am excited to be a part of such a revolution. So the next time that I am asked – why a home business in personal development I will answer quite simply – because it is fun. And then I will drink to my success and my intuition!
Masterminding for My Home Business in Personal Development
I have long been a student of personal development but it was not until 5 months ago, when I embarked upon a unique and transforming program that I became a fully and actively committed student. Since then I have been re-reading some oldies but goodies as well as becoming familiar with new and exciting writers. One of my re-reads is Success – The Best of Napoleon Hill, revised and updated by Patricia G. Horan. Hill, writing in 1928 and 1930, outlines in great detail the Master Mind which he defines as “a composite mind, consisting of two or more individual minds working in perfect harmony, with a Definite Aim in view”. Hill goes on to talk about the power of abundance in such a situation and the ability through this process to stimulate the minds of the Master Mind to a highly intensified degree of action in pursuit of the Definite Aim. I was loving this idea for my home business in personal development.
Hill contended then that it is possible for thoughts to communicate with other thoughts; minds to speak directly to minds and gives as an example the Master Mind that served so well for Henry Ford, Thomas Edison and Harvey Firestone. Well, I will be happy to achieve to the extent that those three men did so two weeks ago I set off on a journey to meet up with as many of the experts within my new home business in personal development field as I possibly could in the time that I had available. The first thing that I found was the absolute generosity of those experienced people.
They freely gave me hours of their time, shared their business acumen, provided hot tips and advice garnered from others and from their own experiences, lent me books and in some cases hosted me in their homes. I greatly appreciated this generosity and having never been seen it before, was amazed and humbled. I am sure that in relation to give and receive, these people will receive ten fold in return.
Now for the amazing bit. In some cases, I was gently but firmly challenged in regard to some of what I believed or was doing and that was an incredible learning experience on its own. However in all cases, I left with something on my mind that I have subsequently turned much attention to and found some answers that I did not ever expect. I can only think that this was a genuine Master Mind as defined by Hill. Apart from that though, I greatly welcomed the Master Minding discussions that we had and learned heaps from them. I thoroughly recommend that every small business owner find themselves a Master Mind!! And I am sure that my own home business in personal development will be all the better for those Master Minds and others that will take place in the future.
The drive down the coast from Cairns to Brisbane was alright too. I highly recommend a look at both Tannum Sands and Burrum Heads.
