![]() ![]() ![]() And this fuels their burning desire for success. In the same way, those who succeed in any difficult undertaking cut all sources of retreat. And they gave 100% of their efforts to winning because there was no option to retreat anymore. This meant his soldiers knew they had to win the upcoming battles, or they died. The first thing he did was tell his soldiers to burn their boats so they had no way to retreat. One of these is desire: knowing what one wants.Ī long time ago, a great warrior landed on enemy shores with his army. Henry Ford is a success because he understands and applies the principles of success. Then all of a sudden, like a stroke of magic, the secret to producing the engine was discovered. Another six months passed with little results. Ford told his engineers to keep working anyway, until the problem was solved. After the design of the new engine had been drawn on paper, his own engineers assured Ford that couldn’t be done. All the experts said this couldn’t be done. One day Ford wanted to create a more powerful 8 cylinder engine cast into one block. Henry Ford, who built a great fortune selling cars in America, was driven by a burning desire. Weak desire brings weak results, just as a small fire makes a small amount of heat. The starting point of all achievement is DESIRE. A Burning Desire: The Beginning of Riches This book is the result of that research, saying we can grow rich starting by thinking differently. And you can change it, you can influence it, you can build your own things that other people can use.” – Steve JobsĨ0 years ago, a very wealthy steel industrialist named Andrew Carnegie commissioned Napoleon Hill to interview 500 millionaires to find a formula for success. “Everything around you that you call ‘life’ was made up by people who were no smarter than you. And those thoughts in the head of a 20 year old tripped-out hippie built what is right now one of the most valuable companies in the world. Now, some people may laugh and say, who is dumb enough to believe they can sit around thinking and growing rich like this book promises?īut the truth is… the ONLY way anybody has gotten rich started with a thought in their head!įor example, Apple Computers and the iPhone started as humble thoughts in Steve Job’s head, long before they were translated into physical reality. This book is the result of all that research. Hill ended up interviewing many very famous, rich and successful people including: Carnegie was so impressed by Napoleon Hill that he offered him a commission that would last over 20 years.Ĭarnegie commissioned Napoleon Hill to interview over 500 millionaires to find a formula for success that would be useful to a regular person. One day he interviewed Andrew Carnegie, who was a steel industrialist and one of the wealthiest people in the United States at the time. Over 80 years ago, Napoleon Hill was a journalist working on a story about successful people. Napoleon Hill reading Think and Grow Rich ![]()
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