The Story of Napolion Hill
Napoleon Hill (1883-1970) was born to a poor family in Virginia, U.S.A. At the age of thirteen he began writing for a small city newspaper, and used his earnings to enter law school. Hill did not have enough money to continue his studies. He went back to writing and in 1908 interviewed the industrialist Andrew Carnegie, one of the wealthiest men of his time.
Carnegie told Hill that the process of success was the result of a simple formula. Hill was so impressed, that he took Carnegie's suggestion to interview 500 successful men and women, in order to discover this formula.
Twenty years later Hill published his first book, The Law of Success, where he explained the philosophy he formulated during his years of research. He continued writing books about this formula, and in 1937 published his most famous book, Think and Grow Rich , selling over thirty million copies.
In his books, Hill says the success formula requires a deep understanding of the nature of giving, which he called "The Golden Rule". Hill also examined the power of personal beliefs. "What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve", he said.
Napoleon Hill (1883-1970) was born to a poor family in Virginia, U.S.A. At the age of thirteen he began writing for a small city newspaper, and used his earnings to enter law school. Hill did not have enough money to continue his studies. He went back to writing and in 1908 interviewed the industrialist Andrew Carnegie, one of the wealthiest men of his time.
Carnegie told Hill that the process of success was the result of a simple formula. Hill was so impressed, that he took Carnegie's suggestion to interview 500 successful men and women, in order to discover this formula.
Twenty years later Hill published his first book, The Law of Success, where he explained the philosophy he formulated during his years of research. He continued writing books about this formula, and in 1937 published his most famous book, Think and Grow Rich , selling over thirty million copies.
In his books, Hill says the success formula requires a deep understanding of the nature of giving, which he called "The Golden Rule". Hill also examined the power of personal beliefs. "What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve", he said.
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The Additional Secret
of the Movie,
the Secret
By Henk J.M. Schram
The past few years, with an absolute
peak in 2006 as the movie 'The
Secret' was exposed to hundreds of
thousands, an ever growing number
of people is slowly waking up to the
knowledge that there may just be
more to life than the often robot-like
existence of daily routines they lead.
With movies (or rather documentaries)
like "The Secret" and 'What the
Bleep Do We Know', and books like
‘The Attractor Factor’ by Joe Vitale
and the resurfacing of "The Law of
Success" by Napoleon Hill, people
increasingly realize that they can
have much more success in life,
if only they knew "the secret" that
all these sources like the movie
"The Secret" talk about.
Still, although hundreds of thousands of
people have seen the movie "The Secret",
why are so few people living their ultimate lifestyle? Why aren’t all those people living the success they long for and that these movies like 'The Secret' and ‘What the Bleep Do We Know' promise them? Is there an additional secret to movies like ‘The Secret’?
The obvious answer is ‘yes’. If there weren’t, every person having seen the movie ‘The Secret’ would be living the lifestyle of their dreams, would be ‘attracting’ everything they long for (as suggested by these movies and books of subjects alike), and they would be ‘manifesting’ everything they desire into their lives without any conscious effort from their side. At least, isn’t that what you would think after watching movies like ‘The Secret’?
Let me tell you what the problem is, what is also the cause of so many people still not achieving their desires and dreams, and what is also the additional ‘secret’ or ‘edge’ to the movie ‘The Secret’ and others. The problem rests in a psychological phenomenon called ‘selective retention’. Quite a big word, but allow me to explain.
In simple terms, ‘selective retention’ means that you only remember the things you want to hear. In other words, you filter out the things you’d rather not hear. Let’s relate this to the contents of movies like ‘The Secret’ and other films and books with regard to this subject.
What we can agree upon is that all these movies like ‘The Secret’ and books like ‘The Attractor Factor’ claim to be about a Universal Law called ‘The Law of Attraction’. According to the Law of Attraction, you can supposedly attract and manifest anything you want or desire into your life, based on your thoughts and emotions. That’s the secret, according to the movie ‘The Secret’. What I can tell you upfront is that the Law of Attraction is real, but only to an extent. There are very important nuances to its application, which movies like ‘The Secret’ either don’t tell you about, or which you filter out through the psychological process of ‘selective retention’.
The actual nuances and details of the application of the Law of Attraction and its nuances are a subject to be discussed at another time and another place. For now, it’s important to realize and acknowledge the one thing that most people are missing from movies like ‘The Secret’ and books like ‘The Attractor Factor’ and the whole range of other products dealing with the Law of Attraction. You see, movies and books dealing with the Law of Attraction often overemphasize the word ‘effortless’ or ‘effortlessly’. You are led to believe that you can attract things and manifest things into your life without any conscious effort from your side.
Quite likely, ‘effortless’ is exactly what you want to hear. Who wouldn't like to do nothing while bringing about the most profound changes? People are hardly ever satisfied with their circumstances, so they desire change.
However, at the same time they resist change. Because as soon as any effort is required to actually make that change come about, or to overcome the resistance experienced to make that change come about, people ‘cop out’. Do you recognize that?
of the Movie,
the Secret
By Henk J.M. Schram
The past few years, with an absolute
peak in 2006 as the movie 'The
Secret' was exposed to hundreds of
thousands, an ever growing number
of people is slowly waking up to the
knowledge that there may just be
more to life than the often robot-like
existence of daily routines they lead.
With movies (or rather documentaries)
like "The Secret" and 'What the
Bleep Do We Know', and books like
‘The Attractor Factor’ by Joe Vitale
and the resurfacing of "The Law of
Success" by Napoleon Hill, people
increasingly realize that they can
have much more success in life,
if only they knew "the secret" that
all these sources like the movie
"The Secret" talk about.
Still, although hundreds of thousands of
people have seen the movie "The Secret",
why are so few people living their ultimate lifestyle? Why aren’t all those people living the success they long for and that these movies like 'The Secret' and ‘What the Bleep Do We Know' promise them? Is there an additional secret to movies like ‘The Secret’?
The obvious answer is ‘yes’. If there weren’t, every person having seen the movie ‘The Secret’ would be living the lifestyle of their dreams, would be ‘attracting’ everything they long for (as suggested by these movies and books of subjects alike), and they would be ‘manifesting’ everything they desire into their lives without any conscious effort from their side. At least, isn’t that what you would think after watching movies like ‘The Secret’?
Let me tell you what the problem is, what is also the cause of so many people still not achieving their desires and dreams, and what is also the additional ‘secret’ or ‘edge’ to the movie ‘The Secret’ and others. The problem rests in a psychological phenomenon called ‘selective retention’. Quite a big word, but allow me to explain.
In simple terms, ‘selective retention’ means that you only remember the things you want to hear. In other words, you filter out the things you’d rather not hear. Let’s relate this to the contents of movies like ‘The Secret’ and other films and books with regard to this subject.
What we can agree upon is that all these movies like ‘The Secret’ and books like ‘The Attractor Factor’ claim to be about a Universal Law called ‘The Law of Attraction’. According to the Law of Attraction, you can supposedly attract and manifest anything you want or desire into your life, based on your thoughts and emotions. That’s the secret, according to the movie ‘The Secret’. What I can tell you upfront is that the Law of Attraction is real, but only to an extent. There are very important nuances to its application, which movies like ‘The Secret’ either don’t tell you about, or which you filter out through the psychological process of ‘selective retention’.
The actual nuances and details of the application of the Law of Attraction and its nuances are a subject to be discussed at another time and another place. For now, it’s important to realize and acknowledge the one thing that most people are missing from movies like ‘The Secret’ and books like ‘The Attractor Factor’ and the whole range of other products dealing with the Law of Attraction. You see, movies and books dealing with the Law of Attraction often overemphasize the word ‘effortless’ or ‘effortlessly’. You are led to believe that you can attract things and manifest things into your life without any conscious effort from your side.
Quite likely, ‘effortless’ is exactly what you want to hear. Who wouldn't like to do nothing while bringing about the most profound changes? People are hardly ever satisfied with their circumstances, so they desire change.
However, at the same time they resist change. Because as soon as any effort is required to actually make that change come about, or to overcome the resistance experienced to make that change come about, people ‘cop out’. Do you recognize that?
"You can’t just start thinking positive thoughts and wait for all your desires to magically pop
up while doing nothing. No, doing nothing doesn’t help you. You
need to act"
up while doing nothing. No, doing nothing doesn’t help you. You
need to act"