I have a Collection of quotes from people in the book Think and Grow Rich. I have gone to the library and picked up books based on people in the book Think and Grow Rich and what is interesting is how many of these quotes can not be found on the internet. For as advanced as technology has become I am always interested in things that it misses, for example when I search for a product or service and the company listings are out of my area or on the local searches and the product or service company has been out of business for 5 years or more.

I see quite a few sites that have been devoted to Think and Grow Rich and its principals but most seem to be trying to sell people into buying other self help programs or getting them to buy something else. I have also inquired into quite a few Think and Grow Rich based groups and found that many are using Think and Grow Rich as a front to bait people into get rich quick ideas. I dont think that Napoleon Hill would like his name being attached to things like that.

Just my opinions.

12 things that make a person rich. It is interesting that on the Think and Grow Rich tapes Napoleon Hill speaks of the 12 things that make a person wealthy in order, but this secret list is not mentioned in the book. The next time you speak with me ask me and I will tell you the list.

I think that many people overlook the memorization of the self confidence formula in Think and Grow Rich. I really think it is an important step in the process.

I am thankful today for all of the incredible people in my life that are positive and motivating to me. I am glad to be part of all of your lives and I wish all of you the greatest of happiness tommorow as you celebrate.

Here is the movie link again. (I am not sure how much longer it will keep working)

http://www.thescienceofgettingrich.biz/

Here is what my mother had to say:

That is pretty powerful, and impressive. Is it
through the seminars you attended? What has the
reaction been? It has to touch many I am sure, it is
very well written. You never seem to amaze me. And I
guess that is because you are my son. The Apple does
not fall far from the tree. Luv mom

Profile - Read the following and email me, I will post your profile without your name and without your company name. This is not for business purposes directly.

What is your favorite Think and Grow Rich principal?
Why?

What is something you learned from the book that you didn’t know before?

What do you like to do for fun?

Hobbies?

What is your occupation? Give a detailed description.

How long have you been doing it?

What is your competitive advantage in your business?

What is your chief aim in life?

Movie link:
http://www.thescienceofgettingrich.biz/

Discription of the group:
http://smsgroup.blogspot.com/

Recomended reading:
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill.

If you want to reach me. Email is the best way.

This was emailed to me. Thanks.
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IMPORTANT - I am now setting up the private meetings for January. They will be held in my home. They will be 3rd Thursday and 4th Thursday of the month at the regular time and place. Contact me for further information. There are limited availabilities and they are both very likely to be filled to capacity. Email me right away.

As most of you know I have run some marathons and I read the confessions of an all night runner. This person is very inspiring:

Dean Karnazes finished running 50 marathons, in 50 states, in 50 consecutive days with the New York City Marathon. Now he is running home, across America, to San Francisco. Think Extreme Running, think Forest Gump! His goal is to inspire people to get healthy and achieve their personal best.

Do not worry. By looking at appearances and complaining when difficulty and pressure come, you reveal a sickly, enfeebled faith. By your words and your works show that your faith is invincible. EGW

Happiness is found in doing not in possessing.

Choice
Choice is making a decision of some kind. Vanilla or chocolate? I choose chocolate. But why did we choose chocolate? If I chose chocolate “because I like it better”, then I’ve allowed “liking it better” to be the cause of my choice. However, I want to be cause in my life, so I need to choose because I choose rather than because of any external force, event, or cause. But now, suppose I am only offered vanilla? Do I still have choice? YES! I can choose to choose vanilla or I can choose to resent vanilla. What effect will that choice have? If I choose to choose vanilla, I can decide that I’m going to enjoy the wonderful flavors that vanilla has to offer. My experience of vanilla will be quite different than if I chose to resent only being offered vanilla. What do you think?

Psychological theory- A person will work harder to avoid losing something to someone than to earn something for themselves. If you take a reward and use that reward to increase behavior it is less likely to change behavior than to force the subject to pay a reward to someone that they do not want to have to pay the reward to. I have had that theory explained to me and it made quite a bit of scence. Email me and tell me what you think.

Poor behavior is a symptom - I was speaking with a performance psychologist yesterday and he said that "poor behavior" is often a symptom of a problem and you dont solve a problem by dealing with a symptom. This can mean any behavior from drugs to coming in late. He said it is a way of dealing with an emotional or psychological pain. I never really thought about it in that way before.

One of the fallacies I have seen with goals. I don’t think that a book on motivation has ever been written that does not include something about goals. If something were as easy to achieve that by just having the goal it seems like anyone that read any success book that had a goal would have goals that were achieved.

I have found that controllable target behaviors are better to have as “goals”, for example you can more easily control the number of presentations you make or conversations you start easier than you can control the number of sales made.

Hours worked, days worked, meetings held, orders asked for and number of contacts made seem to be far more controllable. When a person (myself included) focuses on things outside of his control it causes more frustration than motivation. If frustration sets in quitting a system becomes a very viable option.

Goals are not always controlable but target behaviors are. I have found that focusing on a controlable target behavior as a "goal" leads to far less frustration.