What Makes You Feel Wealthy? An Exclusive Look at the Think and Grow Rich Guided Journal

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Napoleon Hill’s foundational personal development book, Think and Grow Rich, is prefaced with the question “WHAT DO YOU WANT MOST? Is It Money, Fame, Power, Contentment, Personality, Peace of Mind, Happiness?” 

In order to follow and obtain results from Hill’s success system, which provides a path for conditioning the mind to attain the riches one desires, you must first decide what wealth means to you. Indeed, Hill uses the word “riches” in its broadest sense—to mean that which adds great value to one’s life; that which confers abundance.  

As you begin your journey to think and grow rich, spend time determining what form(s) of wealth you are pursuing. As a guide, Hill categorizes the greatest forms of wealth into the “The Twelve Riches of Life”: 

1. A Positive Mental Attitude 

2. Sound Physical Health  

3. Harmony in Human Relationships  

4. Freedom from Fear 

5. The Hope of Achievement 

6. The Capacity for Faith 

7. Willingness to Share One’s Blessings 

8. A Labor of Love 

9. An Open Mind on All Subjects 

10. Self-Discipline 

11. The Capacity to Understand People 

12. Economic Security 

Take some time now to reflect on what you want most in life. Which of the Twelve Great Riches do you most desire? Why do you think that form of wealth will enrich your life the most? 

To get started, you might ask yourself… 

• What is my own personal definition of “wealth”? 

• Is wealth a feeling, a mental attitude, a behavior, an experience, or a combination of these? 

• Is wealth something to spend, enjoy, share, or a combination of these? 

• What makes me feel wealthy? Examples: having a fully stocked refrigerator, having control over when and how I work, having a zero balance on my credit cards 

• When I picture myself enjoying wealth, what does that look like? 

• What inspires me to pursue wealth? 

Your journey to wealth, however you define it, can be supported by the new Think and Grow Rich Guided Journal, an official publication of the Napoleon Hill Foundation that offers 52 weeks of inspirational content, journaling prompts, and action activities to help you Think and Grow Rich. 

Get the new Think and Grow Rich Guided Journal from Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and other fine retailers, and discover a full year of inspirational content and journaling activities based on the success fundamentals that form Napoleon Hill’s philosophy of personal achievement, as presented in Think and Grow Rich. Each success principle is broken down into key behaviors, thoughts, and attitudes so that you can focus on building one new mental habit each week. This beautiful guided journal will keep you committed to eradicating negative thoughts and taking full control of your mind so that you can achieve your definite major purpose in life.

How Do You Define “Success”? An Exclusive Excerpt from Napoleon Hill’s Think Your Way to Wealth by Napoleon Hill

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The following is an exclusive excerpt from Napoleon Hill’s Think Your Way to Wealth, an official publication of the Napoleon Hill Foundation.  

HILL: How would you define “success”? 

 CARNEGIE: My definition of success is this: the power with which to acquire whatever one demands of life without violating the rights of others. 

HILL: But Mr. Carnegie, is it not true that success is often the result of “luck”? 

CARNEGIE: If you would analyze the definition of success that I just provided, you would see that there is no element of “luck” in it. Individuals might come by opportunities by mere chance or luck, but when opportunities are encountered this way, people have a way of falling out of them just as easily as they fell into them. In order to hold on to an opportunity, there must be Definiteness of Purpose! 

HILL: Mr. Carnegie, in your definition of success, you used the word “power.” You said that success is achieved through “the power with which to acquire whatever one wants.” Can you further explain what this power consists of? 

CARNEGIE: Personal power is acquired through a combination of individual traits and habits, some of which will be explained as we explore the other sixteen principles of achievement. Briefly, let me share the ten qualities of personal power: 

1. The habit of Definiteness of Purpose 

2. The ability to make prompt decisions 

3. Soundness of character (intentional honesty) 

4. Strict discipline over one’s emotions 

5. Extreme desire—to the point of obsession—to render useful service 

6. Thorough knowledge of one’s occupation 

7. Tolerance on all subjects 

8. Loyalty to one’s personal associates and faith in a Supreme Being 

9. Enduring thirst for knowledge 

10. Alertness of imagination 

Anyone may develop these traits—traits that lead to the development of a form of personal power that can be used without “violating the rights of others.” That is the only form of personal power that an individual can afford to wield.  

This is an exclusive excerpt from Napoleon Hill’s Think Your Way to Wealth, available now from Sound Wisdom and the Napoleon Hill Foundation. Originally published in 1948, Think Your Way to Wealth presents all seventeen principles of success as they were first described to him by Carnegie and other high-achieving individuals. Discover a master plan for success based on the original interviews with steel magnate Andrew Carnegie that inspired Napoleon Hill’s bestselling books Think and Grow Rich and The Law of Success.

The Myth of Not Deciding by Jim Stovall

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We succeed or fail in virtually every area of our lives based on the decisions we make. Decisions often make us nervous because we realize there could be unfavorable consequences if we make the wrong choice. The potential outcome causes many people to rush, delay, or avoid a decision. With every decision we face, there is an optimal window of time to both make and implement the decision. This optimal time comes when we have had an opportunity to gather as much information and input as possible while all of our options are still open. 

Many people rush to make a decision because they don’t want to deal with the anxiety surrounding the analysis of the available choices. These people often make poor decisions with dire consequences because they did not have the benefit of quality information and input that would have helped them make a good choice had they simply taken the time to evaluate all of the resources available to them. 

Suppose you are planning an outdoor activity, and you are worried about inclement weather. There’s no reason to make a decision 30 days in advance if you have the opportunity to wait until the day before the event to get a clearer picture of weather conditions and the short-term forecast. 

Delaying a decision beyond the optimal window of time to make a choice can be as detrimental as rushing a decision. If a high school student is struggling to decide where to apply to college, there becomes a point when the application deadline begins to eliminate their available options. If you delay a decision, you will begin to lose options. If you postpone long enough, you will lose the opportunity to decide at all. 

Either rushing or delaying a decision will damage your ability to make good choices. The first decision you need to make is, when do you need to decide? You need to choose a date that will give you ample time to gather all pertinent information and evaluate it. And you need to decide before deadlines, or other external forces, begin to erode your options. 

The worst way to handle a looming decision is to avoid it altogether. The people who avoid decisions are left with the least desirable options available or no options at all. If you avoid deciding what you want to enjoy in the banquet of life, you will find yourself eating leftovers or going hungry. 

As you go through your day today, commit to making the right decisions at the right time for the right reasons. 

Today’s the day! 

Jim Stovall is the president of Narrative Television Network as well as a published author of many books, including the Wisdom for Winners series. He is also a columnist and motivational speaker. Follow him on Twitter (@stovallauthor) or Facebook (@jimstovallauthor).

Enthusiasm by Napoleon Hill

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ENTHUSIASM is a state of mind that inspires and arouses one to put action into the task at hand. It does more than this—it is contagious, and vitally affects not only the enthusiast, but all with whom he comes in contact. 

Enthusiasm bears the same relationship to a human being that steam does to the locomotive—it is the vital moving force that impels action. The greatest leaders of men are those who know how to inspire enthusiasm in their followers. 

Enthusiasm is not merely a figure of speech; it is a vital force that you can harness and use with profit. Without it, you would resemble an electric battery without electricity. 

“Enthusiasm is the vital moving force that impels action.” 

Enthusiasm is the vital force with which you recharge your body and develop a dynamic personality. Some people are blessed with natural enthusiasm, while others must acquire it. The procedure through which it may be developed is simple. It begins by the doing of the work or rendering of the service that one likes best. If you should be so situated that you cannot conveniently engage in the work that you like best, for the time being, then you can proceed along another line very effectively by adopting a definite chief aim that contemplates your engaging in that particular work at some future time. 

Happiness, the final object of all human effort, is a state of mind that can be maintained only through the hope of future achievement. Happiness lies always in the future and never in the past. The happy person is the one who dreams of heights of achievement that are yet unattained. The home you intend to own, the money you intend to earn and place in the bank, the trip you intend to take when you can afford it, the position in life you intend to fill when you have prepared yourself, and the preparation itself—these are the things that produce happiness. Likewise, these are the materials out of which your definite chief aim is formed; these are the things over which you may become enthusiastic, no matter what your present station in life may be. 

Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in a one-room cabin on the Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. He began his writing career at age 13 as a mountain reporter for small-town newspapers and went on to become America’s most beloved motivational author. Dr. Hill's work stands as a monument to individual achievement and is the cornerstone of modern motivation. Now you can preorder his illuminating memoirs, Master Mind, from Sound Wisdom and read previously unpublished, unpublicized details about his life, marriages, businesses, and experience teaching the seventeen principles of success by which the world’s most prosperous entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and cultural icons live.

Definiteness of Purpose by Napoleon Hill

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Desire is the factor that determines that your definite purpose in life shall be. No one can select your dominating desire for you, but once you select it yourself, it becomes your definite chief aim and occupies the spotlight of your mind until it is satisfied by transformation into reality, unless you permit it to be pushed aside by conflicting desires. 

To emphasize the principle that I am here trying to make clear, I believe it not unreasonable to suggest that to be sure of successful achievement, one’s definite chief aim in life should be backed up with a burning desire for its achievement. I have noticed that boys and girls who enter college and pay their way through by working seem to get more out of their schooling than do those whose expenses are paid for them. The secret of this may be found in the fact that those who are willing to work their way through are blessed with a burning desire for education, and such a desire, if the object of desire is within reason, is practically sure of realization. 

These are the steps leading from desire to fulfillment: First the burning desire, then the crystallization of that desire into a definite purpose, then sufficient appropriate action to achieve that purpose. Remember that these three steps are always necessary to insure success. 

A definite purpose is something that you must create for yourself. No one else will create it for you, and it will not create itself. What are you going to do about it? and when? and how? 

When you come to select your definite chief aim, just keep in mind the fact that you cannot aim too high. 

If your aim in life is vague, your achievements will also be vague, and it might well be added, very meager. Know what you want, when you want it, why you want it, and HOW you intend to get it. 

Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in a one-room cabin on the Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. He began his writing career at age 13 as a mountain reporter for small-town newspapers and went on to become America’s most beloved motivational author. Dr. Hill's work stands as a monument to individual achievement and is the cornerstone of modern motivation. Now you can preorder his illuminating memoirs, Master Mind, from Sound Wisdom and read previously unpublished, unpublicized details about his life, marriages, businesses, and experience teaching the seventeen principles of success by which the world’s most prosperous entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and cultural icons live.

How to Thrive in Unprecedented Times: An exclusive excerpt from Napoleon Hill’s Freedom from Your Fears

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Bearing the subtitle “For men and women who resent poverty,” the original 1937 edition of Think and Grow Rich discloses its motives: Napoleon Hill wrote it to help men and women succeed in the face of difficult circumstances, particularly those brought on by the Great Depression. By sharing the achievement principles that had built the fortunes of America’s self-made millionaires, he believed that any person—regardless of their level of education or experience—could identify their definite major purpose and use it to attain great wealth. He writes: 

“This message is going out to the world at the end of the longest, and perhaps, the most devastating depression America has ever known. It is reasonable to presume that the message may come to the attention of many who have been wounded by the depression, those who have lost their fortunes, others who have lost their positions, and great numbers who must reorganize their plans and stage a comeback. To all these I wish to convey the thought that all achievement, no matter what may be its nature, or its purpose, must begin with an intense, BURNING DESIRE for something definite.” 

If you are experiencing a difficult time, it might seem impossible to bring yourself to a place of hope. And to that Hill would say—you shouldn’t. Hoping and wishing are indicative of a lack of faith and inaction. Instead, you should refocus your thoughts on the certainty that you will rebound and achieve your definite chief aim. All you need are new plans, which you can conceive by visualizing the fruition of your desires and instructing your subconscious to find a means for claiming what has already been made available to you. Understand that everything you want most in life is yours for the taking; you are being held back only by your fears, indecision, and lack of proper plans for obtaining what you desire.  

There are amazing opportunities found within challenging times—you simply have to open your mind and enlarge your perspective so that you can recognize them. Circumstances that have caused the common person to retreat have launched the world’s greatest individuals to the heights of prominence. Hill asserts that “when a great crisis comes over the world, there always comes out some unknown with a formula for dissolving that crisis—like Abraham Lincoln, for instance, in a time of need, when this country was about to be split asunder by internal strife; by George Washington, preceding Lincoln; by Franklin D. Roosevelt, at a time when the people were stampeded with fear and they were standing in great lines to draw their money out of the bank.” 

We remember these individuals because they did not let fear sway them from their definite major purpose. In fact, they recognized that the trials they faced were really opportunities in disguise. Rather than giving in to feelings of helplessness, uncertainty, overwhelm, and fear, they changed the channel to which their thoughts were tuned and, by so doing, changed their perspective. 

You, too, can change the trajectory of your life by learning to control your thoughts and rid your mind of the fears and doubts that are holding you back. Get your copy now of Napoleon Hill’s Freedom from Your Fears, an official publication of the Napoleon Hill Foundation available from Sound Wisdom on April 20, 2021. Preorder your copy today.

“The Art of Concentration” by Napoleon Hill

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First: When you wish to be sure of your ability to recall a sense impression, such as a name, date, or place, be sure to make the impression vivid by concentrating your attention upon it to the finest detail. An effective way to do this is to repeat, several times, that which you wish to remember. Just as a photographer must give an “exposure” proper time to record itself on the sensitized plate of the camera, so must we give the subconscious mind time to record properly and clearly any sense impression that we wish to be able to recall with readiness. 

Second: Associate that which you wish to remember with some other object, name, place, or date with which you are quite familiar, and which you can easily recall when you wish,—for example, the name of your home town, your close friend, the date of your birth, etc.—for your mind will then file away the sense impression that you wish to be able to recall with the one that you can easily recall, so that when bringing forth one into the conscious mind, it brings also the other one with it. 

 Third: Repeat that which you wish to remember a number of times, at the same time concentrating your mind upon it, just as you would fix your mind on a certain hour at which you wished to arise in the morning, which, as you know, insures your awakening at that precise hour. 

The law of association is the most important feature of a well-trained memory, yet it is a very simple law. All you have to do to make use of it is to record the name of that which you wish to remember with the name of that which you can readily remember, and the recalling of one brings with it the other. 

Your ability to train your memory, or to develop a desired habit, is a matter solely of being able to fix your attention on a given subject until the outline of that subject has been thoroughly impressed upon the “sensitized plate” of your mind. 

Concentration itself is nothing but a matter of control of the attention! 

Learn to fix your attention on a given subject, at will, for whatever length of time you choose, and you will have learned the secret passageway to power and plenty! 

This is concentration! 

This is an exclusive excerpt from Napoleon Hill’s The Law of Success. This official publication of the Napoleon Hill Foundation offers a condensed version of Hill’s original 8-volume work that established his Law of Success philosophy. Curated by the executive board of the Napoleon Hill Foundation, it is the best distillation of Hill’s seminal work. It is available from Sound Wisdom on March 23, 2021. Preorder your copy now!

The Most Crucial Trait for Success Is Also the Most Underdeveloped One: An exclusive excerpt from Napoleon Hill’s Self-Confidence Formula

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What is the most crucial trait for determining an individual’s success in life? 

• Desire? 

• Definiteness of purpose? 

• Faith? 

• A positive mental attitude? 

What if there were a quality whose presence energized all these other success requisites—and whose absence rendered them innocuous?  

According to Napoleon Hill, there is such a foundational attribute, one that both contributes to and results from all principles of individual achievement that came to form his Law of Success philosophy. As he exclaims: 

Try as hard as you wish and you cannot be happy unless you BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! Work with all the strength at your command and you cannot accumulate more than barely enough to live on unless you BELIEVE IN YOURSELF! 

The one and only person in all this world through whose efforts you can be supremely happy UNDER ALL CIRCUMSTANCES, and through whose labor you can accumulate all the material wealth that you can use legitimately, is YOURSELF! 

Self-confidence might rightly be understood as the backbone of Hill’s success system. But despite how crucial it is for prosperity and happiness, this characteristic is significantly underdeveloped in most individuals. 

The majority of human beings in today’s world move through life aimlessly and dejectedly, casting their eyes on the ground rather than up and ahead to the financial, spiritual, and emotional riches they could claim. They allow external opinions to dictate how they see themselves and how they see the world. Their passivity permits negative thoughts to infiltrate their subconscious mind, which then undermines them by working to translate those dominating ideas into reality. As a result, people without self-confidence drift through life, endlessly dissatisfied with their circumstances and using this unrest as an alibi for their poor self-regard. 

The time for self-doubt and self-criticism is over. Your faith in yourself and your ability to attain your chief desire make the difference between your success and failure. Hanging in the balance are your emotional and financial security. It’s time to begin a journey of discovering, acknowledging, and sharing your strengths so that you can regain the energy and motivation you need to achieve your goals. 

This is an exclusive excerpt from Napoleon Hill’s Self-Confidence Formula. This official publication of the Napoleon Hill Foundation equips you with the strategies recommended by Hill for controlling your thoughts in order to boost self-confidence. It is available from Sound Wisdom on March 16, 2021. Preorder your copy now.

Finding Value in the Moments by John C. Shin

One of my greatest desires is to find value in the moments that make up my day. I strive to maximize opportunities as they come up and take action whenever possible. When I set these intentions, I accomplish more, feel better, and consistently advance toward my goals. By breaking things down to this lowest common denominator and living life moment by moment, my life has changed for the better. 

Without desire, shepherding an idea from development to the finish line is unlikely. Desire is a driving force. It stimulates our imagination and fuels us to move forward, to gather information, and to act. 

Napoleon Hill was a master at explaining the basic principles of success. He surrounded himself with successful people, extracted their knowledge about success, and created a path for others to follow. 

He recognized how negativity and the day-to-day struggle for survival can sap our energy and extinguish our desires. But he also saw how successful people funnel energy into success, achievements, and the pursuit of their dreams.  

Like everyone, I don’t enjoy every job I must do. But I do them anyway, having learned that even seemingly mundane tasks develop a work ethic that leads to more significant opportunities like my role as the executive producer of the movie Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy, a docudrama based on Hill’s book. 

My involvement with this exciting project started when I read the book, but it was my desire to do something more that led to this fantastic life experience.  

Desire is the spark that ignites us and takes us from dreaming to doing. Desire is powerful! Let’s break it down. 

D = Dreams 

All achievements are created twice. First, in the mind of the creator. Then, in tangible form. 

A book begins as a collection of thoughts and ideas. A building starts as a vision in the mind of the architect. The Wright brothers dreamed of flying. Their desire to achieve something that everyone else thought was impossible helped them overcome every obstacle in their path. We all know how that story ended. 

Embrace your dreams. Let your imagination soar. Dreams are the foundation of desire. In dreams, nothing is impossible. 

E = Energy 

Desire is such a dominant force because it contains energy. Energy has the power to move us. It has the power to uproot mountains, literally. Energy provides heat, light, and sound. It stirs the senses and touches our souls. It’s like a magnet that attracts what we want if we are open to giving and receiving it. 

S = Spirit 

When you watch young children playing, you’re witnessing pure spirit in action. Spirit is the carefree attitude that places you squarely in the moment without regard for what anyone else thinks. Spirit is your life force on display, a pipeline to your soul. 

We desire things because they resonate with us, stir our emotions, energize us, and lift our spirits. 

I = Individual 

Every human being is unique, even identical twins. Every desire is also individual, though on the surface they may appear to be the same. You may desire a red Ferrari like the one your neighbor has, or a car like one you saw driving down the road, or a car you have on your dream board. Underlying your desires for this car are unique reasons why. Desire is personal and specific to the individual. 

Be clear about the reasons why you desire something, and disregard all others. When you do, the intensity of your desire grows. 

R = Riches 

What does being rich mean to you? For most people, it involves money. All the money in the world doesn’t equate to happiness and is generally a poor measurement of success. Less is, quite often, more. 

Richness may mean freedom, the flexibility of working for yourself or working from home. Riches could be a close family, being surrounded by people you love. Or pursuing your dreams, accomplishing your goals, knowing who you are, and being at peace with yourself. Or it could be money. Lots and lots of money. And that’s okay too. 

E = Execution 

All your wants, wishes, and plans are worthless without execution. Until you put the wheels in motion and begin creating a tangible version of your dream, it will remain locked in your mind. The tragedy is that unrealized desires don’t benefit anyone, including yourself. 

So, take that first step. Get in touch with your inner child, the kid who did everything with great enthusiasm and spirit! You can do it again. 

Desire leads to a belief, which leads to action. It provides the necessary support to square off with fear and takes it down with a solid one-two punch. Best of all, clearly defined desire adds energy to your dreams and moves you toward them with clarity and conviction. 

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Give Yourself a Christmas Present by Napoleon Hill

May I suggest that this Christmas you can give yourself a present which will bring you riches in abundance, peace of mind, and attract to you enduring friendships? 

The present I have in mind is something which only you can give yourself, and it happens to be the only thing over which you have complete control. 

It can change your entire life so completely that every circumstance you experience—every transaction you have with others—will bring you definite benefits. 

It can help you transmute sorrow and adversity into powerful spiritual qualities which may add new strength to your religion, in times of emergency. 

It can banish all forms of fear and substitute faith with which you can direct your activities to ends of your own choice.  

This gift is so miraculous that it will extend to the lives of your loved ones and make them richer in the values which count for most in life. 

It will attract to you new and unexpected opportunities for advancement in your occupation.  

And it can rekindle the fires of love and friendship where they may have grown cold by neglect. 

It can remove the causes of many physical ailments and help you enjoy a dynamic, healthful physical body. 

It can give you the magic power to convert enemies into friends.  

It can put something into your handshake which was not there before and give your spoken words forcefulness that will command respect and attention from others. 

It can give you the alertness of mind with which to make definite and accurate decisions. 

There is no substitute for this gift which only you can present to yourself. 

Its name is a positive mental attitude. 

It costs nothing except the will to appropriate it; however, the only way you can keep it is to give it first position through usage in the habits which control your daily living.  

Source: Success Unlimited, December 1954; pages 10–11. 

This excerpt is from Napoleon Hill’s Gold Standard, an official publication of the Napoleon Hill Foundation. Listen to it now on Audible!

The Art of Influence by Jim Stovall

This week, I am—once again—enjoying the privilege of having one of my books being released into the marketplace around the world. I have written well over forty books, and all of them are special in some way. This title, The Art of Influence, is certainly no exception. This is the first book I have written since receiving the Napoleon Hill award for literary achievement.  When you accept an award that bears the name of the greatest writer in your field, the only way you can put it into perspective is to consider it as a challenge to be lived up to in the future as opposed to deserved recognition for something you may have done in the past.  

The gold medal was presented to me by my friend and mentor, Don Green, who is the Executive Director of The Napoleon Hill Foundation. Don is a modern-day embodiment of Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich message. The Art of Influence is my fourth collaboration with my esteemed coauthor Dr. Raymond Hull. Ray and I seem to be the perfect blend of actual real-world experience and academic expertise. When I think of The Art of Influence and how we are all influenced here in the 21st century, I am mindful of the powerful influence of individuals like Napoleon Hill, Don Green, and Ray Hull. 

Napoleon Hill was born in the 19th century, changed the world in the 20th century with his landmark book Think and Grow Rich, and continues to shape our culture here in the 21st century. Don Green is among those rare and gifted individuals who see the value in someone else’s work and dedicate themselves to extending the scope and depth of their legacy. Generations of people yet to be born will experience the power of Napoleon Hill’s work because of Don Green. Dr. Hull exercises influence in a university setting as a teacher. This is among the highest callings anyone can accept, and people like Ray change the world one student at a time.  

Influence can be either good or bad, and it can be overt or subtle. We are all being influenced, and we are all influencing others every day. If we learn something, we change our world; if we teach something, we change another person’s world; but if we teach people to teach, we can change the whole world.

Learn from Napoleon Hill, Don Green, and Ray Hull as you take control of all the influences in your life, become your best self, and share it with a world sorely in need of powerful and positive influences. 

As you go through your day today, consider the potential, and practice the art of influence. 

Today’s the day!

Jim Stovall is the president of Narrative Television Network as well as a published author of many books, including The Ultimate Gift. He is also a columnist and motivational speaker. He may be reached at 5840 South Memorial Drive, Suite 312, Tulsa, OK  74145-9082; by e-mail at Jim@JimStovall.com; on Twitter at www.twitter.com/stovallauthor; or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/jimstovallauthor. His latest book, coauthored with Raymond H. Hull, is The Art of Influence. It can be purchased from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, 800-CEO-READ, and other fine retailers.

Get Excited for the Legacy Film and Companion Book Based on Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich, Coming in Early 2018 by Jennifer Janechek

To celebrate the continued influence of Hill’s work on self-starters around the world, a highly acclaimed team of writers and producers has created a full-length feature film that cinematically recreates inspirational stories from Think and Grow Rich, Think and Grow Rich: A Black Choice, Think and Grow Rich: A Latino Choice, Think and Grow Rich for Women, and Three Feet from Gold. Directed by Scott Cervine, written by Cynthia Whitcomb, and produced by Sean Donovan, Karina R. Donovan, Joel Franco, John Shin, and Marcelo Quintanilla, Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy weaves together the stories of early twentieth-century business tycoons and those of today’s most renowned entrepreneurs, cultural icons, and thought leaders, including Sharon Lechter, Bob Proctor, Barbara Corcoran, Warren Moon, and Sandy Gallagher. Sound Wisdom’s own Jim Stovall is featured in the film, where he shares the career guidance and spiritual insight that fill the pages of his Wisdom for Winners series. Sanctioned by the Napoleon Hill Foundation, the docudrama demonstrates how Hill’s thirteen key success secrets are more relevant today than ever before.

www.TGRmovie.com Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy is a feature length docudrama film chronicling the story of some of today's most renowned entrepreneurs, cultural icons and thought leaders. This feature length film will tell their inspirational stories and how they ultimately achieved their success.

Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy debuted on October 14, 2017, in Los Angeles, California, at the Regal L.A. LIVE to a sold-out crowd. The premiere featured a panel discussion with some of the greatest prosperity teachers in the world. An official sponsor of the event, Sound Wisdom, will be publishing a companion book to the film, written by James Whittaker, in early 2018. Sound Wisdom publisher David Wildasin said of the experience, “I was honored and humbled to be chosen to be associated with the project and to be invited to attend the event.”

In addition, the highly anticipated Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy live event is scheduled to occur in Atlanta, Georgia, in March 2018. Those interested in participating in the event can purchase a pass either to attend in person or to view the event live or on demand from anywhere in the world via a Simulcast broadcast. Confirmed presenters at this on-stage event include Don Green, CEO of the Napoleon Hill Foundation; Bob Proctor; Joel Brown; Sharon Lechter, Gerard Adams; Dr. Dennis Kimbro; Sandy Gallagher; Preston Smiles; and Janine Shepherd. Footage captured from the live event will be used to produce a companion film to Think and Grow Rich: The Legacy.