Running on Faith Ministry: Think and Grow Rich Book Review--Decisions

We will review the chapter from "Think and Grow Rich" on Decisions, comparing this chapter to how the Bible directs us in making decisions?

“One of the most influential books of all time in pointing the way to personal achievement—to financial independence and to riches of the spirit beyond measurement in money.”

The Bible remains the most influential book for those who read and accept God's word. The accumulated wisdom of mankind, from creation to present, compares to God’s wisdom—at best—as a single proton compares to all of creation (Psalm 8:3-4).

Over 100 million copies purchased by those seeking hope, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill remains the all-time best-selling book in the field of motivation and personal achievement. Twenty-five year old Napoleon Hill who is barely getting by in life, encounters Andrew Carnegie who challenges Napoleon to spend the next twenty years “to organize the world’s first philosophy of personal achievement.”

Similarly, General George S. Patton and Dwight D. Eisenhower spent twenty years studying past battles and wars prior to World War Two. Carnegie’s challenge, along with Patton’s and Ike’s example, illustrate the necessity of persistent diligent study of any subject.

During these twenty years, Mr. Hill interviews America’s greatest achievers such as Henry Ford, Thomas A. Edison, William Jennings Bryan, Theodore Roosevelt, Dr. Alexander Bell and hundreds of others. He interviewed them to inquire of their success, finding high correlation of attributes among all encountered, transforming the compilation of success principles into the book, "Think and Grow Rich".

Napoleon Hill first published an unedited copy of the book in 1937, followed by an edited copy in 1960.