American author on "how to succeed" philosophy
born Virginia to poor family
mother died when he was 10
father remarried
met and befriended Andrew Carnegie, rich
industrialist, who commissioned him to interview 500
wealthy and famous people--project took 20 years.
wrote Think and Grow Rich, etc...
was an advisor to US President FDR (1933-36)
born Virginia to poor family
mother died when he was 10
father remarried
met and befriended Andrew Carnegie, rich
industrialist, who commissioned him to interview 500
wealthy and famous people--project took 20 years.
wrote Think and Grow Rich, etc...
was an advisor to US President FDR (1933-36)
Hill, Napoleon
1883-1970 87 years
1883-1970 87 years
| YouTube video with Napoleon Hill speaking about his meeting with Andrew Carnegie--7:01 |
| oshobob The Living Workshop |
| People in Osho's Talks |
| Hundreds of books have been written on willpower. It is a sheer wastage, and not only a wastage but it is poisoning people’s minds. People like Dale Carnegie and Napoleon Hill go on poisoning: How To Win Friends And Influence People. Deep down the idea is the same: how to win, how to influence. Napoleon Hill has written a book: Think And Grow Rich. And what is the secret of growing rich? When you look, you will find it is willpower; the whole secret, the magic secret is willpower. But willpower is only another name for ego power – and ego is impotent, there is no power in it. So people go on struggling unnecessarily, fighting with each other, competing with each other, and the end result is that everybody is miserable. Hence for the Western mind it seems very difficult to surrender... --Osho The Dhammapada: The Way of the Buddha, Vol. 11, ch. 6 |