Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised [Unabridged] [Paperback]

"…reading this book is bound to inspire you to take a more positive approach to life."

"For inspiration, read…'Think and Grow Rich!'….It's the first step to devising a winning strategy."

"What makes Hill's book timeless is its ‘giants of his time’ sources including… Carnegie, Edison, Ford, Rockefeller [and] Theodore Roosevelt…."

Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised™. Napoleon Hill's classic book -- the all-time bestseller in the personal success field -- offers a life-altering experience. It teaches thousands of people the practical steps to high achievement and financial independence every year. This new edition is the first to contain extensive footnotes, endnotes, appendices, and an index. Now more than a motivational work, it is also a reference book and a mini-history book providing valuable information about Hill, his times, and his success philosophy. TGR's greatest value is not only that it can make you financially successful. It can help YOU -- or ANYONE -- get whatever it is that you desire from life.

While Napoleon Hill is the author, in the main, of this book, I wrote the foreword, the appendix, the endnotes, and the index, and I edited the full text. My interest in "Think and Grow Rich!" goes back many years. I served for three years as the first editor-in-chief of "Think & Grow Rich Newsletter," published for the Napoleon Hill Foundation. My experience in that position not only provided me with the insight and confidence to undertake this restoration/revision of "Think and Grow Rich!," but also introduced me to the living power of "Think and Grow Rich!" in changing people's lives. I was exposed to the kind of correspondence and phone calls that pour in daily from people throughout the world, in all walks of life and in all circumstances, who have read "Think and Grow Rich!," applied its principles diligently, and attained self-confidence, self-understanding, and levels of success that most people only dare dream of. You may one day find yourself giving such a personal testimonial.

The book that most people today think of as "Think and Grow Rich!" (a small paperback) is actually not Dr. Hill’s full original work, but an abbreviated version that came out in 1960. As it turns out, Dr. Hill’s original version, in many respects, speaks more directly to people in the first decade of the 21st century than does the 1960 version! In my new edition, I have restored the material that was deleted in 1960, but at the same time have revised it, and fully annotated it, for today's reader -– thus the title, "Think and Grow Rich!: The Original Version, Restored and Revised." This new edition is a trade paperback, much easier to read, make notes in, and underline.

What to make of "Think and Grow Rich!"? Dr. Hill's book is a publishing phenomenon. Year after year, people continue to "discover" it -- tucked away inconspicuously on a bookstore or library shelf or passed along from a family member, friend, or associate -- and they have read it, loved it, and used it to turn their lives around and their powers of creativity and imagination loose.

The first copy of "Think and Grow Rich!" was sold in 1937. Eleven years later, in February 1948, "Coronet" magazine polled 300 successful young men and women, asking, "What book or books most influenced your life and contributed to your success?" "Think and Grow Rich!" was ranked fourth on the list. In September 1986 -- 38 years and eight U. S. Presidents later -- "USA Today" published a list of the "10 top-selling paperback books about investments" in America for that month. Despite the fact that it is only in the most general sense an investment book, being primarily about investing in yourself and others, "Think and Grow Rich!" ranked No. 1 on the list. (Some books it beat? "How to Buy Stocks," "The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need," and "Getting Yours.")

Some years ago the U. S. Library of Congress conducted a survey asking what books most influenced readers’ lives. The top answer, by a wide margin, was The Bible. In second and third place were, respectively, "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand and "Think and Grow Rich!" by Napoleon Hill. In 2002, "BusinessWeek" magazine published "The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List." in its October 14 edition Almost incredibly, "Think and Grow Rich!" ranked tenth on the list of the current 15 top-selling paperback business books -- 65 years after the first copy of the book was purchased!

Walk into any well-stocked bookstore in America and many other countries and you will find a few paperback copies of "Think and Grow Rich!" (usually the 1960 version in one of its manifestations) in the business or self-motivation sections. "Think and Grow Rich!" endures because it works.

"The cogent advice articulated by Napoleon Hill is as relevant and pertinent today as the day it was written."

-- Donald R. Keough, former President and CEO of Coca-Cola, now Chairman of Allen & Company, Inc.

"Dr. Hill’s original work transformed the 20th century. This newly revised version will do the same for the 21st century. No writer, thought leader or guru of personal growth and development comes close to Napoleon Hill. This landmark work takes his stature to an even more monumental level."

-- Bill Brooks, author of "The New Science of Selling and Persuasion"

"Napoleon Hill was not only a genius, he was an encouraging friend to all he met, including me. This book is a jewel! Buy lots of copies for your friends and clients."

-- Dottie Walters, CSP, Walters International Speakers Bureau

"I thought 'Think and Grow Rich!' was a classic and could never be improved. I was wrong. I am sure Dr. Hill would be greatly pleased to see how his work has been honored and enhanced by this outstanding new edition."

-- Wally Amos, author of "The Cookie Never Crumbles: Inspirational Recipes for Everyday Living," founder of Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookies

"THINK AND GROW RICH!....BUY IT...YOU HAVE A BOOK. READ IT...YOU HAVE THE BLUEPRINT. DO IT...YOU HAVE THE WORLD!"

-- Cactus Jack Barringer, entrepreneur, inventor, salesman extraordinaire

"It took me 17 years to become World Champion but I always knew, deep down, that I would win the 'big one' someday. Napoleon Hill's 'Think And Grow Rich!' changed my life. It inspired and excited me and with the belief in myself I received through its pages, I, too, passed the 'persistence' test and achieved my lifetime goal. This life-changing book will help you achieve your goals too!"

-- Peter Ebdon, 2002 World Snooker Champion

"I read it every two or three years to keep my drive going."

-- Daymond John, founder and CEO of FUBU apparel

"Reading 'Think and Grow Rich!' many years ago helped me to become the World’s Greatest Retail Salesperson. A must to read if you want to become somebody. You’ll love it; I know I did. Thank you, Napoleon Hill."

-- Joe Girard, World’s #1 Retail Salesperson, as attested by "The Guinness Book of World Records"

Are you too busy working to spare any time for thinking?… then you're too busy earning a living to make any money… until now!

Because the curious thing is, people who 'really' make money – lots and lots of it – don't work hard. Once they've set the ball rolling wealth simply accumulates upon wealth.

The secret lies in moving that ball.

It's a secret Napoleon Hill discovered when he interviewed 504 of America's richest men – and it's a secret so simple anyone, but anyone, can use it to become fabulously wealthy.

The secret is here, in the pages of this very book. Reprinted an amazing 42 times since its original publication and sold out totally each time, it details the precise steps 'you' can take to put yourself on easy-street including:
• Great dreams turn into great riches
• Desire performs the impossible
• Twenty eight very personal but revealing questions
• The magic of 'Money Consciousness'
• You can use more brains than your own
• There's no such thing as bad luck
• Fear is only a state of mind

These thing together with the 'Secret' formula provide a tried and tested plan that makes men rich. It will make YOU rich too!

--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Oliver Napoleon Hill was born October 26, 1883, in a two-room log cabin in the mountains of Wise County, Virginia (USA), a region marked by illiteracy and grinding poverty. The gift of a typewriter from his stepmother at age 12 led to a career as a writer, first as a "mountain reporter" for local small-town newspapers, then as a reporter for "Bob Taylor’s Magazine," interviewing and writing "success profiles" of famous individuals.

It was in 1908 on such an assignment that Hill met industrialist Andrew Carnegie, one of the richest men in the world. That meeting -- and almost 30 years of subsequent research by Hill that was suggested and informally sponsored by Carnegie -- led to the publication in 1937 of "Think and Grow Rich!," one of the best-selling and most influential books of all time.

Hill was the founder of the modern genre of personal success literature. The Think and Grow Rich Philosophy and the success formulas he developed through his research and in his book have helped countless people throughout the world to achieve outstanding success in every aspect of life.

Hill became an informal advisor to two U. S. Presidents, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt. He would go on to author more than 30 books and textbooks, including "Success through a Positive Mental Attitude," written with W. Clement Stone, who began a decade-long collaboration with Hill when the latter was age 69. Hill was a fixture on the motivational lecture circuit and a prolific creator of textbooks, study guides, and other success materials. He founded three magazines -- "Hill’s Golden Rule" in 1919, "Napoleon Hill’s Magazine" in 1921, and "Inspiration Magazine" in 1931. He and Stone together founded "Success Unlimited" magazine in 1954.

Dr. Hill died on November 8, 1970, at his retirement home on Paris Mountain near Greenville, South Carolina (USA), where he spent the last 18 years of his life.
About the Editor

Ross Cornwell is a native South Carolinian. He was educated at Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, and Stanford University, Palo Alto, California. He has enjoyed two careers -- one in public service, working in higher education, and the other in the private sector as a freelance writer/editor and consultant. His background includes stints as a journalist and columnist, and work in public relations, scriptwriting, speechwriting, newsletter publishing, corporate communications, and film criticism, both print and broadcast.

He served as Executive Assistant to the President at Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina, and later was managing editor of four national circulation newsletters, including "Think & Grow Rich Newsletter." Projects and programs he headed won the "CASE Grand Award," presented by the Ford Motor Company Fund for the most outstanding "special public relations project" in higher education in the United States, and the "Newsweek" National First Place Award, presented to the university news and information program judged best in the United States.

He is the author of the chapter on speechwriting for the second edition of the "Handbook for Institutional Advancement." A video he wrote—"With the Mind of a Child"—won a 2001 Bronze World Medal at The New York Festivals and a 2002 Silver Screen Award at the 35th Annual U. S. International Film and Video Festival in Los Angeles. He is president and CEO of The Mindpower Institute and of Cornwell Associates, which provides corporate communications services. He has edited or written 10 books and written 35 videos.

Ross Cornwell lives in Clemson, South Carolina, with his wife, Betty Martin Cornwell, a schoolteacher. They have two grown daughters.