Are you skeptical? Is the thought of one all-powerful secret to wealth creation leaving you in doubt? Let Hill’s long list of well-known, wealthy and successful men speak to the effectiveness of creating wealth through his identified principles and, ultimately, the all-encompassing ‘secret‘.
“While I was performing the twenty year task of research, which I had undertaken at Andrew Carnegie’s request, I analyzed hundreds of well known men, many of whom admitted that they had accumulated their vast fortunes through the aid of the Andrew Carnegie secret; among these men were:
The Mentors
“HENRY FORD, WILLIAM WRIGLEY JR., JOHN WANAMAKER, JAMES J. HILL, GEORGE S. PARKER…GEORGE EASTMAN, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JOHN W. DAVIS, ELBERT HUBBARD, WILBUR WRIGHT, WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN, DR. DMTID STARR JORDAN, J. ODGEN ARMOUR, CHARLES M. SCHWAB, HARRIS F. WILLIAMS, DR. FRANK GUNSAULUS, DANIEL WILLARD, KING GILLETTE, RALPH A. WEEKS, JUDGE DANIEL T. WRIGHT, JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, THOMAS A. EDISON…F. W. WOOLWORTH, COL. ROBERT A. DOLLAR, EDWARD A. FILENE, EDWIN C. BARNES, ARTHUR BRISBANE, WOODROW WILSON…DR. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL…CLARENCE DARROW”
The list goes on and on, but this sampling of notable men should give you at least some small proof that this secret is an effective cornerstone, and essential element in building wealth.
One Secret To Their Success
Note, however, that Napoleon Hill does not suggest that Andrew Carnegie personally taught this secret to each of these men (although among them there are some who learned the secret from him). These are men who were identified as great successes and wealthy individuals. That is why they were chosen as subjects to study in order to uncover the secret and the thirteen principles elemental to using it. These men all had certain aspects in common that boiled down to the one secret to their success.
I will see you back here Monday and Thursday every week for the continuation of the Mindset Mastery series.
Sean Rasmussen
Success Communicator
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Hi Sean,
I have recently started reading your emails to keep myself motivated and I appreciate your dedication and support.
I have read The Secret and seen the DVD and one thing I do find difficult is being in the mindset and being aware of your thoughts constantly so that you can achieve your goals. Do you have any hints as to how you can stay focused with 3 children under 5 and a business to run?
Thanks, Eileen.
Hi Eileen
One word: Gratitude
Feel grateful for everything you have, every day and every moment you become ‘aware’ of the concept of Gratitude.
Feel Grateful for having 3 children. Some people can’t have them and would trade everything they have to get one precious child.
Feel grateful you have a business – Some people don’t even have a job.
Feel grateful you have a home – Some peoples home is a newspaper – hopefully todays paper!
Feel grateful you can think of issues that could be better in your life – some people can’t even control their mind.
Gratitude is the feeling of Success! You are the only person responsible for your current and future success. Feel grateful that YOU are in control and not someone else.
This is a VERY powerful tool. Use it to your benefit.
Remember: Your worst day, is someone else’s best day.
Hi again Sean,
Just tried being consciously grateful for everything on a walk with two of my children and it is amazing how you can feel so elated from the experience. Every time I have consciously made an effort to feel grateful I always feel more content and have a feeling like good things are about to happen (without any expectation that they will). If nothing more is achieved, I am grateful that feeling grateful can have such a positive impact on one’s life.
Cheers, Eileen.
Fantastic! I’m pleased that it works. (’cause I knew it would
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G’day Eileen and Sean,
You are right !!! Thanks to Bob Proctor and The Secret. Each morning I go for a 4 Km walk around our very hilly area and spend the 1st 10 -15 minutes saying ALOUD how grateful I am for all the nice things in my life such as
1. Excellent health and fitness,
2 The love I have from family and friends,
3 My music career which I absolutely love.
I’m sure you get the picture. For the remaining time I recite my 4 affirmations beginning with ” Every Day In Perfect Ways………………………………” etc.
After 30 -35 minutes I return home walking at least a metre above the ground, and the days are all beautiful.
Regards
Harry
Hello Harry
Sounds like you have it down pat! Well done.
Those are great points Sean! Gratitude is the secret to success I believe. Without it, we wouldn’t stand a chance of keeping up with any of our commitments. Thanks again for your encouraging words.
An Attitude of Gratitude. That’s the trick Ange
It is tough to say if the secret has made me richer. But it indeed has made me happier. Because being in the right mindset makes me grateful. When I feel gratitude I am successful with life because I am happy where I am at this present moment in time…not striving for something else…not trying to keep up with the Jones’. Every housing development will have a new set of Jones’ to keep up with. I just want to keep up with me, and be a success regardless of what I am trying to implement in my current success journal.
Hi Dr Nicole
Gratitude is a great tool, if for nothing else, then just to stay healthy and happy. It’s all about how happy you are with “you”. If you’re happy with yourself, you’ll be happy with everyone around you. In my opinion anyway
Hi Sean,
Wow! That list of mentors is like a who’s who of the most successful people in the world. There is no-one better to learn the secret from than these people.
I really agree with Eileen, Harry, Ange and Dr Nicole that gratitude is the real secret to success. You’re right, Sean. My worst day is someone else’ best day. I think it’s so important to be grateful for what you have.
I think we should be grateful for even the most basic things that we take for granted. For instance, we should be grateful for our food. If you think it’s not a big deal, try not eating today. I guarantee tomorrow you will be grateful for the food you have. It’s not until you don’t have something that you can really appreciate even the simplest things.
Hi Sean,
That is an impressive list of successful men. How could I be skeptical……I’m sure it works for woman too?!
Thanks for the tip also on, Gratitude, it is an excellent way to stay motivated. I try to practice gratitude as much as possible.
I will have to look this up but where does Wallace Wattle fit into all this. I believe the recently popular version of “The secret” is a revision from his teachings.
Jill.
After reading this page I relise that I had been showing gratitude, in my life when I was on my own with 3 young children. Each day I used to tell myself I was lucky I was, I had a home 3 healthy kids food on my table, when there were many people out there who had nothing.
I did feel I was rich.
Somewhere I had lost that feeling for a time but Now it is back I am grateful once again for all I have