Think and Grow Rich

This motivational personal-development and self-help book was inspired by a suggestion from Scottish American businessman Andrew Carnegie. While the title implies that this book deals only with how to achieve monetary wealth, author Napoleon Hill explains that the philosophy taught in these pages can be used to help individuals do or be almost anything they want. For instance, according to sportswriter Jim Murray,Think and Grow Richwas credited for Ken Nortons boxing upset of Muhammad Ali in 1973. At the time of Hills death in 1970,Think and Grow Richhad sold twenty million copies since its publication during the Great Depression in 1937. It remains Hills biggest seller and was listed byBusinessWeekas the sixth best-selling paperback business book seventy years after its publication. It is also on John C. Maxwells Lifetime Must Read list.