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3.56 AVERAGE
3.56 AVERAGE
This book has held up surprisingly well given that it was written approximately a century ago - the majority of the topics are still relevant now, even if some of the predictions of what would happen throughout the 20th century were too optimistic.
If you can work your way through the convoluted language, each chapter includes practical ways to harness your mind & thoughts in order to manifest success, wealth and any other desires you may have. It's worth having a few post-it notes with you while you're reading so you can return to the key pages after giving the entire book a readthrough.
If you can work your way through the convoluted language, each chapter includes practical ways to harness your mind & thoughts in order to manifest success, wealth and any other desires you may have. It's worth having a few post-it notes with you while you're reading so you can return to the key pages after giving the entire book a readthrough.
Think and Grow Rich was published in 1937 which is something you begin to figure out as you read and map the contemporary references. It contains a distillation of common and uncommon wisdom into one volume. As a piece of history it's a phenominal insight into the working of 1930s entrepreneurs, as a self help book, it still stands as a helpful resource though some of the topics have not survived the test of time. The book is surprisingly rational and irreverent. Enjoyed more than expected.
Negative one because this is completely written for the ol’ boys club - straight white dudes but lots of good philosophies to take from this even if the history and who it’s talking to aren’t you. WOMEN, people of color, take these lessons and let’s write some new history of what success looks like!!!
I was expecting actual practices and observations from all these interviews with successful men, not a load of hooey. Silly me. If you're not rich it's because you don't believe hard enough.
I started this book as part of a book group, which I'm very glad I joined. Although it took me several months to read it, there were so many tips and practices that I'm glad I took my time. I will have to go back, chapter by chapter and implement more of them. I can see why it's a classic.
reflective
slow-paced
I probably would have given this five stars at another time in my life... the concepts are very important, just less "fresh" to me after reading several others in a similar vein ("Change Your Paradigm, Change Your Life," and "The Strangest Secret." This is really just more of the same concepts that your life follows the direction of your dominant thought, but it emphasizes this with respect to career and money specifically, whereas the other books are more generalized I think (even though in some places, this book is too.) While all three quote scripture and use biblical concepts, Hill gave me the distinct impression that he was not a Christian, but perhaps more of an agnostic in the way he applied the principles, too, though not until the very end of the book.
This book definitely shows it’s age, but it does contain wisdom that can help people change their lives. I would emphasize the word “can.” Like all of the self-help genre, it’s really what you do with it that counts. If you get past some of the woo-woo, not-so-well-aged ideas, and long-windedness there is a lot that can be gleaned here.
There were parts of this book that I did find interesting and practical, but there were also parts that were a bit... crazy. I found a few chapters quite difficult to get through due to many long, seemingly pointless narratives with advice that is not really applicable to the 21st century.