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A review by icecurtain
Mais Esperto que o Diabo: O mistério revelado da liberdade e do sucesso by Napoleon Hill
2.0
Not impressed.
I'd say this is an extremely religious book, but in some ways it seems to attack modern religion. So let's say it's a very metaphysical book. Napoleon Hill talks about how he turned his life around, following a detailed set of mysterious instructions that flew into his brain one by one, as if his body was controlled by someone else. Although he never could have guessed how following those instructions would work out, he did.
Then most of the book consists of an interview with the devil. Is it just a narrative tactic designed to make it more interesting, ala the Screwtape Letters? Or did he believe that he REALLY had a conversation with the devil? Hard to say. But it's clear this is not typical Christianity. Despite having an interview, the devil seems to be less of a specific entity and more just a force of chaos and entropy.
This book largely seems to be about the Law of Attraction, disappointingly.
The one good takeaway is about avoiding "drifting" in life by having "definite purpose". Certainly there is value in focusing every day on a positive goal. Focus your thoughts that way and you are more likely to take actions to help you reach it. That all is well and good. But I don't think you need to read the book to learn that lesson.
This book is such an oddball that it's no wonder his family was embarrassed to release it until long after his death.
I don't feel there's a lot of benefit from the editorialization. These audio footnotes usually just repeat lines the author just said a moment ago, or try to convince us to read the speaker's other book.
On the whole, although Law of Attraction fans will likely gobble this up, for the rest of us I do not recommend it. I feel that there are many more worthwhile books.
I'd say this is an extremely religious book, but in some ways it seems to attack modern religion. So let's say it's a very metaphysical book. Napoleon Hill talks about how he turned his life around, following a detailed set of mysterious instructions that flew into his brain one by one, as if his body was controlled by someone else. Although he never could have guessed how following those instructions would work out, he did.
Then most of the book consists of an interview with the devil. Is it just a narrative tactic designed to make it more interesting, ala the Screwtape Letters? Or did he believe that he REALLY had a conversation with the devil? Hard to say. But it's clear this is not typical Christianity. Despite having an interview, the devil seems to be less of a specific entity and more just a force of chaos and entropy.
This book largely seems to be about the Law of Attraction, disappointingly.
The one good takeaway is about avoiding "drifting" in life by having "definite purpose". Certainly there is value in focusing every day on a positive goal. Focus your thoughts that way and you are more likely to take actions to help you reach it. That all is well and good. But I don't think you need to read the book to learn that lesson.
This book is such an oddball that it's no wonder his family was embarrassed to release it until long after his death.
I don't feel there's a lot of benefit from the editorialization. These audio footnotes usually just repeat lines the author just said a moment ago, or try to convince us to read the speaker's other book.
On the whole, although Law of Attraction fans will likely gobble this up, for the rest of us I do not recommend it. I feel that there are many more worthwhile books.