I’ve recently joined a mastermind group where we are studying the work of Napoleon Hill and Think and Grow Rich. If you have never read this book I highly recommend it as it provides some fascinating insights into how to become rich, in whatever format rich means to you.
The research for the book comes from over 500 interviews that Napolean Hill conducted with wealthy and successful people to determine their formula for success. Although the book was originally published in 1937 the principles it rests on are as relevant today as they ever were.
The first chapter is all about desire and how that is the starting point for all achievement and for me my desire is my reason Why I do what I do. Your desire needs to become a consuming obsession, something you would do anything to achieve. It has to be definite and you have to believe that you can accomplish it.
As the book cites: “Wishing will not bring riches. But desiring riches with a state of mind that becomes an obsession, then planning definite ways and means to acquire riches, and backing those plans with persistence, which does not recognize failure, will bring riches.”
What I love above this quote is that it makes the desire actionable by requiring you to create a plan (a strategy) of how you will achieve this and then you need to take consistent action, day in day out to achieve it.
The book then goes on to share a 6 step plan for helping you achieve success:
- Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Be very specific. If it is a financial target then state the exact amount of money
- Decide what you are prepared to give in return for this. (There is no such thing as a free lunch)
- Establish a definite date when you want this to have achieved this
- Create a plan to achieve this desire and immediately get into action, whether you are ready or not.
- Write out a concise statement of what you intend to achieve, by when you will have received it, what you are prepared to exchange in return for it and the plan by which you will achieve this
- Read you statement out loud twice daily – once in the morning and once in the evening. As you read it see, feel and believe that you have already achieved it.
I’d like to invite you to grab a pen right now and do this exercise and then follow it through for the next 40 days, reading every morning and night your statement, and let me know what happens.
I’ll be posting mine in the Facebook group and I’d invite you to do the same. Who knows what you might manifest.
Hope you are having an amazing week.
Julia Felton (aka The Business Wrangler) is the founder of Business HorsePower. Business leaders, entrepreneurs and executives hire her to accelerate their business performance by harnessing the energy of their people to work more collaboratively together. By aligning purpose with actions the team achieves exponential results as everyone starts pulling in the same direction.
Julia believes that business is a force for good and through designing purpose-driven businesses that leverage the laws of nature, and the herd, you can create businesses founded on the principles of connection, collaboration and community that make a significant impact in the world.
