INDEX

accumulated experience, 182

Adams, Samuel, 153-157, 161, 180

age 50—tendency to slow down at, 257

Age of Reason, The, 232

alcohol/narcotics intemperance destroys body organs, 204

one of 10 Mind Stimuli, 192

Alibis, 57 Famous, 270-272

Allen, James, 329

ambition, lack of, 251

American Bridge Company, 61

American Revolution, 152-153

American Steel and Wire Company, 61

Andrews, A. M., 87

Aristotle, 234

Armour Institute of Technology, 100, 343

Armour, J. Ogden, 5, 343

Armour, Philip D., 100, 343

Arthur Nash Company, 314

As a Man Thinketh, 329

Atchley, Bill L., 326

Atchley, Pat, 326

Atlas Shrugged, xvii

autosuggestion, 67-74

Autosuggestion, Law of, 53

building character through, 229

defined, 67

inappropriate, 253

one of 10 Mind Stimuli, 192

Bacon, Robert, 63

Barnes, Edwin C., 5, 27, 323

association with Thomas Edison, 9-12, 25-26

Beethoven, Ludwig von, 34

Bell, Alexander Graham, 5, 219, 291

Bey, Essad, 177

Bismarck, Otto von, 236

Bob Taylor’s Magazine, 313

Bok, Edward W., 5, 283, 291, 320-21

Bonaparte, Napoleon, 111 (leadership
by force), 198, 229, 230, 232, 236, 297

Boston, 153

brain, the, 219-225

absorbs energy from the universe, 184

broadcasting/receiving station for thought impulses, 219-20

chemistry of the mind, 206-7

geniuses stimulate their minds, 197

intemperance (alcohol/narcotics) destroys, 204

like an electric battery, 184

sex transmutation, effect of, 220

Sixth Sense, 193-197

The 10 Mind Stimuli, 191-95

brainstorming

Master Mind, practical application of, 225, 363

breaks (luck)

rely only on self-made ones, 173, 353

Brinkley, David, 358

Brisbane, Arthur, 5, 320

Broadway, recognizes persistence, 167

Bryan, William Jennings, 5, 318

Bryant, Paul “Bear,” 346

Buddha, 236

Bunyan, John, 33

Burbank, Luther, 5, 185, 282, 291, 320, 356

“Invisible Counselor” of Hill’s, 229, 230, 232

burning bridges (ships) behind you, 26-27

Burns, Robert, 34, 199, 201

Burroughs, John T., 185, 356

BusinessWeek best-seller list, xvii

Candler, Asa, 98, 101, 342-43

Cantor, Eddie, persistence, 173, 353

capital value of services, 125-26

capitalism, 139-142

Carnegie, Andrew, 1, 3, 5, 102-3, 172, 179, 287-88, 291, 313-14, 345, 368

humble beginnings, 29

“Invisible Counselor” of Hill’s, 229, 231

magic (secret) formula, 1, 3, 5-7

Master Mind Group, 77, 184

millionaires as bees comment, 350

success after age 40, 205

U. S. Steel, creation of, 59-66

Caruso, Enrico, 199, 359

Catalogue of the Gods, A, 258

Chapline, J. G., 3, 5, 315

chemistry of the mind, 206-7

Cheney, Boo, 336

Chicago Fire, The, 27, 327

Christ, 234, 236

clairvoyance, 223-24

Clemson University, 326, 365 (1918 Spanish flu)

Clinton, S. C., 325

Coca-Cola, story of, 95-98

Colliers’ Weekly Magazine, 253, 367

Columbus, Christopher, 31

Confucius, 234, 236

Copernicus, Nicolas, 31, 234

Cornwallis, Lord, 152-53, 269

Coronet magazine, success book poll, xvi

Correspondence Committee

(Revolutionary War), 154, 157

Coué, Emile, 335

Coué Formula, 69, 334

Crane, Frank, 5

Creative Imagination, 92, 191, 195-6, 204, 219

effect of sex transmutation on, 220

Infinite Intelligence, direct communication with, 92

songwriter Lionel Ritchie on, 341

part of the subconscious mind, 227

“receiving set” for subconscious mind’s “broadcasting,” 220

Sixth Sense 193-97, 357

Criticism, Fear of, 171-73, 248

Hill’s, when Carnegie suggested his research, 172

Symptoms of, 250-51

Cubbage, Leighton, 336

Curtis, Cyrus H. K., 5, 291, 317

Czar Nicholas II of Russia, 111

(leadership by force), 345

Darby, R. U., 12, 324

stops digging three feet from gold, 13

beaten by a little child, 14-16

Darrow, Clarence, 5, 321-22

Darwin, Charles, 229, 231, 232

David Copperfield, 34

Davis, John W., 5, 318

Death, Fear of, 257

symptoms of, 259

DECISION, 148, 149-161

courage required for, 160

educational systems neither teach nor encourage, 160

keep eyes, ears open, mouth closed, 151

most momentous ever placed on paper, 158-159

reach promptly, change slowly, 149

Declaration of Independence, 157-60

Definite Chief Aim, 51, 52, 71, 290

Andrew Carnegie’s, 184, 212

Bruce Lee’s, 333

Definiteness of purpose, 9-11, 30, 99, 101, 103, 142, 164, 173, 177, 212, 229, 243

DeGaulle, Charles, 277

delegating, 112, 345

Depression, The Great, 17, 143, 148, 351, 304, 366

“Desert of Lost Hope,” 3

DESIRE (burning), 21, 29, 30, 33, 40, 42, 70, 93, 99, 103, 150, 159, 164-65, 187-88, 206, 212-13, 228, 236, 237, 242, 273

backed by FAITH, 37, 38, 41, 42, 43

build a stronger fire under, 164

Charles M. Schwab’s, 58

Edwin C. Barnes’ with Thomas

Edison, 25-26

Fear of Death, remedy for, 259

Henry Ford and V-8 engine, 20

is thought impulse, 94

Napoleon and Blair Hill’s, 36

Notre Dame football, 88

one of 10 mind stimuli, 192

Synthetic Imagination converts into money, 93

to translate thoughts into riches, 9, 12

“Devil’s Workshop, The,” 262

Dickens, Charles, 34

tragedy of first love, 330-331

Dictograph Products Co., 87

Doherty, Henry L., 5, 317

Dollar, Robert A., 5, 283, 319

doubt, 245

Dressler, Marie, 5, 173, 353

Duke of Windsor (King Edward of England), 175-76, 180, 353-54, 355

Dumore, Lord, 157

Eastman, George, 5, 284, 317-18

Economics, Law of, 146-48

Edison, Thomas A., 4, 5, 29, 33, 179, 196-97, 269, 282, 290, 293, 323-24

association with Edwin C. Barnes, 9-12, 25-26

Edison Dictating Machine (Ediphone), 11

approves Six-Step Success Formula, 29

electric light, 10,000 failures, 32, 107

was tramp telegraph operator, 33

Master Mind Group, 78

his persistence, 177

was one of Henry Ford’s Master Mind Group, 185

one of Hill’s Invisible Counselors, 229, 231-33

discusses “secret of life,” 332-33

uses Sixth Sense, 235

discusses “life forces,” 364

Edward, King of England (Duke of Windsor), 175-76, 180, 353-54, 355

Eight Factors of Persistence, 169-70

Einstein, Albert, on Gandhi, 334

Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 199, 229, 230, 232, 273, 331

“Enchanted Kettle, The,” 95

enthusiasm, 202, 290

ESP, 223-25, 368

exercise, lack of, 254

experience, accumulated, 182

experiment and research (source of knowledge), 182

extravagance, 251

failure

contains the seed of an equivalent benefit, 31, 37, 86, 108, 166

price for not using Master Key, 273

30 Major Causes of, 126-133

FAILURE CONSCIOUSNESS, 18, 165, 187-88

FAITH (belief), 35, 37, 45-66, 73, 142, 187, 217, 229, 237

autosuggestion, 45

behind Declaration of Independence, 159

blended with love and sex, 45

blended with “vibration of thought,” 45

Charles Schwab’s, 66

created by persistence, 181

dominating desire mixed with emotion, 211

in various religions, 55-56

Mahatma Gandhi, 56

only antidote to failure, 180

power derived from, 181

starting point of all accumulation of riches, 180

fault-finding, 255

Fear of Criticism, 171-73, 248

Hill’s, when Carnegie suggested his research, 172

symptoms of, 250-51

Fear of Death, 257

symptoms of, 259

Fear of Ill Health, 251

symptoms of, 253-54

Fear of Loss of Love, 254-55

symptoms of, 255-56

Fear of Old Age, 256

symptoms of, 257

Fear of Poverty, 242-44

symptoms of, 245-46

Fears, Six Basic, 240

Federal Steel Company, 61

Field, Marshal, 27, 327

Fields, W. C., persistence, 173, 180, 352

57 Famous Alibis, 270-72

Filene, Edward A., 5, 320

Firestone, Harvey, 185, 356

First Cause (Infinite Intelligence), 228

First Continental Congress, 157

Fleming, Horace, 326

Ford, Henry, 5, 6, 23, 31, 76, 107, 177, 179, 269-70, 324

decision-making process described, 149-50

develops V-8 engine, 19-20

“Invisible Counselor,” one of Hill’s, 229, 231

takes charge in lawsuit, 76-77

Master Mind Group, 78, 185

persistence, 163

Sixth Sense, uses, 235

success after age 40, 205

fortunes

gravitate to those whose minds are prepared, 164

Frederick Memorial Gardens (grave site), 278

Gaffney, S. C., 278

Gage, Thomas, 155

Galileo, 234

gambling, 255

Gandhi, Mahatma, 56, 186, 334

Gary, Elbert H., 5, 60, 199, 291, 358

Gates, Elmer R., 195-96, 219, 358

Gates, John W., 60-61, 63

genius-level performance, 192, 195-97, 206

Nature creates through love, sex, romance, 209

road to is self-effort, 207

sexual energy is creative energy of the genius, 199

Gillette, King, 5, 318

Golden Rule Magazine, 346

Golden Rule of Business, The, 314

Gompers, Samuel, 284

Great Depression, The, 17, 143, 148, 351, 304, 366

Great Laughter (novel), 168

Greenville, S. C. (retirement home), 277

“Guardian Angel” (comes from Sixth Sense), 228

Guest, Edgar, 305-06

Gunsaulus, Frank, 5, 98-101, 343

Halpin, Dan, 86-88, 337-39

Hancock, John, 153-158

Harding, Warren G., 290

harmony (perfect; spirit of), 183

direct connection to Infinite

Intelligence, 186

Harper, William Rainey, 18, 324

Harper’s Magazine, 223

Henley, William Ernest, 20-21

Henry, O., jailed, 33, 329-30

Henry, Patrick, 157

Herrick, C. Judson, 222

Ill Health, Fear of, 251

symptoms of, 253-54

Hill, Annie Lou (Mrs. Napoleon Hill), 277, 305-6, 322

Hill, Blair H., (son) 35-42, 88, 277, 294, 331, 338

Hill, David (son), 277

Hill, James H. (son), 277

Hill, James J., 5, 107, 205, 360

Hill, James M. (father), 277

Hill, Napoleon, 277-79, 290, 291, 294, 297, 303, 305, 307, 308, 315, 316, 322, 323, 325, 327, 333, 334

Andrew Carnegie, meets, 313-14

anticipates modern management theory, 334

Bob Taylor’s Magazine, writes for, 313

book’s original title, 323

born in poverty in Virginia, 364

Carnegie opens doors, 316

lauds Coca-Cola, 346

Dan Halpin, mentioned often by, 338

his Definite Major Purpose, 365

Edwin Barnes, friendship with, 324

forced to use analogies, 356

Franklin D. Roosevelt, advises, 329

George Washington Institute, establishes, 325

Georgetown law school, attends briefly, 325

higher education, interest in, 325

honorary doctorate from Pacific International University, 325

International Publishing Corporation of America, establishes, 325

James Allen’s work, familiar with, 329

LaSalle Extension University, works for, 325

Master Mind Alliance with W.

Clement Stone, 365

Metropolitan Business College, plans to buy, 325

has mystical moment, 364

Napoleon Hill Foundation, establishes with Annie Lou, 325

Napoleon Hill’s Magazine, loses control of, 327

Presbyterian College, lectures at, 325

“religion bashing,” does not engage in, 333

has spiritual, altruistic approach, 346

Stuart Austin Wier, friendship with, 314

Success Magazine, starts, 325

suffers devastating fire, 327

not superstitious, 334-35

uses outdated term “ether,” 328

uses terms such as “vibrations of thought,” 332

Woodrow Wilson, advises, 315

Hill, Paul (brother), 277

Hill, Sara Sylvia Blair (mother), 277

Hill, Vivian O. (brother), 277

Homer, 234

How to Succeed: Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune, 298

Hubbard, Elbert, 5, 199, 234, 273, 358

hunches, 234

4 sources of, 193-94

Hurst, Fannie, 5, 167-68, 180, 352

Hutchinson, Miller Reese, 293

Hutchinson, Thomas, 153, 155

hypochondria, 251, 253-54

“If You Think You Are Beaten” (poem), 54

Ill Health, Fear of, 251

symptoms of, 253-54

illness, susceptibility to, 254

Imagination (see also Creative Imagination; Synthetic Imagination), 91-103

indecision, 24, 273

indifference, 245

inferiority complex, 250

Infinite Intelligence, 33, 73, 216, 217, 218, 228, 357

Creative Imagination, link to, 92, 193

Hill’s use of term, 330

Love, sex, romance remove

obstructions to, 209

major source of knowledge, 182

Master Mindpower, connection to, 186

persistence, and, 177, 180

Sixth Sense is medium of contact with, 227

subconscious mind, and the, 211-12

initiative, lack of, 251

intemperance, 254

International Publishing Corporation, 325

internships (co-op education, apprenticeships), 80

“It Couldn’t Be Done,” (poem) 305

Invisible Counselors (Hill’s), 229-35

Jackson, Andrew, 199

James, William, 234

jealousy, 255

Jefferson, Thomas, 157-59, 199

Joan of Arc, 236

Josephine, 198

jobs—getting the position you desire, 120-21

Jordan, David Starr, 5, 283, 318

July 4, 1776, 152

Kaiser Wilhelm, leadership by force, 111, 345

Kant, Emanuel, 234

Keller, Helen, 34

King Edward of England (Duke of Windsor), 175-76, 180, 353-54, 355

King of Spain (leadership by force), 111, 345

Klopsch, Louis, 297

Knowledge, The Three Major Sources of, 182

LaSalle Extension University, 3, 315, 325

Law of Autosuggestion, 53

Law of Economics, 146-48

leadership

by consent, 110-11

by force, 110

11 Major Factors of, 109-10

10 Major Causes of Failure in, 112-14

fertile fields for, 114-15

“personal soldier,” 290

Lee, Bill, 336

Lee, Richard Henry, 154, 157-58

Lee, Robert E., 152, 157

Library of Congress book survey, xvii

Limbaugh, Rush, 326

Lincoln, Abraham, 32, 54, 199

courage in Emancipation Proclamation, 152

Creative Imagination and love, 197

“Invisible Counselor” of Hill’s, 229, 231-34

Loss of Love, Fear of, 254-55

love (romantic), value of, 208, 361

symptoms of, 255-56

Marconi, Guglielmo, 32, 328

Master Key, The, 273

Master Mind Group (Alliance; Principle), 78, 105-6, 181-88, 290, 294, 308, 355

Andrew Carnegie’s, 77

behind Declaration of Independence, 159

brainstorming, 225

confide in and choose only those in harmony with your purpose, 150

defined, 182

Infinite Intelligence, connection to, 186

1 of 10 mind stimuli, 192

persistence, helps develop, 165-66

relation to power and knowledge, 181

Sam Adams, Richard Henry Lee, and John Hancock’s, 154-56, 159

“third mind,” 183

“Master of My Fate, Captain of My Soul,” 20, 73

“Message to Garcia, A,” 358

Metropolitan Business College, 325

Milton, John, 34

Mind Stimuli, The 10, 191-92

Mindpower Press, The, 307-08

Marden, Orison Swett, 298

mental inertia, snapping out of, 166

Mohammed, 177-80, 236

MONEY CONSCIOUSNESS, 29, 165, 187-88

Moore, Robert P., 79

Morgan, John Pierpoint, 335

U. S. Steel, creation of, 59-66

Munsey, Frank A., 5, 321

“My Wage” (poem), 35

Napoleon (see Bonaparte, Napoleon)

Napoleon Hill Foundation, xvii, 322

Napoleon Hill’s Magazine, 346, 347

Nash, Arthur, 2, 5, 314

Nash Plan, 314

National Steel Company, 61

National Tube Company, 61

Negative Mental Attitude (negativity), 261-62, 263

protecting against, 263-64

Seven Major Negative Emotions, The, 216

stress, negative effects of, 368

networking, 116, 346

New York Herald-Tribune, 177

New York World-Telegram

U. S. Steel story, 58-65

Westbrook Pegler column, 246-48

Newton, Isaac, 234

Nicklaus, Jack (visualization), 336

objectives, written, 28, 52, 71, 72, 336

Old Age, Fear of, 256

symptoms of, 257

opinions of others, 150

Organized Planning, 105-48

behind Declaration of Independence, 154

by American colonists, 154

over-caution, 245

Paine, Thomas, 229, 230, 232

Palmer, Arnold, on “lucky breaks,” 353

Parker, George S., 5, 316-17

Patterson, John H., 5, 199, 358-59

Peale, Norman Vincent, 333

Pegler, Westbrook, 246, 366

Pelton, Andrew, 323

PERSISTENCE (determination), 9, 11, 12, 69, 73, 103, 142, 146, 161, 163-80, 183, 187, 212

apply to each of 13 principles of success, 163-64

behind Declaration of Independence, 159

Charles M. Schwab’s, 58

creates Faith, 181

developing (4 steps), 174-75

Eight Factors of, 169-70

Henry Ford’s with V-8 engine, 20

16 Symptoms of Lack of, 170-73

Personal Inventory, 133-36

personal services, marketing, 116-17

personality, pleasing, 290

personality, weak, 200, 250

Philadelphia (First Continental Congress), 157

Philip Morris & Company, Inc., 328

“Philosophy of American Achievement, The,” 325

Pilgrim’s Progress, The, 33

Plato, 234, 272

Poe, Edgar Allen, 200

poise, lack of, 250

poorhouse (concept), 368

Positive Mental Attitude, 48, 187-88, 207, 213, 187-88, 207, 213, 216, 262, 356-57, 360

Seven Major Positive Emotions, The, 215

sex and, 190

technique to overcome physical effects of negative emotions, 361-62

POVERTY CONSCIOUSNESS, 165, 187-88

Poverty, Fear of, 242-44

symptoms of, 245-46

power, defined, 181

required for accumulation, retention of money, 181

The Three Major Sources of Knowledge, 182

Presbyterian College, 325

procrastination, 149, 245

professional development (self-study) programs, 80-83

Provincial Assembly, meets to take definite action, 153

QQS Formula, 123-25

Quezon, Manuel L., 4, 315-16

Ramsay, John Erwin, 278

radio, future of, 343-45

Rand, Ayn, xvii

Randolph, Jennings, 3, 5, 322

introduces Hill to Franklin D.

Roosevelt, 329

letter to Hill, 22-24

“Raven, The,” 200

resumés, 117-20

Rhine, Dr. J. B., 223-24

Riley, James Whitcomb, 200, 360

Ritchie, Lionel (on Creative Imagination), 341

Rittenhouse, Jessie B., 35

Rockefeller, John D., 5, 283, 318-19

Rockne, Knute, 86-88, 337, 338, 339

Roosevelt, Franklin D., 17

“dreamer” president and TVA, 33, 329

Roosevelt, Theodore, 5, 282, 290

Rosenwald, Julius, 5, 321

Rumel, Beardsley (“dispersed attention”), 358

Rutledge, Anne 55, 197

St. Helena, 198

St. Paul, 234

Salem College commencement address, 22

sales enthusiasm (transmuted sex energy), 202

Saturday Evening Post, The, 168

Savant, Marilyn vos (on attitude), 352

saving, habit of, 290

Schopenhauer, Arthur, 234

Schumann-Heink, Ernestine, 5, 42-43, 332

Schwab, Charles M., 2, 5, 58

U. S. Steel Corp., creation of, 59-65

Self-Analysis Test, 264-68

self-coddling, 254

self-confidence, 290

Self-Confidence Formula, 51

self-consciousness, 250

self-control, 290

self-study programs (professional development), 80-83

Seven Major Positive Emotions, The, 215

Seven Major Negative Emotions, The, 216

17 Success Principles, The, 363

sex appeal (energy) (5 ways to communicate charisma), 202

Sex Transmutation, 189-209, 220

best salespeople, 201

defined, 189

personal magnetism, charisma, 201

3 constructive potentialities, 189

virtue of sexual energy, 203

sexual intemperance, 204

Shakespeare, William, 199

sickness, susceptibility to, 254

Simpson, Wallace 175-76, 180, 353-54, 355

Six Basic Fears, The, 240

Six-Step Success Formula, 28

16 Symptoms of Lack of Persistence, 170-73

Sixth Sense, 193-97, 224, 227-37

apex of Think and Grow Rich Philosophy, 227

indecision, doubt, and fear, won’t function in presence of, 239

Infinite Intelligence communicates through, 227

subconscious mind, part of, 227

Skibo Castle, 61

Smith, Kate, 5, 168, 180, 352

Socrates, 234

courage in decision-making, 152

Spanish flu epidemic (1918), 365

Specialized Knowledge, 75-89

five sources of, 78

Master Mind Group, 77

night schools, correspondence schools, 80

Spinoza, Benedict De, 234

Statler, E. M., 5, 282, 291, 317

Stimuli, The 10 Mind, 191-92

Stone, W. Clement, 333, 364-65, 369

Stream of Power, 187-88

String Theory, 362

subconscious mind, 211-18

consists of, 211

negative thought, feeling destroys

aid from, 216

“sending station” of the brain, 220

Sixth Sense is part of, 227

SUCCESS CONCIOUSNESS, 18, 165, 187-88

Success Formula, Six-Step, 28

Success Magazine, 325

Success Principles, The 17, 363

Success through a Positive Mental Attitude, 333

Sugrue, Thomas (reviews Mohammed book), 177-79

Summary View of the Rights of British America, 157

Synthetic Imagination, 92-3

Taft, William Howard, 5, 281, 290

telepathy, 223-24

Temple of Wisdom, 228

10 Mind Stimuli, The, 191-92

tendency to slow down (around age 50), 257

The Think and Grow Rich Philosophy, 73, 163, 228, 239, 279, 305, 307, 334, 364

apex of, 227

bedrock concept of, 369

first mention of, 21

Think & Grow Rich Newsletter, xvii, 310

The 13 Steps to Riches, 58, 98, 136, 212, 288, 293, 323

first mention of, 21

transmutation, 65, 101, 150, 159, 187, 211, 213, 230, 237, 323

negative thoughts into positive, 207

sales enthusiasm, 202

sexual transmutation, 189-209, 220

Turner, John R., 294

TVA (Tennessee Valley Authority), 33, 329

Unholy Trio, The, (indecision, doubt, fear), 239

United Cigar Stores, 327

U. S. Patent Office, 196

United States Steel Corporation, 2, 58, 59-66, 159, 335

University of Chicago, 18

USA Today (top 10 books), xvii

Use Your Noodle to Win More Boodle, 323

Valley Forge, 152

Vanderlip, Frank A., 5, 319

visualization, 70-71, 72, 100, 336

Voltaire, 234

Wanamaker, John, 5, 6, 282, 316

Washington, Booker T., 34

Washington, George, 152-53, 159, 198, 269

Washington Goes to War (David Brinkley), 358

weak personality, 200, 250

Weeks, Ralph A., 5

Whelan, George, 327

Wier, Stuart Austin, 3, 5, 314-15, 355

Associate Editor, Napoleon Hill’s Magazine, 346

Wilcox, Ella Wheeler, 5, 214, 361

Wilde, Oscar, 199

Willard, Daniel, 5, 318

willpower (power of will), 268

basis of persistence, 163

Transmutation of Sex Energy, and, 203

Wilson, Woodrow, 4, 5, 199, 234, 284, 290, 315

uses Carnegie’s secret, 4

Wise, Willie (Hill’s sister)

Woolworth, F. W., 5, 88, 269, 283, 319

World War I, 154, worry, 260

Wright Brothers, 32

Wright, Daniel T., 5

Wright, E. H., 223-24

Wright, Wilbur 5, 318

Wrigley, William W., 5, 284, 291, 316

written objectives, 28, 52, 71, 72, 336

Yorktown, 152