Napoleon Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking: 10 Steps to Health, Wealth, and Success [Paperback]

Napoleon Hill Foundation (Author), Michael J. Ritt (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1999

Napoleon Hill's Keys To Positive Thinking is filled with the trademark advice and timeless wisdom of his bestselling works Think and Grow Rich and Keys to Success. Compiled from Hill's teachings and examples, this new step-by-step plan is dedicated to cultivating a Positive Mental Attitude. With inspirational quotes from such celebrated figures as Harry S. Truman, John F. Kennedy, Oprah Winfrey, Robert Schuller, and Frank Lloyd Wright, Napoleon Hill's Keys To Positive Thinking will put you on the right path to transforming your life.

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Amazon.com Review

Despite growing up in a one-room cabin in Virginia, Napoleon Hill went on to attract a worldwide following of movers and shakers who were drawn to his philosophy of personal motivation espoused in such bestselling books as Think and Grow Rich. Now, 20 years after Hill's death, Michael J. Ritt Jr. has compiled his advice and wisdom on Positive Mental Attitude (PMA) in Napoleon Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking: 10 Steps to Health, Wealth, and Success. The result is a timeless self-improvement program that proves as inspirational as the man who conceived it. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 176 pages
• Publisher: Plume; Reprint edition (January 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0452279054
• ISBN-13: 978-0452279056
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #936,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Napoleon Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking, February 16, 2001

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LuAnn Bush (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Napoleon Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking: 10 Steps to Health, Wealth, and Success (Paperback)

I had to choose a book for a report in college. The book had to be something that would help us in our lives and has to do with the psychology class I am taking. After reaading this book, it was so incredible, that I have used the information in my life and have already seen such a happy change in my own life. It helped me in my business and in my personal relationships. It is set up to do this by following the ten steps to practice for the rest of your life. It is easy reading and it is so easy to get started changing your life also. I highly recommend this book for any person that is interested in improving their relationships through a self-help book. It is all about Positive Menatal Attitude which will come back to you in many good ways. It has for me! Read this book and you have nothing to lose, just many great things to gain. I am very happy now and see the world in a whole different way! Thank You!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars How to improve all aspects of your life, April 1, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Napoleon Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking: 10 Steps to Health, Wealth, and Success (Paperback)

Napoleon Hill's book Keys to positive thinking is an inspiration. It taught me things that i can implement in my everyday life to enrich my personal and professional life. I have changed my outlook on a lot of subjects. Finding ways to make every situation a positive one makes for a much better outlook on life!

2.0 out of 5 stars A simplified version of Napoleon Hill's message, May 3, 2009

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Joanne of Joanneunleashed website (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Napoleon Hill's Keys to Positive Thinking: 10 Steps to Health, Wealth, and Success (Paperback)

This book presents the 10 steps to success by Napoleon Hill, which are:

1. Take possession of your own mind with conviction
2. Keep your mind on the things you want and off the things you don't want
3. Live the golden rule
4. Eliminate all negative thoughts by self-inspection
5. Be happy! Make others happy!
6. Form a habit of tolerance
7. Give yourself positive suggestions
8. Use your power of prayer
9. Set goals
10. Study, think and plan daily

The book includes simple self-tests that determine if you are coming from a positive mental attitude, a negative attitude or a lazy attitude. Short exercises encourage you to write down beliefs, goals, desires, but don't go much further than that.

The book seems superficial and the few personal anecdotes were uninspiring. The cover art says, "From the bestselling author of Think and Grow Rich! so I thought this book was by Napoleon Hill, but it isn't.

If you're looking for a short, easy-to-read book to remind you of steps to success, this will do the trick. Otherwise, go directly to the source and get Napoleon Hill's Keys to Success: The 17 Principles of Personal Achievement instead. Also of interest are Napoleon Hill's The Think and Grow Rich Action Pack and Vernon Howard's The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power.