What if someone devoted their life to understanding why some people become hugely successful above all others? Napoleon Hill was challenged by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie to do just that, and this book is the product of his 20 year journey to uncover those secrets. The book reads a little self-help cheesy at times, but it speaks a lot of truths. It's also fascinating to see how his writings about the average person's outlook in the Great Depression isn't that different than today's Great Recession.
His continuously-updated books page, where every book he reads gets a 1-10 rating and a "Why Read it" note; the book links carry his Amazon affiliate tag. The page carries no publication date for individual entries — its own metadata gives article:published_time 2012-12-16 and article:modified_time 2020-10-28, and books were added across that whole span. (undated page)
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