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Changed the way I saw the world. Continues to change the way I process the world.
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One of the best classical self-help books I ever read.
I will read this book from time to time and review my habits and action.
I asked my friend to buy this book when he went to Canada for holidays around the year 1997.
It was not sold in my country at that time and I didn’t know why.
I will read this book from time to time and review my habits and action.
I asked my friend to buy this book when he went to Canada for holidays around the year 1997.
It was not sold in my country at that time and I didn’t know why.
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Do I have to give this a star? This is a self help book that has some good ideas, most of which people already know they should be doing to be successful. He takes on such controversial issues as "never giving up," "planning ahead," and the ever progressive and edgy idea "talk with smart people to get good ideas." The only real problem with the book is he studied hundreds of successful people and that is his research. All of the people had their own individual ways of becoming successful, and yet he boils down everything to one specific plan on how to be successful. So even though everyone he studied didn't do everything in his book, he makes the logical leap that to be successful you need to do everything in the book. Oh, and if there is something you don't like (talking to yourself in the mirror for example) you're just not ready for it yet.
Bottom line, he has good yet not novel ideas that he got from successful people along with inspiring stories of success but he takes too much liberty with his research drawing definite conclusions for the secret formula for success without sufficient data. If you like this book I can point you to a thousand other self help books along these lines, but it wasn't for me.
Bottom line, he has good yet not novel ideas that he got from successful people along with inspiring stories of success but he takes too much liberty with his research drawing definite conclusions for the secret formula for success without sufficient data. If you like this book I can point you to a thousand other self help books along these lines, but it wasn't for me.
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Буде простіше сприймати, якщо це початок вашого нонфікшн шляху)) сприймати треба не дуже скептично, бо треба ВІРИТИ, що ти вартий більшого. Багато застарілої інформації, все ж книга написана майже 100 років тому.
Та незважаючи на все вище написане, вона реально варта прочитання. Там багато корисної інформації, яку треба пропрацювати. Посидіти з ручкою і блокнотом, відповісти на багато запитань.
Раджу.
Та незважаючи на все вище написане, вона реально варта прочитання. Там багато корисної інформації, яку треба пропрацювати. Посидіти з ручкою і блокнотом, відповісти на багато запитань.
Раджу.
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Unlike Good to Great I don't necessarily see this book as a must-read for business. I thoroughly enjoyed it myself and found a lot of the advice useful for life and self-belief, but as far as a business bible I wouldn't swear on it. What I did find enjoyable was sdespite some of the outdated advice, most of the "self worth" and envisioning/thinking goals into existence are still relevant and while people may disagree with the actual effectiveness of them they do help bolster one's self esteem, which is always important.
It was a fun little exploration into business books but I do not base my decisions on it.
It was a fun little exploration into business books but I do not base my decisions on it.
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این کتاب رو تو زمان درستی خوندم و تونست خیلی واسم مفید باشه، همیشه میگم خوندن کتاب های انگیزشی واقعا باید تو زمان مناسب خودش باشه. با اینکه تالیف کتاب دهه ی ۳۰ میلادی هست، اما به نظرم مطالبش حتی برای آینده هم مفیده ن.
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A classic self-help book, even a few would arguably say this must be treated as text books and everyone should read it. I definitely did agree with lots of ideas mentioned in it, but I suppose I was expecting more since a lot of people were singing praises of it. Overall it wasn't bad But I just needed more or perhaps the book was pretty good for its time and I'm just being too critical here.
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Si bien el tema de visualización ya se lee por todo lado, me gusta mucho el hecho de:
*Desear, visualizar, autosugestionar con emociones y ejecutar!
Este libro refuerza el hecho de que a punta de pensar sin acción no sirve pa nada, pero sin duda alguna, todo empieza desde nuestra mente.
Es un libro que vale la pena leer para soñar, inspirarse y conocerse a si mismo un poco más. Como dice el autor, es importante leerlo y aplicarlo, sino, este libro no te va a gustar, yo ya empecé a incorporar un ejercicio en mi meditación mañanera con lo que me enseñó y seguro este libro y sus enseñanzas serán un 5 estrellas a largo plazo
*Desear, visualizar, autosugestionar con emociones y ejecutar!
Este libro refuerza el hecho de que a punta de pensar sin acción no sirve pa nada, pero sin duda alguna, todo empieza desde nuestra mente.
Es un libro que vale la pena leer para soñar, inspirarse y conocerse a si mismo un poco más. Como dice el autor, es importante leerlo y aplicarlo, sino, este libro no te va a gustar, yo ya empecé a incorporar un ejercicio en mi meditación mañanera con lo que me enseñó y seguro este libro y sus enseñanzas serán un 5 estrellas a largo plazo
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I think my notes sum up my thoughts on this book.
I bought this book largely because it often came up as THE book to read for productivity and goal management.
It reads like new age wishing to the cosmic genie for money.
There's some value in the ideas, but the ideas are hindered by the flaky interpretation of events that end up getting distorted to suit the author's personal bias. I stopped reading by the chapter on sexual transmutation because I just wasn't reading it - I mean my eyes read the words, but I was reading at this point for the sake of finishing the book, not to retain or understand the information. I officially stopped reading when he used the words 'scientifically proven' without citing the study, which just added to the new age infomercial vibe the book has.
To sum up the books contents by chapter:
1. Think about money all of the time. If you're thinking about your dinner, STOP! Think about money. Stay tuned and I'll tell you how you can be rich right after these messages from our sponsors.
2. Think about how much money you'd like to have and when you would like to have it. Use step one to think about it all of the time. Forget about the dog, he can feed himself. Think about money. My rich friends think about money all of the time, and so should you.
3. The only measure of a truly successful person is based on how much money he makes. If you don't think so, you're just bitter. Have faith that the cosmic genie shall provide, if you wish hard enough and often enough.
4. You're not wishing hard enough. Wish better. Your wish should be automatic or else the cosmic genie might miss your wish for money. You need money. What do you mean you're not wishing for money? Don't you want to be successful. Look at this person who is rich and by our society's standards is a good person because he is rich.
5. Here's some outdated practices to look for a job. You want money, you're going to need to work for it. Don't type your resume yourself, that's a woman's job. (In all honesty though, this chapter was by far the most practical and his advice is: understanding what you have to offer vs the sort of clients/employer you want to work for is pretty solid. It is of course the complete opposite of how we're told to look for work. I suppose this is running on the assumption that one is already employed and trying to better oneself). Also some really good advice on focusing on who you want to work to help you attain your objective - it might mean something like working for a mentor, or for a company that does what you want to sell to others but need the street cred to make it happen, or to learn the professional practices and so on.
6. You should be imagining money. Here's the story about coca-cola that barely connects with the point I was trying to make.
7. You need to have a plan (totally good advice until...): a new wave of business management is needed in our great country. Rich people are the only people who are born leaders, poor people who happen to get lucky are just posers and they're ruining the very fabric this country was made of. (I swear that sentiment was in there somewhere. He's also very disconnected between how business enterprises actually treated their staff and why labor laws had to become a thing - i mean if business entities were really run by good natured all around great people... just saying)
In all honesty, this wasn't a bad chapter. He covers failing, failing hard, and failing often.
8. Here's a story about our founding fathers. (I'm Canadian, I'm so tired of hearing this story. I'm not that attached to your parchment. Also locking a bunch of dudes in a room until they see things your way is NOT patriotic, it's torture. wait... maybe that is patriotic.) Side note: the only useful bit is using your desperate situation as a way to motivate/push you to succeed. (Read: Scarcity: Why having so little means so much - and it'll explain why scientifically 'with actual real studies done with actual real scientists' that might not be possible)
9. If you don't have money, it's your own damn fault for not thinking about money enough or in the right way. You need to seduce the money, make her feel loved, make her want you. Your poor because you don't want money badly enough and you keep thinking poor people thoughts.
10. don't tell anyone what you aspire to do. ever. they'll just steal it from you and do the thing better and faster than you can and then they will have all of the money. Only tell people WITH money your plan because only people with money can help you, that's because they don't need more money! It's like a social service or good will or something to help you out, and rich people are such great people.
11. ... I stopped reading when he mentioned something about something being scientifically proven but didn't cite the research and so it came off as an opinion based fact, and lets face it, if I wanted those, I have a facebook feed full of them.
I'm donating the book to the library where more desperately poor people can wish to the comic genie and not actually take serious steps to better their lives or fix their relationship with money.
I bought this book largely because it often came up as THE book to read for productivity and goal management.
It reads like new age wishing to the cosmic genie for money.
There's some value in the ideas, but the ideas are hindered by the flaky interpretation of events that end up getting distorted to suit the author's personal bias. I stopped reading by the chapter on sexual transmutation because I just wasn't reading it - I mean my eyes read the words, but I was reading at this point for the sake of finishing the book, not to retain or understand the information. I officially stopped reading when he used the words 'scientifically proven' without citing the study, which just added to the new age infomercial vibe the book has.
To sum up the books contents by chapter:
1. Think about money all of the time. If you're thinking about your dinner, STOP! Think about money. Stay tuned and I'll tell you how you can be rich right after these messages from our sponsors.
2. Think about how much money you'd like to have and when you would like to have it. Use step one to think about it all of the time. Forget about the dog, he can feed himself. Think about money. My rich friends think about money all of the time, and so should you.
3. The only measure of a truly successful person is based on how much money he makes. If you don't think so, you're just bitter. Have faith that the cosmic genie shall provide, if you wish hard enough and often enough.
4. You're not wishing hard enough. Wish better. Your wish should be automatic or else the cosmic genie might miss your wish for money. You need money. What do you mean you're not wishing for money? Don't you want to be successful. Look at this person who is rich and by our society's standards is a good person because he is rich.
5. Here's some outdated practices to look for a job. You want money, you're going to need to work for it. Don't type your resume yourself, that's a woman's job. (In all honesty though, this chapter was by far the most practical and his advice is: understanding what you have to offer vs the sort of clients/employer you want to work for is pretty solid. It is of course the complete opposite of how we're told to look for work. I suppose this is running on the assumption that one is already employed and trying to better oneself). Also some really good advice on focusing on who you want to work to help you attain your objective - it might mean something like working for a mentor, or for a company that does what you want to sell to others but need the street cred to make it happen, or to learn the professional practices and so on.
6. You should be imagining money. Here's the story about coca-cola that barely connects with the point I was trying to make.
7. You need to have a plan (totally good advice until...): a new wave of business management is needed in our great country. Rich people are the only people who are born leaders, poor people who happen to get lucky are just posers and they're ruining the very fabric this country was made of. (I swear that sentiment was in there somewhere. He's also very disconnected between how business enterprises actually treated their staff and why labor laws had to become a thing - i mean if business entities were really run by good natured all around great people... just saying)
In all honesty, this wasn't a bad chapter. He covers failing, failing hard, and failing often.
8. Here's a story about our founding fathers. (I'm Canadian, I'm so tired of hearing this story. I'm not that attached to your parchment. Also locking a bunch of dudes in a room until they see things your way is NOT patriotic, it's torture. wait... maybe that is patriotic.) Side note: the only useful bit is using your desperate situation as a way to motivate/push you to succeed. (Read: Scarcity: Why having so little means so much - and it'll explain why scientifically 'with actual real studies done with actual real scientists' that might not be possible)
9. If you don't have money, it's your own damn fault for not thinking about money enough or in the right way. You need to seduce the money, make her feel loved, make her want you. Your poor because you don't want money badly enough and you keep thinking poor people thoughts.
10. don't tell anyone what you aspire to do. ever. they'll just steal it from you and do the thing better and faster than you can and then they will have all of the money. Only tell people WITH money your plan because only people with money can help you, that's because they don't need more money! It's like a social service or good will or something to help you out, and rich people are such great people.
11. ... I stopped reading when he mentioned something about something being scientifically proven but didn't cite the research and so it came off as an opinion based fact, and lets face it, if I wanted those, I have a facebook feed full of them.
I'm donating the book to the library where more desperately poor people can wish to the comic genie and not actually take serious steps to better their lives or fix their relationship with money.
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كتاب نابليون هيل " فكر تصبح غنياً "
وسُمى بعد التعديل " فكر وازداد ثراء "
أرى أنه كتابٌ يحوى ضفتين من الحديث، ضقة روحانية، وضفة عملية علمية ..
الضفه الروحانيه يتحدث كما لو أنه تقمس كتاب السر " the secret "، حيث يتحدث عن تجريد الأفكار من فقّعاتها لتسقط وتتحق على أرض الواقع، ولابد من الإيمان والإيحاء الإيجابى الدائم، وهذا الجزء أحترمه، ولكن لا أحبذه بدرجة كبيرة، اعرف أنه لابد من الثقة بالنفس وعدم التزعزع فى تحقيق الأهداف، وإذا فعلت هذا بشغف وأهتمام كامل، فسيتحقق بالتأكيد ..
ولكن أكره فكرة التعبير والذبذبات الأثيرية الذى يتم التحدث عنها، وبطبيعة البشر التى تحبذ معرفة كل الأسباب لكل شيئ، فهذا التفسير لا أقتنع به كثيراً.
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الضفة العلميه والعمليه تحوى على جانب جيد ومفيد جداً، يتحدث عن التركيز والاهتمام بهدف واحد وعدم تشتيت العقل ..
وضع خطط منظمة للوصول لما تريده..
إحاطة نفسك بالأشخاص التى تسعفك وتخلق معك أفكار جديدة ..
عدم السماح لأى شخص بالتأثير عليك..
عدم التردد فى اتخاذ القرارات ..
تجنب الخوف والقلق والتوتر فهم من مسببات الخيال والابداع.. وهكذا
وأخيرا أختم كلامى بجملة مقتبسة من الكتاب
ان الحياة هى لوحة شطرنج ، واللاعب المنافس هو الوقت، واذا ماترددت قبل القيام بحركتك او اهملت القيام بحركتك سريعا
ستزاح أحجارك من فوق اللوحة بمرور الوقت، فانت تلعب أمام منافس لا يتحمل التردد
وسُمى بعد التعديل " فكر وازداد ثراء "
أرى أنه كتابٌ يحوى ضفتين من الحديث، ضقة روحانية، وضفة عملية علمية ..
الضفه الروحانيه يتحدث كما لو أنه تقمس كتاب السر " the secret "، حيث يتحدث عن تجريد الأفكار من فقّعاتها لتسقط وتتحق على أرض الواقع، ولابد من الإيمان والإيحاء الإيجابى الدائم، وهذا الجزء أحترمه، ولكن لا أحبذه بدرجة كبيرة، اعرف أنه لابد من الثقة بالنفس وعدم التزعزع فى تحقيق الأهداف، وإذا فعلت هذا بشغف وأهتمام كامل، فسيتحقق بالتأكيد ..
ولكن أكره فكرة التعبير والذبذبات الأثيرية الذى يتم التحدث عنها، وبطبيعة البشر التى تحبذ معرفة كل الأسباب لكل شيئ، فهذا التفسير لا أقتنع به كثيراً.
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الضفة العلميه والعمليه تحوى على جانب جيد ومفيد جداً، يتحدث عن التركيز والاهتمام بهدف واحد وعدم تشتيت العقل ..
وضع خطط منظمة للوصول لما تريده..
إحاطة نفسك بالأشخاص التى تسعفك وتخلق معك أفكار جديدة ..
عدم السماح لأى شخص بالتأثير عليك..
عدم التردد فى اتخاذ القرارات ..
تجنب الخوف والقلق والتوتر فهم من مسببات الخيال والابداع.. وهكذا
وأخيرا أختم كلامى بجملة مقتبسة من الكتاب
ان الحياة هى لوحة شطرنج ، واللاعب المنافس هو الوقت، واذا ماترددت قبل القيام بحركتك او اهملت القيام بحركتك سريعا
ستزاح أحجارك من فوق اللوحة بمرور الوقت، فانت تلعب أمام منافس لا يتحمل التردد
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Timeless information, great words of wisdom, and excellent advice from, perhaps, the greatest personal development book ever published. The principles can be used for anything that you desire. I bought this bestseller from: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01...
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What a great book! And the resemblence of some of the concepts given in this book and the teachings of Islam is quite remarkable!
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