Tag Archives: Organizational Development

Part 3: May Day-Napoleon Hill’s Philosophy of Achievement

Posted on by
Reply

Continued from Part 2: Call in the Calvary, http://wp.me/ppImQ-qf

Napoleon Hill’s Philosophy of Achievement

This month I have been revisiting the works of some of the great motivators and philosophers who have been teaching the secrets of success over the past century.  One such person was Napoleon Hill.  Napoleon Hill, author of the all time  best seller, Think and Grow Rich, studied over 500 successful people of his time like Edison, John D. Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, Charles Schwab, F.W. Woolworth, and Henry Ford to see what made them successful. The tools for success he found are available to anyone at anytime and don’t cost a thing.  The results of his twenty years of research and lifetime of teaching show without a doubt that anyone can be successful.

Conceive and Believe and Achieve

Napoleon Hill asserts that the obstacles we see are the ones we have created within our minds.  He is the originator of the well known phrase, “Anything the mind can conceive and believe, the mind can achieve.”  Most people blame their lack of success on outside obstacles like time, wealth, education, and lack of support.  But he proves that none of these are valid and that the paths to success or the trails to destruction are created from within our own minds.  Regarding time, both the successful and the unsuccessful are given the same 24 hours.

Edison, nor Ford Had Much Formal Education

Napoleon Hill shares how Edison had only a few months of formal schooling and yet became one of the greatest inventors of our time with over 1,000 patents. Besides the incandescent light bulb by which most people know him, he pioneered the phonograph, motion picture camera, and the alkaline battery which was his most profitable product.    Henry Ford also had very little formal schooling and was not wealthy.  He too had to contend with naysayers, disbelievers, and cynics who thought he was wasting his time.  But his vision and faith were bigger than his detractors and he went on to build the Model T car and changed history forever.

To continue to Part 4: Wisdom of Carnegie, click here  http://wp.me/ppImQ-qD

c) 2010, Barbara S. Talley- All Rights Reserved

Barbara Talley is a keynote speaker, author of six books, and trainer on value-based living themes.  She also offers Effective Communication, Diversity, Leadership, Time Management, and Goal Setting workshops.  Visit her at www.thepoetspeaks.com or contact her at 301-428-4831.  You may email her at Barbara@ThePoetSpeaks.com.

Part 4A: May Day- The Wisdom of Andrew Carnegie

Posted on by
Reply
Continued from Part 3: Napoleon Hill’s Science of Achievement http://wp.me/ppImQ-qp

No One Achieves Success Alone

Now with respect to support, we need to find people on our own wave length, with similar energy, faith, and goals.  Unfortunately, it may not be our spouses, parents, best friends, children, pastors, or teachers that support our most cherished goals.  We must first believe that support is out there and then put out the right energy so that we can attract the right person, book, idea, or resource to us.

Andrew Carnegie Mentored Napoleon Hill

Napoleon Hill found such support in the billionaire steel magnate Andrew Carnegie.  Hill too had his own fears and doubts. He shared them with Mr. Carnegie that he didn’t have the education, wealth, or maturity to take on such a monumental mission that his mentor and coach was encouraging him to undertake. Napoleon Hill recounts that he was forever changed after hearing Mr. Carnegie share an analogy of life in a story about two sealed envelopes that each person receives at birth.  One was labeled Riches You May Enjoy, the other, Penalties You Must Pay.

We Each Possess A Power Greater Than Poverty, Education, and Fear

Mr. Carnegie taught that we each have under our control a power greater than poverty, greater than lack of education, and greater than all our fears and superstitions combined.  And, that power is our mind.  He said that “if we take possession of our minds and direct them towards goals of our choosing,”  that we would receive the contents of the Rewards envelope and we will be rewarded with wealth, health, peace of mind, labors of our love, freedom from fear and worry, etc.

If We Neglect to Use Our Minds Correctly We Must Pay the Penalty

If we neglect to take possession of our minds and direct them towards goals of our choosing, we must pay the penalties outlined in the Penalties envelope, which are ill health, fear and worry, indecision and doubt, frustration, poverty, want, and a host of evils including hatred, greed, superstition, etc.

Click here to continue reading about the Wisdom of Carnegie:  http://wp.me/ppImQ-qS

Barbara Talley is a keynote speaker, author of six books, and trainer on value-based living themes.  She also offers Effective Communication, Diversity, Leadership, Time Management, and Goal Setting workshops.  Visit her at www.thepoetspeaks.com or contact her at 301-428-4831.  You may email her at Barbara@ThePoetSpeaks.com.

Part 4B: May Day- More Wisdom from Dale Carnegie

Posted on by
1
Continued from Part 4A of the Wisdom of Dale Carnegie:http://wp.me/ppImQ-qD

Carnegie Did Not Let Lack of Wealth or Education Hold Him Back

Andrew Carnegie was not born a rich man and had to overcome obstacles himself.  He started out with neither education nor wealth.  He’d come to America at age 13 with his family and went to work in a factory in Pennsylvania earning only $1.20 a week, but his love of books and learning and positive mental attitude catapulted him to success.  He did not let the lack of formal education or wealth prevent him from realizing his dreams.

Within a decade, he was  financially secure and over the ensuing three decades became the wealthiest man in America. When he was thirty-three, he wrote a note to himself to retire when he was 35, for fear “To continue much longer overwhelmed by business cares … must degrade me beyond hope of permanent recovery.”

“He Who Dies Rich, Dies in Disgrace”

<!–[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]–><!–[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]–> <!–[endif]–>

He didn’t retire for another 30 years.  Mr. Carnegie had his detractors too, due to his fight against unions, refusal to offer decent pay for his workers in the steel mills, and his allowing unfair working conditions and hours.  Many were forced to work seven days a week for 12 hours a day with no retirement.

At the age 65 he sold his company to JP Morgan. He then devoted the rest of his life to creating avenues for education, peace, and helping others. He did not believe in leaving wealth to heirs. He felt that they should be provided for but that leaving them a fortune would do more harm than good.  For the next 18 years, until he died in 1919, Carnegie proceeded to give away $350 million. By the time of his death, he had created 22 different trusts all united for the purpose of benefiting humankind. It is reported that his wealth is responsible for opening over 2800 libraries.  In his own words, “He who dies rich, dies in disgrace.”

To continue to Part 5: Napoleon Hill’s 17 Success Principles, click here – http://wp.me/ppImQ-rG

http://canadianhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/the-carnegie-libraryum–libraries-in-canada

Barbara Talley is a keynote speaker, author of six books, and trainer on value-based living themes.  She also offers Effective Communication, Diversity, Leadership, Time Management, and Goal Setting workshops.  Visit her at www.thepoetspeaks.com or contact her at 301-428-4831.  You may email her at Barbara@ThePoetSpeaks.com.  (c) 2010, All Rights Reserved

Part 6: May Day- Napoleon Hill’s 17 Success Principles

Posted on by
Reply

 

What Do You Want from the Universe?

Napoleon Hill became so inspired by Andrew Carnegie that it changed his whole outlook on life and he then dedicated the next 20 years to studying and writing about how to become extraordinarily successful. So what did he find out?  He summed it up in his 17 success principles.  The first of his principles was ‘definiteness of purpose.”

Mr. Hill directs his readers to answer two questions.  The first, “What do you want from the universe?” He says to write it down and recite our desire a dozen or more times each day.  And, the second question, “What are you willing to do or give for it?”

Carnegie had taught him that, “It is the mind that makes the body rich,” and that, “No man can become rich without enriching others.”

I call this ‘definiteness of purpose,” certitude.  Certitude for me is, knowing for sure why I am here on the planet and understanding the wisdom of using my talents and gifts to serve humanity and not only myself.  Are you clear on your goals?  Have you decided and chosen what you want from this life?  Have you written your goals down?  Have you been specific?

The Mastermind Principle

The second principle and the one I’d like to focus on in this message was the Mastermind principle.  He asserts that no one that has achieved any significant success has done it alone.  They all took advantage of the mastermind principle that entailed bringing together a small group of trusted people and using their synergistic power of prayer, creativity, and knowledge to spark ideas, solve problems, or provide resources.

So, if you could use a little push or need a serious shove in the right direction, find a few people that you trust and seek their prayerful consultation, mentorship, or collaboration.  I write about using a mastermind group in my book, ‘Talleyup: The Excitement of Value-based Living’ under the topic of spiritual consultation.

http://www.barbaratalley.com/index_files/TalleyUP_Reawaken_the_Dreamer_in_You.htm

List of Napoleon Hill’s 17 Success Principles

Some of Napoleon Hill’s other principles are a Positive Mental Attitude, Pleasing Personality, Applied Faith, Go the Extra Mile, Personal Initiative, Enthusiasm, Self Discipline, Accurate Thinking, Controlled Attention, Teamwork, Learning from Adversity and Defeat, Creative Vision, Maintenance of Sound Health, Budgeting Time and Money, and Cosmic Habitforce. http://www.naphill.org/

Continued from Part 5: Napoleon Hill’s 17  Success Principles- http://wp.me/ppImQ-rG

To continue to Part 7: Success and Money Are Spiritual Matters, click here:  http://wp.me/ppImQ-rV

c) 2010, Barbara S. Talley- All Rights Reserved

Barbara Talley is a keynote speaker, author of six books, and trainer on value-based living themes.  She also offers Effective Communication, Diversity, Leadership, Time Management, and Goal Setting workshops.  Visit her at www.thepoetspeaks.com or contact her at 301-428-4831.  You may email her at Barbara@ThePoetSpeaks.com.

Part 1: What Are You On?

Posted on by
1

“Shush”

“Slow down!”

“Calm down!”

“Indoor voice!”

“What are you on?”

As a child, I was always being shushed, told to be quiet, or to “turn it down a notch.”  In order to fit in I had to walk on eggshells to comply or continually justify myself to others.  Have you ever had those questions directed to you? Have you ever asked them of others? Even though we have been admonished spiritually to “judge not so that we may not be judged,” some do it arrogantly and with a sense of entitlement.  And most do it regularly, instinctively, and harshly.  Too often the question, “What are you on?” or its variations were asked judgmentally or negatively of me, as if there were something “wrong” with me for being so “energized.” Or, the implications were even worse implying that I had to be “on something” or oblivious to reality to be so keyed up or overly happy.

I’m High on Life, Are You?

Other times the question was asked almost enviously, in the context of, “I wish I had an ounce of your energy, drive, or passion.”  To some, I guess I was too strong of a wind that upset the status quo.  To others thankfully, I was and am like a refreshing breeze inspiring movement, change, and energy.  If I am not reserved, quiet, or calm, I must be “on something”… right? Surely I must not be aware of all the painful, unhappy, and wrongs going on in the world. For the record I do not drink alcohol, smoke anything, take any drugs (prescription or otherwise), or even drink caffeinated coffee or soda. I have a natural high.  I’m high on life.

So instead of me thinking something was wrong with me, the correct question should have been, “What’s…

Click to continue article. http://wp.me/ppImQ-n8

Barbara Talley is a keynote speaker, author of six books, and trainer on value-based living themes.  She also offers Effective Communication, Diversity, Leadership, Time Management, and Goal Setting workshops.  Visit her at www.thepoetspeaks.com or contact her at 301-428-4831.  You may email her at Barbara@ThePoetSpeaks.com