On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Dan Glover <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello everyone > > > Napoleon Hill wrote extensively about this in the early part of the > twentieth century. One particular story that stuck in my mind was how > Dr. Hill organized a take-over of one of Andrew Carnegie's steel > mills. He simply asked how much money Carnegie wanted for his mill. > Carnegie wrote what he thought was an outrageous sum of money on the > back of a napkin and handed it to Hill during lunch. > > Three days later Dr. Hill presented him with a check for the exact > amount Carnegie had wrote on the napkin. It totaled three hundred > million dollars. Some time later, Carnegie mused to Hill that he'd > considered writing down five hundred million dollars but considered > that sum too far out of the realm of possibility. Hill informed > Carnegie that he would have gotten it. > > He'd have gotten it! Just for the asking! > > So. It is not just wishful thinking to believe we order the world with > our thoughts. Ask and receive. It really is that simple. I guess the > hard part is knowing just what to ask. > > Hi Dan, Is this the same Napoleon Hill who wrote the book, "Think and Grow Rich" based upon the Thirteen Proven Steps to Riches? I guess if a flap of a butterfly's wings can create a hurricane that destroys a city, a thought can create its physical equivalent. But then again, how come I'm ain't rich? Still, a concept not to be dismissed out of hand. Regards, Platt Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
