Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich is amotivational personal development and self-help book written byNapoleon Hill and inspired by a suggestion from Scottish-Americanbusinessman Andrew Carnegie. While the title implies that this bookdeals only with how to get rich, the author explains that thephilosophy taught in the book can be used to help people succeed inall lines of work and to do or be almost anything they want. Forinstance, Jim Murray (sportswriter) wrote that Think and Grow Richwas credited for Ken Norton's boxing upset of Muhammad Ali in 1973.The Reverend Charles Stanley writes "I began to apply theprinciples of (Think and Grow Rich) to my endeavors as a pastor,and I discovered they worked!" The book was first published in 1937during the Great Depression. At the time of Hill's death in 1970,Think and Grow Rich had sold 20 million copies.[7] It remains thebiggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books - a perennial best-sellerafter 70 years (BusinessWeek Magazine's Best-Seller List rankedThink and Grow Rich as the sixth best-selling paperback businessbook 70 years after it was first published). Think and Grow Rich islisted in John C. Maxwell's A Lifetime "Must Read" Books List.Napoleon Hill (October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an Americanauthor in the area of the new thought movement who was one of theearliest producers of the modern genre of personal-successliterature. He is widely considered to be one of the great writerson success. His most famous work, Think and Grow Rich (1937), isone of the best-selling books of all time (at the time of Hill'sdeath in 1970, Think and Grow Rich had sold 20 million copies).Hill's works examined the power of personal beliefs, and the rolethey play in personal success. He became an advisor to PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1936. "What the mind of man canconceive and believe, it can achieve" is one of Hill's hallmarkexpressions. How achievement actually occurs, and a formula for itthat puts success in reach of the average person, were the focalpoints of Hill's books. Think and Grow Rich remains the top sellerof Napoleon Hill's books – a perennial best-seller after 70 years(Business Week Magazine's Best-Seller List ranked Think and GrowRich as the sixth best-selling paperback business book 70 yearsafter it was first published). Think and Grow Rich is listed inJohn C. Maxwell's A Lifetime "Must Read" Books List.