15 things you didn't know about Napoleon hill.

 

15 things you didn't know about Napoleon hill.

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Hello,  and welcome to another exciting original blog presented by a.com today. We're revealing some interesting and surprising facts about Napoleon hill, a writer and businessmen who has inspired countless other successful businessmen entrepreneurs, celebrities, and future billionaires. Napoleon hill was born October 26th, 1883 in.

 

His life was full of setbacks and comebacks. From the time he was a child until his death in 1970, he grew up in poverty, but his writing career opened doors for him to meet some of the wealthiest and most influential people of his time. This led to him writing one of the best selling self-help books in history think and grow rich.

 

He also wrote 10 other books, like how to sell your way through. The magic ladder to success, and you can work your own miracles. He is sometimes a controversial figure as the accuracy of many of his accounts have been called into question and he got himself into legal trouble more than once for his questionable business practices.

 

It's still his books remain a great influence for present and future millionaires and billionaires, including many of you, Alex was out there during his lifetime Napoleon experience. The struggles of being incredibly poor and the finest that wealth has to offer. He was faced with incredible challenges and unbelievable operations.

 

But no matter what, he kept pushing himself to do better. And he wanted to pass his lessons on to as many people as possible. If you're a new here, welcome, be sure to subscribe and follow us on Instagram at Alex Napoleon hill continues to inspire people nearly 50 years after his death. So let's take a closer look at this influential man with 15 things you didn't know about Napoleon.

 

Number one, his stepmother is responsible for him becoming a writer. He'll had humble beginnings being born in a one room cabin near the Appalachian town of lb in Southwest Virginia. His mother died when he was only nine years old, but his father remarried two years later to a woman named Martha. Martha had a profound influence on Napoleon taming, the so-called wild child and making him. The school and church, she told him he should use his imagination to become a writer and offered to trade him his six shooter for a typewriter. And he took her up on that offer.

 Number two, he was first married at the age of 15. As mentioned Napoleon was known to be a wild child. And this occasionally got him into some difficult situations when he was 15 years old, a girl accused him of fathering her child.

 

And since he didn't have any proof, otherwise the girl's father demanded that they get married shortly after the girl recanted her claim and the marriage. Wasn't all.

 Number three he'll place, a personal ad in the paper to find a possible wife in 1908 while he was living in Washington, DC, he'll placed a personal ad in the paper to find a female companion in the ad. He wrote that he was seeking a young lady for a mutual friendship, with the possibility of leading to matrimony. He arranged a meeting with one woman who answered the ad, but he ended up marrying her cousin. Instead, he and Florence Horner were married in 1910.

 Number four. He left his wife and sons behind to find fame and fortune after marrying Florence in 1910, the couple had three sons, James born in 1911, Napoleon born in 1912.And David born in 1918 hill. Grew discontent though, and believed he needed to pursue fame and fortune. He left his family behind and moved to Chicago when late 1912 for the next 17 years, he spent very little time with Florence and his sons only visiting briefly over the. He and Florence divorced in 1935.

 

Number five, he was arrested for selling fraudulent. In 1918, the state of Illinois issued two warrants of arrest for hill for selling fraudulent stocks hill had established the George Washington Institute. In 1915. He gave the school a $100,000 valuation and split the ownership into 10,000 stocks. He gave himself 51% of the stock and started selling shares to his students at $10 per share. The problem with this was that the school's assets were actually valued at around $1,200, not 100,000. He'll turned himself in and didn't end up facing any serious legal consequences.

 

 Number six, he agreed to work without a salary for Andrew Carnegie for 20 years when hill met Andrew Carnegie for an interview for a Bob Taylor's magazine, Carnegie challenged him to work for 20 years without pay to determine the principles of success and compile them in a book so that every generation wouldn't have to find success by trial.In exchange Carnegie said he would introduce him to some of the wealthiest and most successful men of their time. He'll fully dedicated himself to the project. And Carnegie held up his end of the deal as well. Introducing him to men like Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham bell, Henry Ford and John D Rocco.

 

Eventually this project would lead to Hill's incredibly successful book think and grow rich.

Number seven, he lost everything in the great depression after hill published his first book, the law of success in 1928, he was making around 2,500 per month at royalties, which is around $28,000 at today's value.This allowed him to buy a mansion in the Catskills mountains, along with 600 acres of property and rolls Royce. He was also able to bring Florence and his sons to live with him. However, when the stock market crashed in 1929 and the great depression set in, he was forced to sell his property and give up his lavish lifestyle.

 

It was only a few years after this, that Florence would file for divorce.

 

 Number eight, his book remains one of the most influential books for self-made millionaires. The list of entrepreneurs, self-made millionaires, successful businessmen and celebrities who attribute at least a part of their success to Napoleon Hill's writings is quite impressive and includes Arnold Schwartz zinger Daymond, John Grant Cardone, Lana Del Ray, Brian, Tracy, and Tony Robbins.

 

Number nine think and grow rich. Almost had a very different name. At first hell's publisher. Andrew Pelton was not very excited about the manuscript for a think and grow rich. He thought it was too similar to Hill's first book, the law of success. He eventually agreed to publish it under one condition that the title of the book we changed to use your noodle to win more. Thankfully though this title was changed along the way to think and grow rich. And this would become Hill's greatest work.

 

Number 10, over 100 million copies of his book have been sold worldwide. He'll published his best selling book think and grow rich during the great depression and it immediately gained considerable. Throughout his lifetime, the book sold 20 million copies, but since his death in 1970, the book has sold over 100 million copies worldwide .It was ranked these six, the best selling business book. 70 years after it was published.

 

Number 11 hill was accused of committing fraud with his lumber. In 1907 hill, co-founded the, a Cree hill lumber company and was accused of buying $10,000 to $20,000 worth of lumber on credit selling the lumber well above market value, pocketing the cash and never paying his creditors.

 

His creditors were spread across the country in Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Indiana by the middle of 1908 word had gotten around the lumber community of Hill's fraud and his creditors and the police were looking. The newspapers of the time called this the Cree hill sensation. He fled to Washington DC and started going by his middle name Napoleon instead of Oliver.

 

 number 12, he owned a mansion in Mount Dora. After the success of think and grow rich hill bought a mansion called the castle in Mount Dora, Florida. He lived there throughout the 1930s and forties until his second wife, Rosa divorced him the home overlooked lake Dora and had a swimming pool on the roof. The home was torn down though in the 19.

 

Number 13, he lost most of his royalty money for think and grow rich in his second divorce, hail married Aerosol Lee Beland in 1937. They both worked together on the manuscript for a think and grow rich. And it was Rosa that convinced the publisher to go forward with the book. The book was incredibly successful and by 1940 hill was worth more than 1 million. But there was trouble in the marriage. And the two eventually got divorced. However, because the copyrights for his book were in his wife's name based on his lawyer's advice. She got nearly all of the royalties for think and grow rich. His wife reportedly ran off with a lawyer and hill was left to start over.

 

Number 14. He was nearly assassinated in 1926. When hill learned that police were not enforcing the law. When it came to local gangster, selling narcotics and bootleg liquor to area school children, he went to the Ohio governor and asked for an investigation, a publisher who was going to expose the gangsters in his paper was gunned down.

 

And the gangsters planned to assassinate Napoleon to the attempt failed because Hill's car broke down. So he didn't get to go home where the gunman were waiting. When he heard the news of the publisher's murder, he fled to West Virginia, the near-death experience left Napoleon mentally shaken. This led to a depression, which he said, felt like a living death for over a year.

 

Number 15, Oprah Winfrey credits, think and grow rich for her. Oprah has read, think, and grow rich at least 13 times in her life. And she gives much credit to the book for making her a billionaire, others who credit the book, at least partially for their success include bill gates, Elon Musk, Michael Jordan, Barbara Corcoran, and Rob deer deck.

 

Now that you've learned some more about Napoleon hill, do you plan on checking into more of his writings? Let us know what you think in the comments still here. Here's a bonus fact. Ken Norton, a professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1981 credits think and grow rich for giving him the mindset needed to go on a 14 fight winning streak, including a shocking victory over Muhammad Ali in 1973.

 

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