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A friend recently asked me how personal growth stuff was going. I replied, "Personal growth stuff is going Awesome!"
I've become somewhat of a programmer... I worked on my personal site a bit... http://www.mattdipasquale.com/. Istill have improvements I want to make, mainly made it for marketing myself to new positions.
I got inspired by Think & Grow Rich. Napoleon Hill writes about a true story of a mom who diligently put together a well-organized, nicely-bound, 50-page composition of all her son's accomplishments, talents, etc. And, when he presented it to employers, he was offered a position & salary that most people would've had to put in 5+ years of experience to get. That's pretty cool. Hill tells it to demonstrate the importance of marketing yourself. He says, if you spend time on careful planning, you can save yourself a lot of time in the long-run. That inspired me to work on my personal website.
But, more than anything, the book is pure gold! You know The Secret? Well, ya know the book that the producer's daughter gives her in the beginning? I'm pretty sure that's Think and Grow Rich cause the preface of the book talks about how there's a Secret that's alluded to all throughout the book that will jump out at you if you're ready to receive it. It's mad cool.
I've know about T&GR for a while, but this is what really convinced me of it's power. Check out this article on Bruce Lee's application of Think & Grow Rich.
Bruce Lee basically wrote down how his life went verbatim... before it even happened! The dude practically scripted his life as if it were a movie. Imagine that... I believe that's possible... That's why I'm doing the same. :) As Tony Robbins often says, "Success leaves clues." This quote is the whole basis of the book Think & Grow Rich as it is the most comprehensive study of successful people every conducted. Hill spent over 20 years interviewing extremely successful people and then compiled all of their advice into a masterpiece of a book, Think & Grow Rich, a book praised as being responsible for the most self-made millionaires, and I'd argue billionaires & soon to be trillionaires!