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Book · 2018 · Body, Mind & Spirit

Think and Grow Rich

by Napoleon Hill · Recommended by 21 people on 11 podcasts

Why people recommend it

Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is a classic personal development and self-improvement book that explores the psychological power of thought and personal belief in achieving financial and life success. The book has garnered high praise and profound personal recommendations across multiple podcast platforms from various public figures. On The Joe Rogan Experience, guest J. Prince identified the title as the single most life-changing and inspirational work he encountered, listing it among the educational materials that shaped his path. Freeway Rick Ross also appeared on the same podcast to discuss how reading the book completely blew his mind and dramatically shifted his perspective. Similarly, Shawn Stevenson shared on Modern Wisdom that Napoleon Hill's work transformed his life years ago by introducing him to foundational mental visualization practices. The book has also resonated heavily within the financial independence community. Alan Donegan mentioned on ChooseFI that reading the book inspired him to take a successful person out for lunch, and the podcast's host, Rob, named it his favorite book of all time. Rob noted that revisiting the material through audiobooks made it feel entirely brand new while continuing to aid his creativity and mindset. Finally, Rafael Lovato Jr. shared on The Joe Rogan Experience MMA Show that he consistently brings the book backstage before fights, recounting how opening it to a specific passage during a difficult training camp provided him with the exact mental advantage he needed to push through his competition.

Who recommended it

Dominick Quartuccio — 3 mentions
Discussed
“if you guys are Think and Grow Rich fans like I'm sure a lot of your listeners are Think and Grow Rich is one of the best selling”
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“and this is where Napoleon Hill's work comes in extra handy right Napoleon Hill and Think and Grow Rich”
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“and then over time as I started having an Awakening and started reading books and you know Tim Ferriss for our work week really started to challenge the way I was looking at my life and outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill and then thinking we're rich it really got me thinking about like wow I realize when I leave”
J. Prince — 2 mentions
Recommended
“um the biggest one that was life-changing to me was think and grow rich by napoleon hill”
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“uh of course think and grow rich compound effect”
Ryan Holiday — 2 mentions
Critiqued
“napoleon hill who wrote that book think and grow rich he was a literal con man”
Discussed
“napoleon hill who wrote that book think and grow rich”
Freeway Rick Ross — 2 mentions
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“So having these experiences in these books, you know, Thinking Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, like just blew my mind.”
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“my favorite three books is the richest man in Babylon by George classy thinking go rich by napoleon hill and as a man think by James Allen”
Dominic Quartuccio — 2 mentions
Discussed
“I learned about this concept from someone that I consider to be my mentor even though he's been dead for decades and the gentleman who introduced this concept to me is the author of Think and Grow Rich Fame Napoleon Hill”
Discussed
“he went out and interviewed the Henry Fords the Roosevelts the Rockefellers and distilled their secrets and wrote the book Think and Grow Rich which became this Bible for how to attract riches in abundance into your life”
Alan Donegan — 2 mentions
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“I read a book uh it was a few years ago Now it's called Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill”
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“I read a book uh it was a few years ago now it's called Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill and it said take a rich man out for lunch”
Joey Diaz — 2 mentions
Discussed
“inside every seed of adversity is in and or inside every adversity is a seed of an equivalent benefit... Think and Grow Rich... Napoleon Hills book”
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“Raphael Lovato quoted that inside every seed of adversity is in and or inside every adversity is a seed of an equivalent benefit who was that Think and Grow Rich was that guy's name again god damn it this weed in your memory was being 15 Thornhill yes Napoleon Hills book very interesting book Raphael Lovato jr. He loves that”
Urijah Faber — 2 mentions
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“I mean there's I like Napoleon Hill you know he wrote three thinking good thinking but he has the also the laws I figured the I figured the rules of success so he talks about positive mental attitude”
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“I like Napoleon Hill you know he wrote three thinking good thinking”
Warren Cass — 2 mentions
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“he said well if you're really ambitious war and he said Jill then you know it's a book I recommend and it was thinking Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill”
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“and he said Jill then you know it's a book I recommend and it was thinking Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill”
Dan Harris — 2 mentions
Critiqued
“because there's there's a book called the show positive thinking there's another book called Think and Grow Rich I don't want people to go buy these books”
Critiqued
“there's a book called the show positive thinking there's another book called Think and Grow Rich I don't want people to go buy these books”
Shawn Stevenson — 1 mention
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“and this is from thinking Grow Rich Napoleon Hill and it changed my life years ago”
Robert Evans — 1 mention
Discussed
“affirmations are a practice that's birthed by the new thought movement which himself itself evolved from books like Think and Grow Rich and the science of getting rich in the early 1900s”
Jay Shetty — 1 mention
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“When I was reading your book, I felt so happy because when you were sharing, this was the greatest secret; I couldn't agree with you more.”
Ian Crossland — 1 mention
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“yeah dude i just know for humans because i read it in thinking grow rich and i think i've felt it a couple times it's it's flow state”
Anthony Pompliano — 1 mention
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“i read when i was 20 actually sitting in the desert of iraq um rich dad poor dad think and grow rich and the richest man in babylon”
Christian Angermayer — 1 mention
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“So I remember it so I go into that bookstore and there was these whole how I say promotion wall with just one book which uh which which is uh the American Think and Grow Rich from Napoleon Hill. And do you know like when in movies like the 14-year-old boy goes in and then the light is coming down”
Jorge Ventura — 1 mention
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“i think i read it in a book it's um think and grow rich by napoleon hill”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
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“what was that think and grow rich quote that um lovato lovato said the other day every adversity carries the seed of an equivalent advantage”
Rafael Lovato Jr. — 1 mention
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“every adversity carries with it the seed of an equivalent advantage that was the first thing that I saw and it hit me right there it was like everything that I went through in this camp to get to this fight you know that is going to be my advantage that is gonna be what carries me through this fight”
Hotep Jesus — 1 mention
Discussed
“so when we look at Think and Grow Rich write the book thinking we're rich was to tell you to do It tells you create a Council of I think he says dead people or something like that”
John Joseph — 1 mention
Discussed
“and it was like he told me no matter what circumstances you may be in and I was in the Navy at the time in Norfolk [ __ ] smuggling [ __ ] up catching cases came out of took took Navy over going back to jail and I was [ __ ] up I didn't know what to do”
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“Think and Grow Rich uh Napoleon Hill yes but you know I read it like five years ago my mindset was just starting to come around now I'm reading it again on audiobook really I hate really reading but I love audiobooks I'm seeing it like it's brand new again I almost don't remember most of it I thought I”
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“Think and Grow Rich uh Napoleon Hill”
Discussed
“you know we read napoleon hill so we understand the power of a mastermind”
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“we read napoleon hill so we understand the power of a mastermind”
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“he got his start because he bought the rights to thinking Grow Rich”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (7: passing, ad reads, own books)
Passing
“They do all the right things: they wake up, they journal, they read self-help motivational books, they go to the right seminars, they try to express gratitude, even fake their way through it. But as soon as they finish that intentional focus, they drop back down into the state where they most comfortably exist.”
Passing
“the kind of guys that he's super that Trump is kind of inspired by are sort of like a mix of kind of quasi-prosperity gospel dudes and like Napoleon Hill Think and Grow Rich kind of people”
Passing
“in the very near future she will have interviewed more millionaires than Napoleon Hill from uh yes Think and Grow Rich”
Passing
“to her point I think she said this in the episode in the very near future she will have interviewed more millionaires than Napoleon Hill from uh yes Think and Grow Rich”
Passing
“I think um i read it in a book it's um think and grow rich by napoleon hill”
Passing
“and the secret and Think and Grow Rich you know to assume you're gonna strike out”