ENTHUSIASM 473like. Every thought held in the conscious mind has a tendency to draw
to it other thoughts of a similar nature. These feelings, thoughts, and
emotions growing out of past experiences, which claim the attention of
the conscious mind, are backed by a regular army of supporting soldiers
of a similar nature that stand ready to aid them in their work.
COMMENTARY
As noted earlier, many people built on the basic principles about which Napoleon
Hill wrote and lectured. Some took inspiration from Hill's principles of success
and turned their inspiration into businesses, a number of which went on to become
not just businesses but industries unto themselves. Others built on the ideas by
elaborating on certain concepts and they themselves became bestselling authors
and famous motivational speakers.
To experience firsthand just how influential Napoleon Hill has been in this
regard, the editors urge you to attend seminars and workshops by today's popular
speakers. You will hear new buzzwords, and the speakers will illustrate their con-
cepts with contemporary stories, but behind each modem catch phrase or story
you will also hear the echo of one of Hill's original seventeen principles of success.
Two of the most prominent and powerful motivational speakers of the latter part
of the twentieth century and beginning of the twenty-first century are Anthony
Robbins and Stephen Covey, both of whom readily acknowledge Napoleon Hill
as a major inspiration in their work.ENTHUSIASM AND SUGGESTION
Deliberately place in your own mind, through the principle of auto-
suggestion, the ambition to succeed through the aid of a Definite
Chief Aim, and notice how quickly all of your latent or undeveloped
ability in the nature of past experiences will become stimulated and
aroused to action on your behalf Plant in a child's mind, through the
principle of suggestion, the ambition to become a successful lawyer or