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== Introduction ==

 

📘 '''''{{Tooltip|Think and Grow Rich}}''''' is a 1937 self-help book by American writer {{Tooltip|Napoleon Hill}}, published amid the {{Tooltip|Great Depression}}. <ref name="LoCReads" /> The first edition was issued by {{Tooltip|The Ralston Society}} in {{Tooltip|Meriden, Connecticut}}. <ref name="OCLC874022719" /> It distills Hill’s earlier “{{Tooltip|Law of Success}}” into thirteen “steps to riches,” covering Desire, Faith, {{Tooltip|Autosuggestion}}, Specialized Knowledge, Imagination, Organized Planning, Decision, Persistence, the {{Tooltip|Master Mind}}, {{Tooltip|Sex Transmutation}}, the {{Tooltip|Subconscious Mind}}, the Brain, and the {{Tooltip|Sixth Sense}}. <ref name="CMCDesc">{{cite web |title=Think and Grow Rich |url=https://cmc.marmot.org/Record/.b19608342 |website=Colorado Mountain College Library Catalog |publisher=Colorado Mountain College |access-date=9 November 2025}}</ref> The tone is motivational and prescriptive, with concise step chapters that use devices such as visualization and autosuggestion for practice. <ref name="PenguinUK2019">{{cite web |title=Think And Grow Rich |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/343476/think-and-grow-rich-by-napoleon-hill/9781785042416 |website=Penguin Books UK |publisher=Penguin Books |date=8 August 2019 |access-date=9 November 2025}}</ref> According to the {{Tooltip|Library of Congress}}, the title had sold more than 20 million copies by Hill’s death in 1970 and at least another 50 million since. <ref name="LoCReads" /> It remained commercially durable decades later, ranking No. 10 on {{Tooltip|BusinessWeek}}’s paperback business list on 4 June 2007 in its 24th month on the chart. <ref name="BWList2007">{{cite web |title=The BusinessWeek Best-Seller List |url=https://billgeorge.org/article/the-businessweek-best-seller-list/ |website=Bill George |publisher=Bill George |date=4 June 2007 |access-date=9 November 2025}}</ref>

 

== Chapter summary ==

 

''—Note: The above summary follows the Ralston Society first edition (1937).''<ref name="OCLC874022719">{{cite web |title=Think and grow rich : original 1937 classic edition |url=https://worldcat.org/oclc/874022719 |website=WorldCat |publisher=OCLC |access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref><ref name="LoCReads">{{cite web |title=Napoleon Hill, ''Think and Grow Rich'' (1937) |url=https://loc.gov/exhibits/america-reads/1900-to-1949.html |website=Library of Congress |publisher=Library of Congress |access-date=8 November 2025}}</ref>

 

== Background & reception ==

🌍 '''Impact & adoption'''. In sport, a ''Guardian'' profile of world snooker champion {{Tooltip|Peter Ebdon}} details how he used ''{{Tooltip|Think and Grow Rich}}'' techniques—visualising outcomes under pressure—during pivotal matches. <ref name="Guardian2003Ebdon">{{cite news |last=Rendall |first=Jonathan |title=A breed apart |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2003/apr/06/snooker.features |work=The Observer |date=6 April 2003 |access-date=9 November 2025}}</ref> In higher education and workforce contexts, {{Tooltip|UVA Wise}} reported in 2024 on a partnership with the {{Tooltip|Napoleon Hill Foundation}} and a long-running “{{Tooltip|Keys to Success}}” class drawing on Hill’s principles. <ref name="UVAWise2024">{{cite web |title=Japanese Business Development Training CEO Visits UVA Wise, Signs Agreement with Napoleon Hill Foundation |url=https://www.uvawise.edu/news/2024/08/japanese-business-development-training-ceo-visits-uva-wise-signs-agreement-napoleon |website=UVA Wise News |publisher=University of Virginia’s College at Wise |date=9 August 2024 |access-date=9 November 2025}}</ref> The Foundation’s ongoing work with UVA Wise includes Keys to Success classes and scholarships. <ref name="UVAWise2022">{{cite web |title=Honoring Decades of Giving: The Napoleon Hill Foundation |url=https://www.uvawise.edu/news/2022/11/honoring-decades-giving-napoleon-hill-foundation |website=UVA Wise News |publisher=University of Virginia’s College at Wise |date=2 November 2022 |access-date=10 November 2025}}</ref>

 

 

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