Napoleon Hill a studiat convingerile personale ale individului si rolul lor in atingerea succesului. Ca rezultat al cercetarilor intreprinse in calitate de reporter si la imboldul lui Andrew Carnegie, autorul a formulat „filosofia succesului“, reluata in multe dintre cartile sale, cu scopul de a dezvalui calea spre reusita, formula prin care orice om se poate realiza atat in plan material, cat si spiritual. Desi concepute cu mult timp in urma, ideile lui Napoleon Hill sunt, in continuare, fundamentale pentru domeniul dezvoltarii personale. Cea mai cunoscuta lucrare a lui Napoleon Hill este De la idee la bani, fiind totodata una dintre cele mai vandute carti din toate timpurile.
Oliver Napoleon Hill was an American self-help author and conman. He is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich (1937), which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time. Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to improving one's life. Most of his books were promoted as expounding principles to achieve "success". Hill is a controversial figure. Accused of fraud, modern historians also doubt many of his claims, such as that he met Andrew Carnegie and that he was an attorney.
Foarte proasta cartea...plina de inventii si falsuri si efectiv pareri scoase din burta si bazate pe afirmatii ambigue si neverificabile. O pierdere totala de timp