Thoughts Are Things - TAGR Chapter 1 Group Study Post

Converting Thought Into Reality

The first chapter of Think and Grow Rich brings into sharp focus how important thoughts can be. No matter how hard we work our business, if you do not think things through, knowing exactly what you wish to achieve, the chances of success are very slim.

We are taught to work very hard and to never give up. This is great advice. But it will come to naught without the smart thinking that is critical.

Edwin C. Barnes and Mr. Thomas Edison

In this chapter Napoleon Hill tells the story of how Edwin C. Barnes "thought" his way into a business partnership with Thomas Edison. Edwin was a great admirer of Mr. Edison. The problems he faced were he didn't know the man. Nor did he live in the same town as him.

Yet he was able to achieve this goal. It took a while, but he succeeded.

Henry Ford And The 8 Cylinder Engine

Another amazing story was about Henry Ford. He came up with the idea of creating an 8 cylinder engine cast from one block. His engineers told him this was impossible. He didn't take NO for an answer, and tasked them to go ahead anyway. There were several times when they returned to Mr. Ford to confirm there efforts confirmed this was impossible,

After a few years, as if by a stroke of magic the secret to fabricate what Henry Ford wanted was achieved. His persistence paid off. The rest is History!

This chapter relates several examples about how others thought things into reality.

Exercise For This Chapter

Read it. Make comments on it. Then relate one example in your life where you were able to make something happen though it seemed impossible at first.

Then consider the affiliate marketing business we are in. Name one thing that we are trying tom achieve that appears impossible. Tell us how you plan to make it possible using the lessons taught at Wealthy Affiliate.

In this way we can all learn from each others thoughts and experiences.

Use the discussion area below to share your thoughts.

List Of Participating Members

Updated Saturday, April 4, 2020

The following is a list of Wealthy Affiliate members who responded they would like to participate in this Think and Gorw Rich Book study. When I originally collated the list of members I overlooked many more because I didn't read all the responses correctly.

Members who I sent out the original PM describing the process are identified with a + sign. In owe an apology to the remaining members who I had left out.

Since this was my fault I am going to delay the start of Chapter 2 until Wednesday 8th April to give everyone a chance to read the responses of those who have yet to comment.

I will be sending out a new PM to everyone explaining this situation. We will be back on track when I release Chapter 3 on Monday April 13th.

This and subsequent Chapter Posts will have a link in the original post below:

Think and Grow Rich Could Be Worth A Million Dollars!

We have a total of 60 members in this study group. The Wealthy Affiliate PM system doesn't permit sending out PM's to multiple members. Hence, I will have to send out 56 separate PM's. I will not be using the PM system to communicate with the group like I had originally planned. Instead, I will be using my actual posts to do that. Please check for my messages to the group there.

Since I will be publishing a new post for each Chapter, I feel this should work out just fine. Thanks for your understanding,

John1121 - John +

DarioL - Dario +

KIMANDREWS6 - Kim +

AllyJay - Ally +

vmccarthy - Veronica +

RobStuckey - Rob +

JosonInc - Joe +

MacJack - Mac +

DarrenNicola - Darren +

CassiOfTroy Cassi +

hanley - Peter +

NicholaJames - Nichola +

DBlanchard - Denis +

ValerieJoy - Valerie +

SAWalden - Susan +

anjumshahlla - Shahlla +

gvhy - George +

Hamish58 - Hamish

DavePage - Dave

1Rudy1 - Rudy

MichalB - Michal

StPaul - Paul

Rama76 - Rama

Asesterheim - Angelica

jen0906 - Jen

Kilife - Graham

MElumir - Merven

JohanvEeden - Johan

MWilkinson2 - Michelle

Wjtera - Una

brewermoe - Will

Moonflower3 - Moon (Laura)

Arsh1994 - Arsh

TELEX2019 - Telex

RobertDM - Bobby (Robert)

Ginger67 - Lisa

TBallister - Tucker

Diana112 - Diana

Cali - Cali

clickto76 - Ibrahim

ByronB2 - Byron

TracyWA - Tracy

Debbie46 - Debbie

Jim-Bo - Jim (James)

HildeRegine - Hilde

Kiranoppa - Kirsti

MariaDale - Maria

MiaL - Melissa

42Louise - Louise

Karonama - Karonama

Makinitwork - Jen