On Sundays I like to repost older entries that are getting a bit of additonal interest. Check this out, originally posted July 6, 2012…
First off an apology of sorts; I haven’t written much lately, no excuse, just busy at my day job and not really all that inspired to write, until now.
Last Friday I picked up a copy of Napoleon Hill’s “new” book “Outwitting the Devil; The Secret to Freedom and Success”. The original manuscript was written in 1938, the year after he published his landmark book “Think and Grow Rich” but due to the misgivings of his family, remained unpublished until 2011. Hill claimed that he had interviewed the Devil and his wife felt that this crazy idea and much of the controversial statements made in the “interview” would taint his legacy. As a result the manuscript remained unpublished for over 70 years.
After having read the book I agree with Hill’s wife. The political and religious climate of the 1930s would not have looked favorably upon much of what he…
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