Napoleon Hill's Path to Purpose: 7 Steps to Living a Life that Matters by Napoleon Hill

 

Up until this week, I'd never read a book by Napoleon Hill before. Sure, I'd heard of Napoleon Hill before and the title of his famous book, Think and Grow Rich, decades ago. However, I was never interested in reading Think and Grow Rich. Nor, did I know much Napoleon Hill's life or background either, until this week. 

It wasn't until I was browsing Chirp Audiobook's website and noticed that quite a few of Napoleon Hill's books were on sale through their website. I became interested in a couple of Napoleon Hill's books on Chirp Audiobook's website. I also grew curious about what made Napoleon Hill's legacy so enduring that people were still buying/reading his books all these years later.

So, I purchased two audiobooks on sale from Chirp's website written by Napoleon Hill. I chose to read Napoleon Hill's Path to Purpose: 7 Steps to Living a Life that Matters first. 

Napoleon Hill's Path to Purpose: 7 Steps to Living a Life that Matters by Napoleon Hill is a work of nonfiction and falls into the personal growth and self-help genres. It is a short listen at 1 hour, 32 minutes and decently narrated by Rich Germaine.

I am often skeptical regarding personal growth and self-help books. I'm all about self-improvement and doing what one can to better one's own life, but are self-help books the best solution for bettering one's life? I'm not sure. I am sure self-help and personal growth books have their merits, but to what end?

As far as, Napoleon Hill's Path to Purpose: 7 Steps to Living a Life that Matters by Napoleon Hill goes, it's an interesting read. Short and concise. There's some interesting information held within it's pages. Some of the information seems valuable enough, but other ideas presented, I'm not sure about at all. I question whether following the seven steps to living a life that matters, will bring the desired results implied in the book.

The other thing is this... I read up about Napoleon Hill via Wikipedia. On Wikipedia's Napoleon Hill page, it states the following:

"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."

Well, the above quote from Wikipedia leaves a sour note in my mind. Now I am not so sure I want to try applying the seven steps to living a life that matters to my own life to see what results I am able to personally achieve. I am also not so sure I want to listen to the second Napoleon Hill audiobook I purchased now either.

Below is the publisher's summary for Napoleon Hill's Path to Purpose: 7 Steps to Living a Life that Matters by Napoleon Hill from Chirp's website:

What do you want out of life?

The vast majority of people avoid answering this daunting question. As a result, they spend their days aimlessly drifting or scrambling from one task to the next, never deciding upon a larger goal or plan for their future. However, studying the lives of the world’s highest-achieving individuals quickly reveals an essential truth that success—along with meaning and fulfillment—are found in the pursuit of a Definite Major Purpose, a goal so compelling that it inspires you to take action every day toward its attainment.

Drawing from never-before-published lectures from Napoleon Hill, author of the worldwide bestsellers Think and Grow Rich and Outwitting the Devil, this book provides a step-by-step guide to identifying your unique purpose in life, creating a plan for its attainment, and cultivating the habits necessary to make your actions and ideas more impactful. The exercises, tips, and techniques included will help you to:

Identify and refine your Definite Major Purpose Craft short-term and long-term goals related to your major purpose. Strengthen your focus and creativity to achieve greater performance. Establish rhythms of thought and action to accelerate your results

Napoleon Hill’s Path to Purpose not only helps you fix a clear North Star for your life—it secures your path by giving you a simple formula for living out your purpose day after day, even when life’s difficulties and distractions threaten to throw you off course. Do not settle for anything less than what you want out of life.

Read this book and empower yourself to move forward confidently with the peace and mental freedom that come from a deep, abiding belief in the significance of your contributions.

I am giving Napoleon Hill's Path to Purpose: 7 Steps to Living a Life that Matters by Napoleon Hill a rating of 2 stars out of 5 stars.

Until my next post, happy reading!!