WM. HOWARD TAFT
DANIEL WILLARD
LUTHER BURBANK
KING GILLETTE
EDWARD W. BOK
RALPH A. WEEKS
FRANK A. MUNSEY
JUDGE DANIEL T. WRIGHT
ELBERT H. GARY
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER
DR. ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
THOMAS A. EDISON
JOHN H. PATTERSON
FRANK A. VANDERLIP
JULIUS ROSENWALD
F. W. WOOLWORTH
STUART AUSTIN WIER
COL. ROBERT A. DOLLAR
DR. FRANK CRANE
EDWARD A. FILENE
GEORGE M. ALEXANDER
EDWIN C. BARNES
J. G. CHAPLINE
ARTHUR NASH
HON. JENNINGS RANDOLPH
CLARENCE DARROW
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THINK & GROW RICH
These names represent but a small fraction of the hundreds of well known Americans whose achievements, financially and otherwise, prove that those who understand and apply the Carnegie secret, reach high stations in life. I have never known anyone who was inspired to use the secret, who did not achieve noteworthy success in his chosen calling. I have never known any person to distinguish himself, or to accumulate riches of any consequence, without possession of the secret. From these two facts I draw the conclusion that the secret is more important, as a part of the knowledge essential for self-determination, than any which one receives through what is popularly known as
"education."
What is EDUCATION, anyway? This has been answered in full detail.
As far as schooling is concerned, many of these men had very little. John Wanamaker once told me that what little schooling he had, he acquired in very much the same manner as a modern loco-motive takes on water, by "scooping it up as it runs." Henry Ford never reached high school, let alone college. I am not attempting to minimize the value of schooling, but I am trying to express my earnest belief that those who master and apply the secret will reach high stations, accumulate riches, and bargain with life on their own terms, even if their schooling has been meager.
Somewhere, as you read, the secret to which I refer will jump from the page and stand boldly before you, IF YOU ARE READY FOR IT! When it appears, you will recognize it. Whether you receive the sign in the first or the last chapter, stop for a moment when it presents itself, and turn down a glass, for that occasion will mark the most important turning-point of your life.
We pass now, to Chapter One, and to the story of my very dear friend, who has generously acknowledged having seen the mystic sign, and whose business achievements are evidence enough that he turned down a glass. As you read his story, and the others, remember that they deal with the important problems of life, such as all men experience.
The problems arising from one's endeavor to earn a living, to find hope, courage, contentment and peace of mind; to accumulate riches and to enjoy freedom of body and spirit.
Remember, too, as you go through the book, that it deals with facts and not with fiction, its purpose being to convey a great universal truth through which all who are READY may learn, not only WHAT TO DO, BUT ALSO HOW
TO DO IT! and receive, as well, THE NEEDED STIMULUS TO MAKE A START.
