The Master-Key To Riches

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Summary: Better than Think and grow rich!
Review: After reading Thinkand grow rich I really liked Mr. Hill but found some of his teachings strange. This book on the other hand was great, it had good info and it made a point (that the master key to riches is your mind). I really enjoyed this book. One problem is that much of the teachings come from a new age background, without going into great detail I will just say that one should use disernment while reading this book it has great stuff but also some dangerous stuff.

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Summary: Master Key To Riches/ Napoleon Hill
Review: All of Napoleon Hill's books are a "must read"! This one as well as Think and Grow Rich, which is the "un-disputed champ" of success books! I love all of his books, period! END

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Summary: Don't judge this book by it's cover...
Review: My initial interest with this book was purely for personal gain, i.e. to get rich! After all, isn't that what the cover implied? However, as I read, my attitude rapidly changed. Financial wealth is just one of the twelve riches in life that Hill so eloquently discusses. The power that exists within each one of us through self-discipline and determination is literally life changing. This is a lifelong study book!

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Summary: Deceptive and filled with Darkness
Review: Napoleon Hill takes an entire book to reach his point. You have to go to the very end of the book to find the Master Key, which is your mind. Of course some other chapters are interesting - on self-discipline, and the family, and the sort. But this book, this very book which holds many in its sway, is riddled and filled with the theories and philosophies of theosophy, and occult system with many deceptive and dark practices. Some of you who've been told this is the greatest book on the planet have had a problem with this review, however, you need to examine the evidence. For example, there's a statement in this book, which some of the Leadership groups in MLM's, like AMWAY, claim is magic, that "...when you decide on a course of action, the world essentially moves out of your way and helps you to succeed." Hill's teachings originate from the teachings of his dead princes and when he started talking to them, he got most of his theories from these "Ascended Masters," or what we refer to as "demons from the otherworld," who dictated this teaching to him. Again, you need to look at the facts, and read his other books, to arrive at the truth. But you need to stay away, pilgrim, or Christian, or seeker. Keep your eyes on Christ. Hill may speak about God, but it's not the True one.

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Summary: A condensed version of Think & Grow Rich
Review: The Master Key to Riches is 209 pages and 10 chapters of wisdom. Someof what was in Think & Grow Rich is in here and there is much that is not.

In this great book you will learn:

* The 12 riches of life

* The 8 princes

* Definiteness of purpose

* The habit of going the extra mile

* Love, the true emancipator of mankind

* The Master Mind

* Applied Faith

* The law of cosmic habitforce

* Self-Discipline

and much more.

The Master Key to Riches is based on the Andrew Carnegie formula for money making. Updated and modern from Think & Grow Rich, The Master Key to Riches describles in step by step detail todays greatest practical philosophy of success. This amazing philosophy, organized from the success experiences of hundred's of the the world's most powerful and wealthy men, will show you how to succeed in any walk of life.

Read this book. The Master Key to Riches will change your whole life....for the better.

Rating:
Summary: A condensed version of Think & Grow Rich
Review: The Master Key to Riches is 209 pages and 10 chapters of wisdom. Someof what was in Think & Grow Rich is in here and there is much that is not.

In this great book you will learn:

* The 12 riches of life

* The 8 princes

* Definiteness of purpose

* The habit of going the extra mile

* Love, the true emancipator of mankind

* The Master Mind

* Applied Faith

* The law of cosmic habitforce

* Self-Discipline

and much more.

The Master Key to Riches is based on the Andrew Carnegie formula for money making. Updated and modern from Think & Grow Rich, The Master Key to Riches describles in step by step detail todays greatest practical philosophy of success. This amazing philosophy, organized from the success experiences of hundred's of the the world's most powerful and wealthy men, will show you how to succeed in any walk of life.

Read this book. The Master Key to Riches will change your whole life....for the better.

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Summary: This book is a key to success and greatness
Review: This book brought tears of joy to my eyes as I read a story about an acorn on page 115. It was a simalar happening in my life. This is another Great book by Napoleon Hill that I have added to my library of my most prized collection of Great works of the masters

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Summary: Learn what Success truely means and what it takes.
Review: Though the book is sometimes a little difficult to understand it nicely lays out the THOUGHT PROCESS of a successful person - not just financially but in other aspects of life as well. It takes patience to read this one, but if you get what Napolean Hill is trying to put through (over 20 years of research of the most successful individuals) you are really getting a MASTER KEY to riches by understanding the SUCCESS PRINCIPLES!

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Summary: Decent read, but the suggestions will probably be dismissed
Review: You have to have a certain level of maturity or fandom to really appreciate Napoleon Hill. Many of the pearls of wisdom he has only make sense in hindsight. If you're adding this book to your Napoleon Hill collection, you'll love it.

If you've never read Hill before, you might have a hard time adjusting to him... and in that case, this review is meant for you.

The subject of this book is supposedly the business philosophy of Andrew Carnegie, as requested by Carnegie. I don't think this essay was quite what he wanted, though. The book may have some jewels of ideas in it, but it's so horribly written that they'll slip past you without notice, or be so mangled that you just won't care.

I don't really have the overly paranoid "Satan-is-coming!" view of this book that the reviewer a few slots before me does, but I suggest you read his qualms - it's a good overview of the truly weird New Age-ish approach this book takes. Instead of saying, "Be grateful for what you've got," Mr. Hill suggests you sit down with an imaginary "Eight Princes" around a table once a day, each named for something you're grateful for, and thank them. Um. Yeah. Loads of that sort of thing in here.

And the whole book reads like an infomercial. "We'll get to the Master Key soon... but first... let me tell you about this other exciting opportunity!" In fact, he tells you the Master Key in the very last sentences of the book(!), I suppose so you'll bother to read the rest.

The Master Key is absolutely a golden idea, truly. I just wouldn't suggest *this* book as an introduction to it.

Spoiler: don't read the rest of this review if you don't want to know the juicy tidbits.

The important ideas that this book actually gives you:
1) The Master Key: "You are in control of your own mind." You're in control of everything from which commercial music it listens to, to what your purpose will be in life and how you plan to get there. It may take a month or two of contemplation to truly "get" this and realize how powerful it can be.
2) "Going the extra mile." This is great for business; my roommate just got an award with exactly those words written on it.
3) "Positive Mental Attitude." This is SO important to health, opportunities, and quality of life, but Mr. Hill's ramblings don't go into all of that. Most of his chapters' ideas -- "When you're ready, an opportunity will appear," "Have faith in the outcome," "Do it, and you'll have the power," "The universe will align itself to your purposes," etc. -- are ALL wrapped up in this one principle, but even he didn't seem to understand it was all *perspective* and not some sort of mysterious "law of cosmic habitforce" (yes, he actually uses phrases like that!!!).

In conclusion: Get this book if you're interested in digging up info about Carnegie. Otherwise, get "The New Feeling Good Handbook" by David Burns; "Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen R. Covey; and "Learned Optimism" by Martin Seligman - to learn the points above, respectively, in a much less confusing manner.