This book could help you more than “Think and Grow Rich”

Emmett Ferguson
2 min readMay 26, 2020

And get you into massive momentum in life

Let’s start this off by saying “Think and Grow Rich” is essential reading for anyone who wants to improve themselves. Many successful motivators, influencers, and business people will recommend the book, and it’s on just about every major self-improvement reading list for a reason.

I read TAGR four times, and it has helped me in some way every time. I even went through training with the Napoleon Hill Foundation.

But here’s what’s missing from Napoleon Hill’s, must-read TAGR.

Modern technology.

And yes, the “tools, systems, ideas, and new ways of thinking” for self-improvement, are technology. For example, if you come up with a new way of motivating people, you just created a technology. If you developed a method of planning for people to get an extra hour out of their busy lives, that is a technology.

And Hill was smart enough to realize this. Keep TAGR was originally published in 1937, therefore, he had to compile all the ideas during the many years leading up to that.

It’s amazing to see how he talks about technologies like sound machines, transferring information through the air (wi-fi? Bluetooth?), and the work of people like William James.

Here’s what’s so amazing about TAGR. Using the ideas during that time, Hill helps you create a roadmap for life, and set the standard for getting your mind right.

What he was missing, was modern self-improvement tech. He didn’t have the tools and technology that works specifically for the individual as a person. It was more of a philosophy and way of approaching life — which is incredibly helpful.

Fast forward a few decades

and enter “Awaken the Giant Within”, Anthony “Tony” Robbins follow up to “Unlimited Power”.

Hill set the pace for establishing a philosophical foundation for getting rich. But there’s much more too it for many people. Robbins gets down to the nitty-gritty through his application of the technologies he learned and developed (such as NLP).

TAGR help’s you develop “the roadmap” and set a compelling goal. But what do you do with yourself, once the goal is there? Especially if you’ve set it high enough that you still don’t feel ready to begin.

ATGW gives you the tools to get yourself into the state of action to achieve them.

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Emmett Ferguson

10x Author, Udemy Course Creator, Youtuber, and Podcaster.