Napoleon Hill mentions a couple of stories of everyday common people who in the face of insurmountable odds came out victorious. Read on to understand how desire can change a man’s life.
He worked with great eagerness but never gave up the desire to be his business partner. He waited for his opportunity and when it came in the form of a new invention known at that time as the Edison Dictating Machine.
As Napoleon Hill says?All who succeed in life get off to a bad start and pass through many heart-breaking struggles before they arrive?.
He writes that the desire or impulse to achieve something in life can be so great that any obstacles no matter how big or small can stop an individual from reaching the goal he has set up for himself. Failure does not bother him and in fact he uses it as a stepping-stone to fuel his burning desire for achievement.
Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, he put his dreams into action and despite more than ten thousand failures; he stood by his dreams until he made it a physical reality
Lincoln dreamed of freedom for the black slaves, put his dreams into action, and barely missed living to see a united North and South translate his dream into reality.
The same way Wright brothers dreamed of a machine that would fly through the air now one may see evidence all over the world how successful their dreams were. Always remember that practical dreamers do not quit!
Barnes knew that he could sell the product and suggested this to Edison who agreed immediately. Made by Edison and installed by Barnes.?
Mr.Edwin C. Barnes had one consuming obsession of his life; in fact it was a burning desire to become a business partner with a great inventor. Extraordinary was his desire to become the business associate of Thomas A. Edison that he caught a freight train to Orange, New Jersey because he never had money to pay for the fare. We see that just wishing will not make a person rich but one must desire richness with a state of mind that becomes a passion, then planning definite ways and means to acquire those riches and not recognizing failure but persisting with a one track mind towards your goal.
Mr.Edwin C. Barnes had one consuming obsession of his life; in fact it was a burning desire to become a business partner with a great inventor. Extraordinary was his desire to become the business associate of Thomas A. Edison that he caught a freight train to Orange, New Jersey because he never had money to pay for the fare. After arriving he straight made his way to Edison office and presented himself and asked Mr.Edison for an opportunity to become his business partner.
We see that just wishing will not make a person rich but one must desire richness with a state of mind that becomes a passion, then planning definite ways and means to acquire those riches and not recognizing failure but persisting with a one track mind towards your goal. So intense are their dreams that they see their dreams in spiritual form before it can transpire into physical form.
In this chapter, Napoleon Hill talks about the starting point of all achievement – Desire. He writes that the desire or impulse to achieve something in life can be so great that any obstacles no matter how big or small can stop an individual from reaching the goal he has set up for himself.
Strong was his desire that he achieved what he was out for. That is all there is to the Barnes Story of success!
How can one harness and use the power of desire? This has been answered in this and the subsequent chapters in this book.
