Outwitting the Devil®

Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in a one-room cabin on the Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. He began his writing career at age 13 as a “mountain reporter” for small town newspapers and went on to become America’s most beloved motivational author. Hill passed away in November 1970 after a long and successful career writing, teaching, and lecturing about the principles of success. Dr. Hill’s work stands as a monument to individual achievement and is the cornerstone of modern motivation. His book, Think and Grow Rich, is the all-time bestseller in the field. Hill established the Foundation as a nonprofit educational institution whose mission is to perpetuate his philosophy of leadership, self-motivation, and individual achievement.Sharon L. Lechter is co-author of the #1 New York Times and international bestseller Rich Dad, Poor Dad and 15 other books in the Rich Dad series of books. More than 27 million books in the series have been sold in over 50 languages and 100 countries. Sharon now works with the Napoleon Hill Foundation to expand Napoleon Hill’s principles around the globe. In January 2008, President Bush appointed Sharon to the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy. She serves on the National Boards of Childhelp and Women Presidents’ Organization and speaks internationally as an advocate for financial literacy.Focused solely on helping people from all walks of life reshape their vision of what’s possible, no one is better respected in the area of human potential than Mark Victor Hansen. Creating powerful change in thousands of organizations and millions of individuals worldwide for over 30 years, Mark delivers proven messages of possibility, opportunity and action. “You can easily create the life you deserve.” –Mark Victor Hansen

• Note to Readers by Sharon Lechter, xi; Foreword by Mark Victor Hansen, xv; Chapter 1, My First Meeting with Andrew Carnegie, 1; Chapter 2, A New World Is Revealed to Me, 31; Chapter 3, A Strange Interview with the Devil, 51; Chapter 4, Drifting with the Devil, 71; Chapter 5, The Confession Continues, 97; Chapter 6, Hypnotic Rhythm, 119; Chapter 7, Seeds of Fear, 139; Chapter 8, Definiteness of Purpose, 147; Chapter 9, Education and Religion, 159; Chapter 10, Self-Discipline, 185; Chapter 11, Learning from Adversity, 201; Chapter 12, Environment, Time, Harmony, and Caution, 219; Summary, 243; Afterword by Michael Bernard Beckwith, 252; In Reflection by Sharon Lechter, 255; Acknowledgments, 259; About the Authors, 260; Index, 262; About The Napoleon Hill Foundation, 268; Share Your Stories, 269