Think and Grow Rich — Start Here
### 1. What the book actually argues Hill's thesis: achievement follows a repeatable psychological sequence, not luck or inherited advantage — a burning, specific desire, converted into unwavering self-belief, organized into a concrete plan, and carried through obstacles by persistence. The book is built from interviews Hill conducted with a generation of successful industrialists and inventors, distilled into thirteen named principles. Public domain in the United States (Hill died in 1970; the 1937 first edition's US copyright has expired), which removes the trademark/franchise caution that applies to more recently published bestsellers.
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### 1. What the book actually argues Hill's thesis: achievement follows a repeatable psychological sequence, not luck or inherited advantage — a burning, specific desire, converted into unwavering self-belief, organized into a concrete plan, and carried through obstacles by persistence. The book is built from interviews Hill conducted with a generation of successful industrialists and inventors, distilled into thirteen named principles. Public domain in the United States (Hill died in 1970; the 1937 first edition's US copyright has expired), which removes the trademark/franchise caution that applies to more recently published bestsellers.