[MD] Quality/Tao

[Platt Holden]

On Sat, Jun 26, 2010 at 11:48 PM, Dan Glover <daneglover at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello everyone
>
>
> Napoleon Hill wrote extensively about this in the early part of the
> twentieth century. One particular story that stuck in my mind was how
> Dr. Hill organized a take-over of one of Andrew Carnegie's steel
> mills. He simply asked how much money Carnegie wanted for his mill.
> Carnegie wrote what he thought was an outrageous sum of money on the
> back of a napkin and handed it to Hill during lunch.
>
> Three days later Dr. Hill presented him with a check for the exact
> amount Carnegie had wrote on the napkin. It totaled three hundred
> million dollars. Some time later, Carnegie mused to Hill that he'd
> considered writing down five hundred million dollars but considered
> that sum too far out of the realm of possibility. Hill informed
> Carnegie that he would have gotten it.
>
> He'd have gotten it! Just for the asking!
>
> So. It is not just wishful thinking to believe we order the world with
> our thoughts. Ask and receive. It really is that simple. I guess the
> hard part is knowing just what to ask.
>
> Hi Dan,

Is this the same Napoleon Hill who wrote the book, "Think and Grow Rich"
based upon the Thirteen Proven Steps to Riches? I guess if a flap of a
butterfly's wings can create a hurricane that destroys a city, a thought can
create its physical equivalent. But then again, how come I'm ain't rich?

Still, a concept not to be dismissed out of hand.

Regards,
Platt