Sex isn’t something that one automatically associates with self-help books, so when I was at a meal with a group of friends and they mentioned the sex in Napoleon Hill’s Think and Grow Rich, I was amazed.
Not one to take another’s word for granted I opened up Think and Grow Rich as soon as I got home. There it was, chapter 11: The Mystery of Sex Transmutation: The Tenth Step Towards Riches. Now I’m not entirely sure what sex transmutation is, but it certainly sounds interesting, so in I went.
I’d never really got into Think and Grow Rich in the past, and I’d tried to get through it on a couple of occasions. This time was different – I do believe it’s a mindset thing, just like many of these self-help books – and I finished the entire book in two sittings.
I was finally into the mindset of someone able to Think and Grow Rich, and all because the mention of sex piqued my imagination enough to pick up the book and try again.
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