Napoleon Hill’s 10 Rules To Outwitting The Devil

Subject: Napoleon Hill defeating the Devil

Location: Orlando, Florida

Napoleon Hill. 

The author of the infamous book: Think and Grow Rich. 

The most popular 'self-help' book of all time. 

Little known to the masses, he wrote another book titled: Outwitting the Devil. (Click here to see it on Amazon).

If you can wrap your mind around it, the whole book is him talking to the force of evil (not a person) named the Devil. Hint hint: it's the same force that Phil and Barry named Part X.  

Similar to Conversations with God, but with Napoleon and the counterforce to God. 

He of course is referring to the Enemy within us. The Enemy that takes different forms in order to sabotage all of our potential. 

It's an incredibly powerful book filled with wisdom that we will break down over the next couple months. 

Today's articles will break down Napoleon's 10 rules to stop the process of 'drifting'. Which is his number one technique for canceling all of our progress and success. 

Definition of drifting according to the Devil:

"I can best define the word 'drift' by saying that people who think for themselves never drift, while those who do little or no thinking for themselves are drifters. A drifter is one who permits himself to be influenced and controlled by circumstances outside of his own mind. A drifter is one who accepts whatever life throws in his way without making a protest or putting up a fight. He doesn't know what he wants from life and spends all of his time getting just that."

If you just skipped over that, I ask you to take a moment and read it. Here is a illustration of a classic drifter. Their head is filled with thoughts that are not their own. A puppet for other people's agenda. 

This could be the reason you don't have the purpose, meaning, money, relationships, career and life you want. 

Now, let's continue with the 10 rules to eliminate drifting in your life directly from the Devil in his force like appearance.  

Rule #1: Do your own thinking on all occasions. The fact that human beings are given complete control over nothing save the power to think their own thoughts is laden with significance.

Use the spotlight of your mind to direct your thinking. If you cannot 'not think' for 15 seconds you are a slave to your mind.

Do you worry? Constantly feel fear and anxiety? These are all further reasons to take back the power that you have to control your thinking.

Rule #2: Decide definitely what you want from life; then create a plan for attaining it and be willing to sacrifice everything else, if necessary, rather than accept permanent defeat.

Understand that not having a plan, is a plan by itself. Just an absolute terrible one. If you don't have the GPS destination of where you want to go, then you will just let the wind decide instead.

I believe the key point in this rule is when he mentions sacrifice. In order to create what we want in our life, it requires sacrifice. The bigger the sacrifice the more commitment and drive you create for yourself.

Rule #3: Analyze temporary defeat, no matter of what nature or cause, and extract from it the seed of an equivalent advantage. 

Squeeze that orange until all the juice comes out. By dissecting past failures, you gain invaluable lessons and prevent yourself from doing the same mistake again and again. Mistakes are great, just don't make them twice. 

Rule #4: Be willing to render useful service equivalent to the value of all material things you demand of life, and render the service first. 

If you want a billion dollars, solve a billion dollar problem. Create and give the service equivalent or more of what you desire, first. No more needs to be said. 

Rule #5: Recognize that your brain is a receiving set that can be attuned to receive communications from the universal storehouse of infinite intelligence, to help you transmute your desires into their physical equivalent. 

Have systems put in place to create empty space in your mind. The more empty space from mindfulness, walking etc, will allow the universal intelligence to come inside and provide the guidance you desire. 

Rule #6: Recognize that your greatest asset is time, the only thing except the power of thought which you own outright, and the one thing which can be shaped into whatever material things you want. Budget your time so none of it is wasted. 

If you were truly in forward motion and on your path and purpose. Would you want to rest? Take breaks? No. You wouldn't. Eliminate procrastination, defeat the Enemies that are not allowing you to utilize the gift of time. 

Rule #7: Recognize the trust that fear generally is a filler with which the Devil occupies the unused portion of your mind. It is only a state of mind which you can control by filling the space it occupies with faith in your ability to make life provide you with whatever you demand of it. 

Fear is the compass to more life. Breathe, and overcome. Notice that every time you get close to the perceived dragon, it disappears. The fear is not real. It's only a state of mind.

Rule #8: When you pray, do not beg! Demand what you want and insist upon getting exactly that, with no substitutes. 

Please oh please God! Absolutely never again. I want. I demand. I deserve. Demand what you want and insist on getting it. Raise your standards. 

Rule #9: Recognize that life is a cruel taskmaster and that either you master it or it masters you. There is no half-way or compromising point. Never accept from life anything you do not want. If that which you do not want is temporarily forced upon you, you can refuse, in your own mind, to accept it and it will make way for the thing you do want.

Wow. Beautifully said. There is no half way or compromising. It's either you are in control or you are not. The power of your mind is limitless.

Rule #10: Lastly, remember that your dominating thoughts attract, through a definite law of nature, by the shortest and most convenient route, their physical counterpart. Be careful what your thoughts dwell upon. 

Are your dominating thoughts bringing you closer to what you desire or further? Think it's time to change something?

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