‘Think and Grow Rich’ is called the #1 book for creating millionaires.
It is considered ´Recommended reading´ by all successful people.
I discovered this while transitioning from Dutch Special Operations Forces to building 7- and 8-figure companies.
The same principles that made me a Commando were literally straight from Napoleon Hill’s playbook.
Here’s how these universal principles show up in both elite military training and business success:
1. 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲
Military: That burning need to earn the Green Beret
Business: Your vision of financial freedom or contribution
2. 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵
Military: Believing you’ll make it through The Commando Course
Business: Knowing your startup will succeed
3. 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗲𝘁
Military: “Pain is temporary, glory is forever”
Business: “Every ‘no’ brings me closer to ‘yes’”
4. 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲
Military: Becoming an expert in your role: Leader, sniper, demolition expert, etc
Business: Mastering your market: Sales, Marketing, Organisation, Distribution etc,
5. 𝗜𝗺𝗮𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻
Military: Planning complex operations, courses of action, contingencies
Business: Innovating solutions
6. 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴
Military: “Proper Planning Prevents Poor Performance”
Business: Strategic execution
7. 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀
Military: “Now or Never” 😃
Business: Seizing opportunities
8. 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
Military: Never quitting
Business: Pushing through setbacks
9. 𝗧𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸
Military: Your unit becomes family
Business: Building strong networks and mastermind alliances
10-13. 𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘆
Including focus, intuition, and mental conditioning
(Just read the book)
The real power? These principles work whether you’re:
• Building a business
• Advancing your career
• Improving relationships
• Achieving personal goals
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻:
Success leaves clues. Whether in military, business, or life – the principles are the same.
Use these Steps:
– Get dead serious about your priorities, be it
Health, relationships, purpose, business…..anything
– Determine what your perfect future looks like
– Use the 13 principles from the book to achieve it.
“Whatever your mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve”
Napoleon Hill
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