Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

Decide to Become Rich
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START EARLIER, STAY LATER
Napoleon Hill, the author of 
Think and Grow Rich
, once told the
story of a young man who started at the bottom of a large organiza-
tion and eventually moved up into the top ranks of executives,
passing all the people who had started with him at the same level.
His strategy was simple. He noticed that his boss came in a little
earlier than the rest of the staff, stayed to finish up his work, and
left a little later than the others. This young man therefore resolved
to arrive 15 minutes before his boss and to leave 15 minutes after
his boss left.
He put his resolution into action the next day. This is another
hallmark of high achievers: They don’t procrastinate when they have
a good idea; they take action immediately. The young man began
coming in 15 minutes before his boss and going straight to work,
continuing all day. When his boss left he would still be at his desk,
working away.
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