The Law of Success

Outline

The Law of Success (1928) is Napoleon Hill’s early and detailed course on achieving personal success, which later inspired Think and Grow Rich. Organised into sixteen lessons, it covers principles such as a definite chief aim, self-confidence, the habit of saving, initiative, enthusiasm, self-control, cooperation, and learning from defeat. The book remains a foundational work in personal development literature.

• Napoleon Hill organises The Law of Success into sixteen lessons, each built around one principle of personal achievement.
• A definite chief aim is the starting point: success begins with knowing clearly what you are working toward.
• Self-confidence, initiative, enthusiasm and self-control are treated as habits you can build rather than traits you are born with.
• The book also covers the habit of saving, cooperation with others, and learning from defeat instead of being stopped by it.
• Published in 1928, it was the early, detailed course that later inspired Hill's Think and Grow Rich.

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) was an American author and one of the earliest writers of personal success literature. He spent many years interviewing and studying successful business figures of his time. His books include The Law of Success and Think and Grow Rich, which has sold many millions of copies worldwide.