Growing rich is the outcome of your state of the mindAfter examining the lives of 800 most successful men and women and over 25,000 failures in his time, Napoleon Hill concluded in his Philosophy of Achievement that wealth is first a state of the mind. That it is an impulse of thought, transmuted through the power of desire and faith into physical equivalents such as real estate and industries or just personal success as in sports. For example, while he had acquired all the information from real life examples that formed his philosophy of personal achievement and taught these principles at various universities, he had not been baptised by failure, a key psychological transition one cannot acquire in any other way. His subsequent publication, Outwitting the Devil, introduces this reality through his personal experience. He burnt his bridges to acquire personal insight by overcoming fear to create enormous success. He espouses how the great depression forced him into being broke. That induced him to apply the principles he had taught for years to rise from temporary failure. This psychological gap between those who have acquired personal insight and those who continue to nurse fear is an indomitable bridge between failure and success. You, the youth of Kenya, need to know that the two top presidential candidates in the General Election were mentored in an environment of power and wealth. They promised you jobs which, if actualised, would bring home a salary for subsistence and lifestyle maintenance. It will not generate visions — the deep desire for success — plans, or persistence to achieve what they have. Remember that nine in every 10 of your present-day elders worked all their life, then retired to depend on a pension. Is it not ironical that their sons and daughters are following in their footsteps, unable to see anything wrong with it. You were also promised seed capital to fund business ventures to build wealth, another partial solution for the less than 10 per cent of youths who were socialised or mentored by people whose lives have demonstrated how to bridge the psychological gap. The larger proportion grew up in families that mentored them to know only one formula — get a college degree or diploma to enable you to get a job. Fellow parents, wealth begins with visualising a desired state of riches in future, following a definite plan in small steps to transmute it to tangibles, and persisting in the face of temporary failure to develop insight. How is your family mentoring your life? Patrick Wameyo is a financial literacy educator and coachAfter examining the lives of 800 most successful men and women and over 25,000 failures in his time, Napoleon Hill concluded in his Philosophy of Achievement that wealth is first a state of the mind. That it is an impulse of thought, transmuted through the power of desire and faith into physical equivalents such as real estate and industries or just personal success as in sports. For example, while he had acquired all the information from real life examples that formed his philosophy of personal achievement and taught these principles at various universities, he had not been baptised by failure, a key psychological transition one cannot acquire in any other way. His subsequent publication, Outwitting the Devil, introduces this reality through his personal experience. He burnt his bridges to acquire personal insight by overcoming fear to create enormous success. He espouses how the great depression forced him into being broke. That induced him to apply the principles he had taught for years to rise from temporary failure. This psychological gap between those who have acquired personal insight and those who continue to nurse fear is an indomitable bridge between failure and success. You, the youth of Kenya, need to know that the two top presidential candidates in the General Election were mentored in an environment of power and wealth. They promised you jobs which, if actualised, would bring home a salary for subsistence and lifestyle maintenance. It will not generate visions — the deep desire for success — plans, or persistence to achieve what they have. Remember that nine in every 10 of your present-day elders worked all their life, then retired to depend on a pension. Is it not ironical that their sons and daughters are following in their footsteps, unable to see anything wrong with it. You were also promised seed capital to fund business ventures to build wealth, another partial solution for the less than 10 per cent of youths who were socialised or mentored by people whose lives have demonstrated how to bridge the psychological gap. The larger proportion grew up in families that mentored them to know only one formula — get a college degree or diploma to enable you to get a job. Fellow parents, wealth begins with visualising a desired state of riches in future, following a definite plan in small steps to transmute it to tangibles, and persisting in the face of temporary failure to develop insight. How is your family mentoring your life? Patrick Wameyo is a financial literacy educator and coachBy PATRICK WAMEYO Posted Thursday, March 28 2013 at 02:00 SHARE THIS STORY 0 inShare Related Stories Growing rich is the outcome of your state of the mind After examining the lives of 800 most successful men and women and over 25,000 failures in his time, Napoleon Hill concluded in his Philosophy of Achievement that wealth is first a state of the mind. That it is an impulse of thought, transmuted through the power of desire and faith into physical equivalents such as real estate and industries or just personal success as in sports. For example, while he had acquired all the information from real life examples that formed his philosophy of personal achievement and taught these principles at various universities, he had not been baptised by failure, a key psychological transition one cannot acquire in any other way. His subsequent publication, Outwitting the Devil, introduces this reality through his personal experience. He burnt his bridges to acquire personal insight by overcoming fear to create enormous success. He espouses how the great depression forced him into being broke. That induced him to apply the principles he had taught for years to rise from temporary failure. This psychological gap between those who have acquired personal insight and those who continue to nurse fear is an indomitable bridge between failure and success. You, the youth of Kenya, need to know that the two top presidential candidates in the General Election were mentored in an environment of power and wealth. They promised you jobs which, if actualised, would bring home a salary for subsistence and lifestyle maintenance. It will not generate visions — the deep desire for success — plans, or persistence to achieve what they have. Remember that nine in every 10 of your present-day elders worked all their life, then retired to depend on a pension. Is it not ironical that their sons and daughters are following in their footsteps, unable to see anything wrong with it. You were also promised seed capital to fund business ventures to build wealth, another partial solution for the less than 10 per cent of youths who were socialised or mentored by people whose lives have demonstrated how to bridge the psychological gap. The larger proportion grew up in families that mentored them to know only one formula — get a college degree or diploma to enable you to get a job. Fellow parents, wealth begins with visualising a desired state of riches in future, following a definite plan in small steps to transmute it to tangibles, and persisting in the face of temporary failure to develop insight. How is your family mentoring your life? Patrick Wameyo is a financial literacy educator and coach

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By PATRICK WAMEYO
Posted  Thursday, March 28   2013 at  02:00

After examining the lives of 800 most successful men and women and over 25,000 failures in his time, Napoleon Hill concluded in his Philosophy of Achievement that wealth is first a state of the mind.

That it is an impulse of thought, transmuted through the power of desire and faith into physical equivalents such as real estate and industries or just personal success as in sports.

For example, while he had acquired all the information from real life examples that formed his philosophy of personal achievement and taught these principles at various universities, he had not been baptised by failure, a key psychological transition one cannot acquire in any other way.

His subsequent publication, Outwitting the Devil, introduces this reality through his personal experience.

He burnt his bridges to acquire personal insight by overcoming fear to create enormous success.

He espouses how the great depression forced him into being broke. That induced him to apply the principles he had taught for years to rise from temporary failure.

This psychological gap between those who have acquired personal insight and those who continue to nurse fear is an indomitable bridge between failure and success.

You, the youth of Kenya, need to know that the two top presidential candidates in the General Election were mentored in an environment of power and wealth.

They promised you jobs which, if actualised, would bring home a salary for subsistence and lifestyle maintenance.

It will not generate visions — the deep desire for success — plans, or persistence to achieve what they have.

Remember that nine in every 10 of your present-day elders worked all their life, then retired to depend on a pension.

Is it not ironical that their sons and daughters are following in their footsteps, unable to see anything wrong with it.

You were also promised seed capital to fund business ventures to build wealth, another partial solution for the less than 10 per cent of youths who were socialised or mentored by people whose lives have demonstrated how to bridge the psychological gap.

The larger proportion grew up in families that mentored them to know only one formula — get a college degree or diploma to enable you to get a job.

Fellow parents, wealth begins with visualising a desired state of riches in future, following a definite plan in small steps to transmute it to tangibles, and persisting in the face of temporary failure to develop insight. How is your family mentoring your life?

Patrick Wameyo is a financial literacy educator and coach