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  • 5 Things to Learn in “Outwitting the Devil” by Napoleon Hill

    Andrew Carnegie was a business tycoon in the late 1800s… and the richest

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    Journalist Napoleon Hill asked Andrew Carnegie, “What makes for a successful life?” Image “Newspapers B&W (3)” by Jon S, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    man in America.

    During an ‘afternoon interview’ —one that stretched into three days— journalist Napoleon Hill asked Carnegie,

    What makes for a successful life?

    With a twinkle in his eye, Carnegie invited Hill to research that exact question— (more…)

  • Just Say No

    The late Jim Camp, one of the worlds “most feared negotiators,” was a big fan of the word No.

    Camp even wrote a few books around this idea, No and Start with No.

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    “I said No and I mean No!” Photo “CL Society 218: Crossing arms” by
    Francisco Osorio, Flickr, CC-By-2.0

    No, Camp reasoned, allowed people to hold on to the status quo. No didn’t require action, No didn’t force someone to do something they weren’t prepared to do.

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