To those of you who enjoyed Think and Grow Rich, and this is unwelcome news... Understand that you can enjoy the book and get something out of it the bits about “positive thinking and goal setting”, without following in Hill’s footsteps. Being aware of the limitations of the book is important. The man was a documented con-man during his life. This is a fact. He was also broke most of his life and plagued by his actions. This is also a fact. But you still can know all of those things and take something away from his book positively. 🤔 Thanks for watching!
@@josephbecker8174 Still doesn't justify him being a certified con-artist during his lifetime. Many got something from the book, sure no argument there but his book and his life is a 2 separate subject. Learn from his book but don't learn from his action and lies elsewhere, if you will.
Someone said I showed up in a coffeezilla video, and I started sweating 😅 Looking back - "We've Been Tricked, We've Been Backstabbed and We've Been Quite Possibly, Bamboozled”
The best summary I ever heard of Napoleon Hills teaching is this: _"A dream written down becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by actions becomes reality."_
be sure that he stole it from someone else, like all other con-men they are only capable of stealing from others and scamming the gullible ones! So in terms of wise thoughts and overall wisdom they don't have any! A fake cannot be genuine no matter what!
And I think that’s still true regardless of the video, but still favor a more literal approach as opposed to Napoleon. But you can perceive what you said as literal too
Everyone here hating. Smh. Even if he stole it, it's still true. The book as people read it today, isn't to praise Hill. I never actually met anyone that spoke about him personally. Only the lessons taught in the book. And thats the legacy, the lessons, not the person.
Imagine reading a con man but never reading the person the con man claims to have met when his books are all out there 🙄 sums up all the people in this comment section defending the huckster
If you want to know the true secrets you need to read "the law of success" by napoleon hill. Think and Grow Rich is a watered down version in which lots of the secrets have been taken out.
Excellent video! I read (part of) "Think and Grow Rich" when I was 21 years old and I would say it left a positive impact. However, after getting about 20% into the book I found it to be unbearably repetitive. In the years since then I've found that nearly every 'self help' book that people recommend is simply a rehash or modern adaptation of T&GR. I've long since stopped read self-help books, preferring academic books on history and economics, finding them to be far more helpful.
I don't think every self help Book is bad. There are some good ones available in the market like the dip by Seth Godin or the classic how to win friends and influence people or atomic habits and few more
@@craigmckenzie4967 true, the fact is there are so many good self-help books that can literally change people's lives. Just because two or three mainstream self help books are bad doesn't mean the entire genre is bad. People are just reactionary.
The only good one I've ever read was How to Win Friends and Influence People, and that's because it's less "self-help" and more "here are the cheat codes to conversations."
So many youtube creators ignore his past so they can teach his content. Personally, i've tried to share this knowledge but never got a reply. Thank you! Finally someone acknowledged this.
Lmaooo I bought and read his book and it waz so good i bought the next one. Then found out hes full of shit. So i did more digging and basically...all these books r written by con men. Buttt...if u read with the right mindset its veryy helpful. Like rich dad poor dad. Might be bs story but it motivatez me to do shit. Not slack. Not give up. Find purpose, goals, aim for success in small (reasonable) increments. Im too "safe " to bet my house, car, savings or whatever away...so i use it in diff ways. Like..finding a job that doesnt make me wanna put a bullet in my head lmao. Or learning best ways of saving and investing and all that.
I actually feel sorry for Kiyosaki's "poor Dad" (who is his real father). Imagen, having a son who publicly admires his best friend's father instead of honoring his own.
What really irks me is how self-help gurus promote courses/programs then urge their followers to "do whatever it takes" to sign up, even if it means maxing out all their credit. Absolutely irresponsible!
This is exactly true for Rich Dad Poor Dad as well. Robert Kiyosaki has indirectly admitted that his rich dad and his poor dad were hypothetical characters when people found no evidence of his Rich dad being real. Kiyosaki also declared bankruptcy multiple times in his life . He has also sold a lot of "fake guru" - type real estate courses. That being said, a lot of things in his book are absolute gold. Especially about cashflows, assets, leverage and so on
This is false. His rich dad and poor dad are not hypothetical characters. He had his childhood best friend, son of rich dad on one of his podcasts. You can find it online.
@@niallmurphy7360 No he isn't. He's just another fake so-called "guru". It has been said that; "In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king." He has simply been able to con alot of financially illiterate people. If you can't see that, you must be affiliated with his Rich Dad, Poor Dad enterprise in some manner.
@@niallmurphy7360 Just as I suspected. Your link sent me to a video that was preceded by one of Robert's sales pitches. Again, you must be affiliated with his scamming predatory cartel. I can guarantee you that you will never become rich using his financial ideologies.
What's so invaluable about his opinions on leverage and cash flows? You basically said he has no grounds and is not in any position of authority on investing by being bankrupt and an untrustworthy liar, yet his advice is worthwhile lol
I’ve seen this book being promoted so many times. I even listened to an audio version of one chapter. I had no clue how ridiculous it is! Thank you Coffeezilla! Keep exposing scammers
Unfortunately the world seems to not understand that positive thinking and day dreaming is just the small part compared to the luck, hard work, talent and knowing the right people part.
in napoleon hills defense though, working your ass off is infact part of the equation. you are absolutely right that this "dream" shit is doing nothing. but on the other alot of people do always include work your ass off as one important asset. only they ALSO include the mindset and believe parts. only people than disregard the work your ass off thing and claim its all bs. but yeah the book IS odd and claims stories that are never anywhere else like its all made up especially the last chapters were like .. dude wtf
Luck comes from presistence. Some people say that guys with big muscles for example are Lucky. I would say no, That is only presistence. Grinding on the same thing along time, Not Luck. Its the same to find the right people. Look at coffezilla. He is not Lucky that he is a success on TH-cam. Its presistence, he is grinding and doing the work, editing videos ALOT and keep on making new videos. Thats not Luck!
In my former days as a financial investigator, you'd be amazed how many bankrupts and shonky businessmen I met who had fires which only seemed to affect their paper records.
@@TankEsq I felt so. Has stats in it. But what has stuck with me was knowing most millionaires are small business owners. They buy used cars, cut coupons, don't give their kids inheritances, but encourage them to get jobs. They aren't these flashy people. They are average joes getting by. They invest wisely. Its not all about law of attraction bullshit, or change your mindset. It felt practical, logical, when I read it as a 15 yr old.
Thanks so much i heard excerpts from Hill on youtube and always found they sounded super corny never bought his books bcuz internet has free stuff haha
@@kimberlyaustin7030 True. There's a number of Chinese small business owners I know who run on this model. Not flashy. Salt of the earth hardworking types.
A dead give-away that Hill *NEVER* met Andrew Carnegie is by reading his book "How to Raise Your Own Salary" where Hill records the detailed dialog that supposedly took place between him and Andrew Carnegie. Once you read through these, you quickly realise that Carnegie would never had spoken to Hill like that and that it was all fictitious and came out our of Hill's imagination
@@visarkojeli : Robert K has predicted all kinds of things that didn't happen, as well. If you make enough predictions, you're likely to get one right. There's a big difference between making predictions and committing a big pile of chips on the outcome. Of those who actually made big bets that paid off on the '08 credit crisis, I haven't seen them repeat that performance since in a way that anyone can do what they did as a repeatable methodology expecting a positive outcome with a degree of certainty exceeding random chance.
@@carlranger8060 The book is a con. He just leads you on and never shares the "secret" because there is none. After much waffling, the book covered some very general and common success principles/tips that you'll see in many other (shorter) books.
The OG Charlatan of gurus. Friendly reminder for y’all to check your bank account on a daily basis. The more often you check the less likely you are to overspend. Did y’all know it’s impossible to breathe while smiling? Kidding just wanted y’all to smile. Hope you have a phenomenal week. Get ya bread and all the crumbs too 🤧💯🙏🏾
Too much imagination can lead you to Inaction, bc you will be always daydreaming... Too much Realism can also lead you to Inaction, BC now you believe all is no possible... Balance is the key.
The fact that Napoleon Hill has kept this Con going, long after his death, proves the Law of Attraction does work. He thought about meeting great people, so he wrote down what he thought they would say. The world still believes he’s great 🤣
@@cedricbillingsley3960 obviously you must not have watched the video 🙄...the dude who wrote it was a con 🤦🤦🤦people's lack of intelligence scare me, because there are many
My overall take from books from N. Hill, Earl Nightingale, Dale Carnagie etc. is adjust your attitude. When you improve your attitude life becomes easier and good things will naturally come with your attitude adjustment. Don't take a lot of the advice literally: just think and things change. Earl Nightingale once said "one's reality is the mirror of one's mental attitude". Many good things have come from books like this, despite the less than perfect characters of the authors. Books like this have immensely improved my life, and no, I don't define success as being "rich", but in terms of significantly reducing stress in my life, getting along with my spouse, taking pride in my work etc. ALL from an attitude adjustment, which books like this encourage.
yes most reading can help you grow and learn. just dont take anything as devine word of truth from some god like most do be it religious lunatics or those wanting to be another tycoon who read napoleon hill🤣
Napoleon Hill even shares in one of the final chapters that he imagines before falling asleep that he has chats with great minds such as Lincoln, Washington, Carnegie, etc... So in fact, he was imagining this whole project directed by Carnegie haha. That's a great piece of work Coffeezilla.
Napoleon Hill’s think and grow rich is a classic. It’s principles are accurate. Coffee did a great job at pointing the shadows of Napoleon Hill but to say the whole thing is a sham is taking things too far in my opinion. That book has helped tons of people and will continue to do so for ages to come. It’s a book that is healthy to read at the early stage of entrepreneurship. And yes, positive mindset plays a huge role in the affairs of life. Do not underestimate that Zilla, just because charlatans abuse it doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
This may be true but THINK & GROW RICH: A BLACK CHOICE by Dennis Kimbro had a slightly different objective. Like you said, I'll keep mine on the shelf.
Expat American here living in Vietnam. Saw Hill’s book translated into Vietnamese in a local bookstore. Cringed when I saw it!!! Read it years ago and didn’t think much of it then. Many Vietnamese folks are obsessed with “getting rich” and are prey to MLM’s and get rich schemes. What is especially heinous is many purported “Christian based” MLMs have surfaced here. I make it a point to warn my Vietnamese friends to avoid any MLMs from America and especially those alleged to be “christjun”!!! Always glad to help…..
About fkn time! someone that has finally put the truth out there about Napoleon Hill! Hearing all these business experts recite quotes from Think and Grow Rich is becoming cringeworthy! Nice work Coffee!
My life has been a lie... I too have been brainwashed with that "Fake it until you make it" stuff and believed in it. It seems all of fake gurus followed it to become what they are - fake gurus. This stuff keeps spreading throughout decades like gospel. People create that illusive world where everyone inflates their ego and self-worth thinking they will be successful. How many succeeded but how many have fallen and blame themselves? It must be stopped.
The biggest lesson I took from that book was “what you focus on you improve”. So if you’re focusing on how to create a business or get more customers you’re infinitely more likely to accomplish that task than if you don’t focus on it. Which may sound obvious but a lot of people have an “if you build it they will come” mentality.
@@johnc8666 wow looks like you totally missed the point there.. like I said a lot of people have an "if you build it they will come" mentality ie the result happens without continual effort. and this book speaks to that mentality. Also... This book didn't TEACH me that focus will improve the results, rather, i was relaying the biggest lesson this specific book had to offer is illustrating that principle. Cheers
@Fans of Matt Cutts LOA totally makes sense if you have the perspective of everything being energy a nd physical reality is just the perception of our brain. I mean it's a proven fact that thoughts are electromagnetic.
@Fans of Matt Cutts the law of vibration is the foundation of law of attraction. Which indeed is real. What you believe, you achieve , what you dream , your create If you walk into a room with the mindset that everyone is staring at you 9/10 within minutes everyone will staring at you due to your outward projection.
@@valdasdr8432 you obviously have no scientific background. Please amuse everyone and define both electromagnetic and invisible vibrational frequency LOL When getting a degree in actual science is too hard, you begin to believe made up things because it's easier
@@Ironclad-FTW oh yes. i learned in college how to distinguish facts from opinions, so i dont get easily influence.. am open minded, n dont judge people, becuz people do things for a reason. noone is perfect..
As someone who gave Think and Grow Rich a shot and felt 'obligated' to finish reading it even though I've been only reading a couple pages a week, I'm glad he did. I'm guilty of assuming because something's popular it's gotta be good, so it's a welcome change to hear criticism of this
Not so much.... I find it so obvious that all u negative shills would only look for the bad and negativity in everything. And u wonder why ur skeptical of everything and full of hatred. What a horrible way to live.
In defence of Hill, every motivational speaker, so called teacher in this never started any type of real corporation, or invented anything. Think of most motivational speakers, the majority started no real businesses. They sell books and courses. After many many years of reading Hill's work. And going through the ups and downs of life. I can say, Hill was a master.
Yep after listening to many self help and wealth gurus, I realized they made their wealth, not from any business they created but from selling the idea of how to make money or get rich and nothing more.
Napoleon literally reminds me of Forrest gump or the skyrim main character because he just "ends" up in some of the most important events in history or has a relationship with the most important people in history
Shazam nice way of putting it lol. Hill was broke before he got his work out, he says this himself. He doesn’t take his own advice. But then I ain’t sure about him never meeting Carnegie. He wrote a book with a real life businessman W Clement Stone. Why would someone like Mr Stone who ran a great insurance organisation that probably is still around today want to associate with Hill?
I LOVE the work that you're doing, it's SO necessary!!! It's about time people stop blindly trusting and respecting someone as authority just because they've gained a lot of notoriety!
Linda, time to stop trusting the government too. That was not a weather balloon in Roswell New Mexico. They are lying about so much and keeping the truths hidden away as Top Secret due to "National Security ". National Security my ass... they lying about everything, even showing us fake NASA pictures from space of the earth. They finally admitted the pictures are fake,but still refuse to show the real pictures. The US government is the greatest lair of all time.
Bought and read "Think & Grow Rich" when I was 19 years old (now a decade ago). Read it once in one sitting. Never touched it again. Even as a youth, the advice seemed pretty damned fantastical to me. Another great piece, 'Zilla.
@@aptly6 I hate to provide little feedback, but it's essentially just what Fans of Matt Cutts said. Not a waste of time to read, but, you're not likely to blossom due to this book.
Exactly my point comment don't do a lot of great work they don't improve anyone's life in fact all they do is leave victims more broke and more crushed than they were before they started something Napoleon Hill help with hope and he had a great idea and idea that he took from Carnegie and Carnegie let him share it I see no issue with the book or the philosophy it cost me nothing to listen to his audiobooks these days so how exactly did he Connor scam me it cost me nothing to listen to the power of manifestation it cost me nothing to listen to broad proctor it cost me nothing to watch the secret I haven't paid a dime personally to any of these men to learn their ideas about manifestation positive mental attitude enthusiasm goals writing things down imagination attaching emotion with pictures of in your mind none of it and just using some of what he talks about without ever reading his book beforehand but having an inert belief that a lot of these principles made sense and were true I did not even have a higher education degree and I ended up it will not only to get jobs but I paid off my house within 11 years and I don't make much money I'm not wealthy but I'm wealthy of the mind and the fact that I always see and I'm always looking forward to what can I do next what can I improve next what can I work on what can I lower in terms of debt what can I do and I have a plan there and it's a belief and when you put out enthusiasm and positivity towards others you get that back when you believe in yourself and you support others in a positive way you get that back what you give you get so if you want to give out cynicism you're going to get that you want to give out critics you're going to give that you're going to give out how all all these people are labeled as con man I'm sorry Napoleon Hill was not a conman Andrew Carnegie was not a con man the men that feels America we're not conman there were ones that were ruthless there are ones that were mean they weren't common and without them this nation would not have some of the greatest innovations industries and opportunities without them our America ain't much were they perfect no but where the founding father's perfect no but they created an amazing document didn't they they created an amazing amount of freedom and expression and opportunity which you don't get anywhere else on the planet
@@detectivewiggles Fair but all my friends are still sitting in the same place doing the same things, maybe I got lucky. But there's a section in the book about the fear of criticism and how it prevents you from doing a lot of things you really want to do, and I used that as my compass and boy have I had an epic life. I'm not even half way through.
From Teslas auotobiography about Edison: "The meeting with Edison was a memorable event in my life. I was amazed at this wonderful man who, without early advantages and scientific training, had accomplished so much. I had studied a dozen languages, delved in literature and art, and had spent my best years in libraries reading all sorts of stuff that fell into my hands, from Newton’s “Principia” to the novels of Paul de Kock, and felt that most of my life had been squandered. But it did not take long before I recognized that it was the best thing I could have done. Within a few weeks I had won Edison’s confidence and it came about in this way." Not everything is black and white
Coffee I love you but you are so wrong. To start, it is completely normal for people to lose belonging's in house fires etc. Look at Larry Janesky (worth $500M ) in CT after his mansion burned down with thousands of his journals and belonging that can't ever be replaced (search this). Look at Future who did his entire mixtape 56 Nights with DJ Esco and lost it. Are you going to say all of those songs were never made? Second thing, why would you charge the president or politicians for knowledge? It is clear that the wealth was not important to Napolean but rather it was the drive in man to acquire that wealth and overall accomplishment. Its similar to you not wanting to start a course but are interested in why people do so. Something turns you on about it, you investigate it, which is why you spend 60 hours per week making videos. Who knows maybe a part of you wishes you could turn on your Caleb Maddix switch and become a guru. It is a known fact that Napolean Hill lost all of his belongings after becoming wealthy and became a humble writer in his early 80s. In his book "Grow Rich With Peace of Mind" he talks about how the money he made and how he did not have peace of mind. Money was not important to him, mens desire to keep acquiring was what was important to him. The issue with calling the book "puff and fluff" is his book sold 100M+ copies and is still the top business book today. Reality check, puff and fluff books don't stay in circulation for 100 years. While you have an opinion and strong evidence against him.. there is just more evidence going for him. a 10.5 BILLION dollar company Chick Fil A's founder Samuel Truett Cathy (STRAIGHT FROM HIS MOUTH) said that the motivational book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill was one of the greatest foundations for inspiration growing up. (Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People, 2002). Oprah Winfrey, worth $2.6 BILLION preaches the secret which is a baby of Napolean's work. Ken Norton who knocked out Muhammad Ali used the book to give him the inspiration. The point is, you don't look up to Napolean, you look up to the people he interviewed. It is a KNOWN fact, that he interviewed hundreds of millionaires and billionaires. If you understood how this works, once you are in a selective group it becomes easier to get to know the friends of those groups. The book called Three Feet From Gold tells a story about this. The last part pisses me off the most of what you said. You mentioned you don't just "wish yourself to success" but he never says that. In fact he clearly states that the prayer alone will not bring riches. It is the demanding of not taking poverty as a solution that allows the universe to move your life towards riches, which starts with a mindset and environment shift. You missed the most important book out of all of them, Outwitting The Devil. He says in the book "I know nothing about any form of prayer which can be induced to work favorably in a mind that is colored, in the slightest degree, by fear. I now pray, not for more of this world’s goods and greater blessings, but to be worthy of that which I already have." What you missed most of all is Napoleans largest conspiracy that he was often visited by alleged spirit visitations where the spirits would leak information to him in his early 80's. This by far was the most interesting claim he made. His teachings also work the reverse way, in Outwitting The Devil he talks about poverty and what people do to not be successful. That book also was so controversial that it had to wait almost 100 years to be published. It was published in 2011 I think. Once again love you bro, but I am a huge Napolean fan lol
@@arnoldb4526 I agree with this, it's almost like he doesn't see the beauty of capitalism. There are several people who make bad products, scheme the market, and disingenuously promote product. But unfortunately, that is capitalism. Eventually the market naturally wipes those people out there is almost no need for Coffee, the market will do it all. There is a responsibility from the seller to try to offer the best product in which I agree with Coffee, but this and even his Tai Lopez video was just wrong.
I think Napoleon's claim of spirits visiting him are true. But those lie a lot. A lot of those who promote the secret say they are being told info by spirits but that info is 99 percent of it is just pure lies in order to sell more rehashed info in the form of books, seminars and courses.
@@RuanMMarinho "Eventually the market naturally wipes those people out there is almost no need for Coffee." Consider that Coffeezilla's existence is the natural process of the market wiping stuff out. The scammers and liars prey on natural human desires, so they will ALWAYS have a market. The only thing that can protect us is skepticism, and where that fails, education. Coffeezilla is education. Before the market wipes out the scammers and liars, those scammers and liars could still make a LOT of money. Just not your money! (especially if you had the education, provided by Coffeezilla himself.).
Dude, I always felt there was something off about Think and Grow Rich. Every time someone says how great it is, I go start listening to the audiobook again, and it all mostly sounds like a bunch of fluff to me.
I'm so happy that I stumbled across this video, because I also tried listening to the book and couldn't make it through the book, wondering what I was missing that everyone else seems to have recognized.
Yeah, I began reading the book, and the guy didn't stop telling how great his findings are, how he studied the most successful people and how people following his findings became successful. But he never went into explaining what's so great about these people. After tens of pages, there was still no content and I dropped it. Now that I know he's a conman, no way in hell I try again to read this book.
Thanks coffeezilla. This is 1 of the most important videos you've ever done. This is a quality channel and u should be proud of what you've built here.
Many people work hard to build things, to create things that most people would not think is possible. Then there are people who look to tear down and destroy the works of others, because looking for flaws in people is their passion. There is a small chapter in “ Think and Grow Rich” called ‘3 feet from gold.’ It’s the story of a mining company whose successful mine suddenly stop producing gold. Someone bought the mine, got a geologist to do some research and found a fault line, discovering that the gold shaft had moved 3 feet with the fault. I never cared if the story was real, I never did research to prove the story was real or fake. I read that story in 1973, I was a junior in high school. Even then I realized that the moral of the story was one word, persistence. For the rest of my life I knew when my endeavors grew difficult or hurdles seemed higher, I knew that I was just 3 feet from gold. Think and Grow Rich is a powerful book. This video is showing how losers think.
Man, coffeezilla is a piece of s**t with lot of frustrations of poverty, brainwashed and ignorant. Whatever says in the interview, history is the only FACT: Napoleon Hill: a legend! A.K.A. Godzilla coffee: a nobody! Always the losers will critique the greatest men.
I think whether or not Mr.Hill actually met Andrew Carnegie, means nothing. The lessons in the book are absolutely incredible. And yes, most people can be rich. (Over time) The majority of it IS mindset. Because mindset dictates action. 80-90% of millionaires are self made. Sooooo - stop being so negative and take some good lessons from something once in awhile. I know you focus on a lot of the negative as it’s how you discover fake guru’s and bad business practices. It would just be nice to have a change for what’s good about the industry.
I disagree . And I might be wrong. The mindset types build companies like WeWork. The true builders are always specific and have extraordinarily detailed views. A lot of many people are selling a lot many stuff now. It's time to filter .
Wow.. You're right.. I read that book when i was young.. Had a super old mini copy.. It was very similar to think and grow rich. Didn't know it came first. Just watched your video about hill too
the 'Think and Grow Rich' book was recommended to me by many people but reading it halfway when it said "say I will make X amount in Y years" every morning and night, I realized it was bullshit. I still wondered why everyone likes it so much. Makes sense now.
This book helped me get rich. It’s literally the number one book I recommend to others who want to get rich too. Whether or not it works is completely independent of whether or not you think the writer was a good person. That seems pretty obvious to me.
@@HyperDangerousThing I did what the book said, and now I’m successful. What are you talking about? Haha. I think people try to use everything they can find as an excuse not to do things. There’s a book sitting there you can buy for a few dollars or listen to for free on TH-cam that rich people all over the world are saying helped them become rich, and people are so dumb they’d rather just find every reason to assume it doesn’t work to make themselves feel better about the fact that they’re just too afraid of failing to even try.
@@LionElAton Is the comment above yours accurate? "The best summary I ever heard of Napoleon Hills teaching is this: "A dream written down becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by actions becomes reality.""
@@bornkinggamer3347 Yes and no. That explains the concept, but it doesn’t explain how to do it, which is the entire point. The method. Just listen to Think and Grow Rich on TH-cam. The recorded version is less than an hour. I’ve never met someone who’s done what it says and failed, I’ll just say that. I have met plenty of people who just didn’t do it though, which I don’t understand. All of the poor people in these comments have the exact same problem. It’s like Tim Ferriss says, “Be proactively skeptical, not defensively skeptical.”
I always thought Think & Grow Rich was an OK book, and definitely overhyped, but I remember being confused for as to why I had never heard of this guy before given that he was apparently in so many top leaders' inner circles. Now I know lol
He wasn't best friends with them; He simply interviewed them. He wrote down what he found and compiled it into a book. Doesn't mean he was eating breakfast every day with these people. It is not overhyped and Hill wrote books to help people become successful.
I actually read "Think and Grow Rich" newer actually thought that this was also a Guru scam. Damn this is ridiculous nothing in the guru world is real.
Nah the info is 100% real. I’m not a guru, I’m not selling anything, I’m not trying to my convince myself that it’s real by convincing you just to make myself feel better lol it’s legit as real as it gets. Fuck all the gurus... just show yourself it’s real by simply noticing in every moment this.. What you think, and how you feel, and what manifest in this now moment, are always a match. 💯 % of the time. No exception. Words don’t teach, life experience does.
I notice that Coffeezilla has a particular skill to take information in, break it down and analyze it. At the same time, he does this by making sure that his sources make sense and are credible to a certain level. I am glad that he is using that skill to expose scammers who try to take advantage of people’s last money.
“You can be an high ticket closer for Napoleon Hill”... Maaaan I’m literally crying while laughing...that’s hilarious how those gurus are the copy of each others 😂😂
i read and have been deeply influenced by Think and Grow Rich and only tonight found out Napoleon HIll was a con man. Just like that, it explained quite a few mistakes I have made in life based on his writings. And I am amazed that it never in occurred to me to doubt his authenticity. I have recommended the book. I have told people he knew Andrew Carnegie. I've been wrong all these years.
I don’t subscribe to the new age beliefs regarding manifestation, but the principles of planning, taking action, overcoming fears, developing specialized skills and knowledge, and networking, having persistence, those are sound ideas. I think there are some good lessons in Napoleon Hills books, especially regarding causes for failure. He fabricated some parts of his stories to reinforce ideas he believed to be true. “Outwitting the Devil” being a good example of a fictional conversation intended to express Hill’s ideas.
Think and grow rich influenced me to be self employed 10 years ago, It was a best thing for me, the book simply got me thinking, I recently read outwitting the devil, i would recommend even reading as a fiction.
Good. There's 2 types of people in the world. Cynical and stupid. Don't be stupid. Your assumption should always be that every word someone says is a lie
@@neilazac5299 usually, use your head. If it feels wrong in your gut, investigate further. Your intuition will guide you through all kinds of shit, just gotta learn to listen. Everything is too good to be true until it is true. If you learn anything in life, question it and challenge the shit out of it. Don't let other people take over your inner monologue.
I think exactly the same. It has helped me in understanding some things in life and why they always happen. Also there must be something in it, raping a book 100 years later?
@@BobPagani absolutely not. The Person behind it might not be AS it should be. But if the stuff, written by the Person is actually having measurable positive things behind it so shall it be.
@@BobPagani you bet it. There are tons of similar examples on it. What about Giggs? Is he a Bad footballer because he betrayed beloved ones around him?
Yeah and that takes critical thinking. You only gonna improve your critical reading by having a nonstop dialog with the book. If you Read books like that and have in mind that he trying to sell you a dream.
That book helped me be more determined and focus on my goals and take action every day. Which led me to practice and become better at my craft, which led me to double my income. I know I had those qualities all along, but that book and lectures from Brian tracy helped push me in the right direction.
I can tell you've never actually read and understood Think and Grow Rich. The book isn't about "if you think you can be rich you'll be rich"... There are chapters on specialised skill, persistence, partnerships, organising, planning, etc etc. Its very different to the secret because the secret made it seem as if all that's needed is visualisation. Think and Grow Rich was also about putting in some amount of planning and work.
@@tadpoleontheweb the ether is essentially synonymous to universal consciousness or the space in which all knowledge resides. It is the space our subconscious minds have access to. The very same space that Intuition, hunches and ideas come from. We all have access to this space via our subconscious mind and so being in the right state or frequency opens you up to gaining better ideas and intuition that can help guide you towards wealth. Whenever you get an idea, just know that it came to you from the ether and chances are it was picked up by others who are also in harmony with it.
@@sherwinhulley4921 Holy shit that's some hilarious woo garbage. Congratulations, you went from "maybe they have a point" to full makeup and wig clown.
@@madaggar9765 LMFAO 🤣😂🤣 it's always funny when people say that. Then when I tell them my story they say, "you're lucky". The "luck" became so excessive that some of my friends thought I'm involved in witchcraft, like, "how the fuck does Sherwin always get shit so easy?!" Welp... I told them exactly how, they said it's woo woo shit and I laughed.
The book is supposed to put you in the right mindset. 95% of this world is mentally! No one is perfect people believe in a Jesus died and rosed again in 3 days. And a lot of people believe that but it was metaphor on coming to oneself again. Long story short. Put your positive thoughts into action and your time will come. There’s ups and down in everything!
@@francisformlyknownasc.i.a2128 woah man, I’m actually interested in that metaphor of Jesus. If you have to time to write the whole story and meaning, I’ll send you my email lol
One of the best bits self help advice is... "You get the job you are doing already". Meaning apply yourself as much as you can now to what you really want to be doing. Example: straight out of school at 16 I got a job in electronics, with no qualifications, because I had already built my own amplifier. They were very impressed with that at the interview. I didnt bother to tell them the amplifier didn't actually work.... But I was keen so I got really good at the job... Eventually I got into computing using the same principle...
@@randomness4989 there's some similarities and a very subtle difference here'. People want to see that you're willing to learn and apply what you have learnt - that mindset of learning helps people get ahead in lives. The original commenter made an effort to build something which showed their interest in the field. Now faking it would be more on the lines of - "I do not know how to build an amplifier, but I show enough confidence about building it that not only do people believe me, but I believe my own self"
I remember inventing the wheel and people throwing job offers at me and i was only 9 years old. People making excuses these days talking about ‘ experience and degrees’
My first reaction is an incredible feeling of disappointment, I read think and grow rich in my 20s when I was in a sales jo…it really help ed me, I beacame #1 salesperson in the company almost immediately…BUT after being super successful at that job and a few other sales jobs, I became disillusioned about sales in general, yes I was great at sales, yes I was making a lot of money, BUT always knowing that these clients/customers could get these thing MUCH cheaper on their own without a middleman…and I hated the killer, take no prisoners mentality of every sales meeting and seminar…
I’ve always said to be good at sales is basically to be good at lying to and conning people. But ofc salesmen would disagree with this because they think as long as you don’t directly lie it’s not the same but to dance on a line you must also go in the same direction. I would be a terrible salesman cus I’m too honest
so the book does work..... his techniques of positve thiinking are SO useful. The fact coffeezilla is convincing people otherwise is kinda sad and ridiculous.
Not sure if this passage is real, as the source I found was from Osho, a "spiritual guru", but he claims that Henry Ford had met Napoleon Hill when launching his book and this occurred: "In America, when people write books they promote, they go to the bookstalls, they stand there, and if you purchase their recently published book they give you their signature. The day Napoleon Hill’s book was published Henry Ford entered the shop. He was looking for some good literature, and the owner said to him, “I would like to introduce you to a very well-known author and philosopher. His best book is published just today, and he would like to present a copy to you.” Napoleon Hill was brought from inside the shop; he presented his book. Henry Ford looked at the title, Think And Grow Rich. Then he looked at Napoleon Hill from top to bottom, from bottom to top, and asked him, “Have you come in your own car or on a public bus?” Napoleon Hill could not understand what kind of question this was. But it was from Henry Ford, the richest man of those days, so he could not simply ignore it; he had to answer it. He said, “I have come on a public bus.” Henry Ford returned the book and told him, “The day you have your own private car, come to me. That day I will accept your book. Think And Grow Rich - and you are still riding in a public bus! And you have some nerve to present the book to me, who has worked hard, day and night, to produce money; who was born poor, and who has reached to the very top in the whole world.”
I read T&GR for the first time about 25 years ago. I don’t regret reading it because it changed my attitude for the better. I went from having a negative attitude to a PMA. While I’m not wealthy, I’ve achieved some success. I think that I’ll read T&GR again for old time sake.
R ES, what success did you achieve? I read Hill's stuff. He is only one of many people I learn from. It is not realistic at all, to think that learning from one person is all is needed to know. Unfortunately, mentors seem to get people to believe that you only need to read their stuff. I have found it is much better to learn from many people. I am a reader of Napoleon Hill. As you can see from this video, some people do not like him. I was also irritated with him. But then, we can all agree, that Hill, was a successful writer and motivational speaker. There is a speech on here that Hill does, have a look. If he is what this video says he is, I do not know how he was able to make people at the time to believe he advised presidents, met Carnegie. He even received an honorary doctorate degree. How was it able to pull all that off?? After watching more of this video, I think it tells me more that you can't just listen or learn from one mentor. lol. But again, Hill was a successful writer. He was still bringing books out in his eighties.
Wow! Coffee scores another knockout. Great delivery notes and advice. Always did question who the heck is Napolean Hill? Not surprised at all. Very shady indeed.
Please do Investigate "Robert Kiyosaki", I've been following him and buying his stuff for years now, and I feel like I've been consuming his products rather than making progress
Their concepts are true, about money, beliefs, how the rich think and so on, just stay away from buying too much "get rich stuff" and focus on your own projects...
@@CursedKing505 How about you educate yourself instead of relying solely on one external source. Everything is transactional. Ask yourself What problem needs to be solved. Solve that problem. Get paid.
I read these books like this and I take from it what I find useful, even if it is only 10%. I believe that is the way you should approach any book like this... it’s not the gospel, just take from it what you can use, period.
stick to the gospel,thats infinite wisdom,and transformative,without doubt,just find the way to interpret it correctly,then you hold the secrets the ultimate success.
To those of you who enjoyed Think and Grow Rich, and this is unwelcome news... Understand that you can enjoy the book and get something out of it the bits about “positive thinking and goal setting”, without following in Hill’s footsteps.
Being aware of the limitations of the book is important. The man was a documented con-man during his life. This is a fact. He was also broke most of his life and plagued by his actions. This is also a fact. But you still can know all of those things and take something away from his book positively. 🤔 Thanks for watching!
Sounds reasonable 🤷🏾♂️
@@josephbecker8174 I think coffee isn't qualified enough to make such content, it's much more complex issue than making "he's bad/good" judgment.
Have checked his previous book well after called Outwitting The Devil?
Second have you looked into James Allen book called As Man Thinketh?
@@josephbecker8174 Still doesn't justify him being a certified con-artist during his lifetime. Many got something from the book, sure no argument there but his book and his life is a 2 separate subject. Learn from his book but don't learn from his action and lies elsewhere, if you will.
Well put.
You forgot to mention the part where Napoleon Hill reincarnated later on in life as Tai Lopez
Lol 😂 Ahlie, the OG of Charlatans 🤧🤦🏾♂️
That's ironically true
You're dumb for even saying that cmon man lol
😅😅😅😅😅😅
😂
If he was alive today, Napoleon Hill will be showing off his garage full of books
😂😂
Tai lopez might be his great grandson
With a Lambo or Ferrari
Oh, no.
This comment 🔥
Knowledge!
Someone said I showed up in a coffeezilla video, and I started sweating 😅
Looking back -
"We've Been Tricked, We've Been Backstabbed and We've Been Quite Possibly, Bamboozled”
You're not trying to sell anything so you good.Keep doing what you do.
@@muptezeladam9605 selling something makes you bad? What do you mean?
Damn man, you really read all the comments 😂
@@danishhameed8799 I meant selling an overpriced course.
@@muptezeladam9605 got it 👍
"Were you mentored by Steve Jobs?"
"I would like to say yes."
Yeah, I'd like to yes to that too
The level of self-delusional thinking in American Society is through the ceiling, the roof and into the upper atmosphere.
Do not judge what I say based on the words I use 🤣
The best summary I ever heard of Napoleon Hills teaching is this: _"A dream written down becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by actions becomes reality."_
I believe that quote was made by Greg Reid
be sure that he stole it from someone else, like all other con-men they are only capable of stealing from others and scamming the gullible ones! So in terms of wise thoughts and overall wisdom they don't have any! A fake cannot be genuine no matter what!
Hell yeah man. I love it.
And I think that’s still true regardless of the video, but still favor a more literal approach as opposed to Napoleon. But you can perceive what you said as literal too
Everyone here hating. Smh. Even if he stole it, it's still true.
The book as people read it today, isn't to praise Hill. I never actually met anyone that spoke about him personally.
Only the lessons taught in the book.
And thats the legacy, the lessons, not the person.
As a gullible person, I’m so grateful to have found this channel
Same
Yeah I have three of this guys books around. . .
Same.
Ironic
That's the right thing.
Bro is like Forrest Gump inserting himself into historical events 😂😂
How is Forrest Gumping not a thing?
@@SmallSpoonBrigade 😂😂😂
Didn't Forrest have recipes tho . .
After watching this video all the way this is the most accurate comment
Everything in FG the film was also in the book....
This actually makes me want to read Andrew Carnegie’s writings.
Imagine reading a con man but never reading the person the con man claims to have met when his books are all out there 🙄 sums up all the people in this comment section defending the huckster
Just ordered it
Just read the contents page. The meat is as good as soy.
Same here
Same! And FDR’s!
What's funny is that Napoleon made his wealth from selling this book while he was broke
"Fake it until you make it."
Just like many modern "success gurus."
Irony
Robert Kiyosaki Left the chat
his company just bankrupt and now he's targeting youtube :D
yep, just like most gurus
The whole of Think and Grow Rich can be summarised in one sentence: "To become rich you have to really really want to be rich"
Or you just have to sell your soul.
Putted correctly 👍🏼👍🏼
Want it so much at a point you're ready to enslave,rob and mislead other people to get more money
While he himself obviously did not want to get rich enough.
If you want to know the true secrets you need to read "the law of success" by napoleon hill.
Think and Grow Rich is a watered down version in which lots of the secrets have been taken out.
Excellent video! I read (part of) "Think and Grow Rich" when I was 21 years old and I would say it left a positive impact. However, after getting about 20% into the book I found it to be unbearably repetitive.
In the years since then I've found that nearly every 'self help' book that people recommend is simply a rehash or modern adaptation of T&GR. I've long since stopped read self-help books, preferring academic books on history and economics, finding them to be far more helpful.
Not everyone can be a millionaire, and if we all were, that would be massively inflationary.
I don't think every self help Book is bad. There are some good ones available in the market like the dip by Seth Godin or the classic how to win friends and influence people or atomic habits and few more
@@x2cistaken the art of learning is also very good
@@craigmckenzie4967 true, the fact is there are so many good self-help books that can literally change people's lives. Just because two or three mainstream self help books are bad doesn't mean the entire genre is bad. People are just reactionary.
The only good one I've ever read was How to Win Friends and Influence People, and that's because it's less "self-help" and more "here are the cheat codes to conversations."
So many youtube creators ignore his past so they can teach his content. Personally, i've tried to share this knowledge but never got a reply. Thank you! Finally someone acknowledged this.
You're a good guy.
Man that's crazy
Man your content is good. Got there a year ago!!
I read Think and Grow Rich. Now I feel really stupid for not cross referencing Andrew Carnegie's own autobiography.
Don't be a prey stupid
Napoleon Hill mentored me.
I am Napolean Hill and all I wrote is true!
@@seafoam6119 yea I was there
@@manuel5570 I recognize you
I'm Andrew Carnegie and I was there when Napoleon mentored you.
Evan Luthra wants royalties paid each time someone uses that line.
Do Robert Kiyosaki and his imaginary Rich Dad next! :)
Lmaooo
I bought and read his book and it waz so good i bought the next one. Then found out hes full of shit.
So i did more digging and basically...all these books r written by con men.
Buttt...if u read with the right mindset its veryy helpful.
Like rich dad poor dad. Might be bs story but it motivatez me to do shit. Not slack. Not give up. Find purpose, goals, aim for success in small (reasonable) increments.
Im too "safe " to bet my house, car, savings or whatever away...so i use it in diff ways.
Like..finding a job that doesnt make me wanna put a bullet in my head lmao.
Or learning best ways of saving and investing and all that.
Andrew Carnegie was basically Napoleon Hill's Rich Dad.
🤣🤣🤣
I actually feel sorry for Kiyosaki's "poor Dad" (who is his real father). Imagen, having a son who publicly admires his best friend's father instead of honoring his own.
@@arturovillaluz2053 I've often thought much the same thing.
What really irks me is how self-help gurus promote courses/programs then urge their followers to "do whatever it takes" to sign up, even if it means maxing out all their credit. Absolutely irresponsible!
Conmen don't care
It gets worse. There are now predatory high ticket coaching financing companies
Duh, think of all the money they will make from the course. It just makes sense
The idea isnt to help others to help themselves, its to simply help themselves.
They are Chinese agents
Radio host: "You trained with Bruce Lee, right?"
S.Seagal (a kid at the time B.Lee died): "Oh, yes, I've met Bruce several times..."
Funny,how many people met Bruce Lee,,he died 20 July 1973.. jeeze like to find out how old Segal was in 1973..? and many other liars ..
@@mangoMango-ck3et Chuck Norris being one of the few exceptions who legit met the legend. And he starred in one of Bruce Lee's best films.
@@destroyerinazuma96 Yep. Good friends. True legends, both of them... But that was after Bruce taught Norris how to be a legend though, of course.
This is exactly true for Rich Dad Poor Dad as well. Robert Kiyosaki has indirectly admitted that his rich dad and his poor dad were hypothetical characters when people found no evidence of his Rich dad being real. Kiyosaki also declared bankruptcy multiple times in his life . He has also sold a lot of "fake guru" - type real estate courses. That being said, a lot of things in his book are absolute gold. Especially about cashflows, assets, leverage and so on
Lol me as a teenager, I was motivated to buy d book, ya I read it...
U think it's bad?? I'm new to these things..
This is false. His rich dad and poor dad are not hypothetical characters. He had his childhood best friend, son of rich dad on one of his podcasts. You can find it online.
@@niallmurphy7360 No he isn't. He's just another fake so-called "guru". It has been said that; "In the kingdom of the blind, the one eyed man is king." He has simply been able to con alot of financially illiterate people. If you can't see that, you must be affiliated with his Rich Dad, Poor Dad enterprise in some manner.
@@niallmurphy7360 Just as I suspected. Your link sent me to a video that was preceded by one of Robert's sales pitches. Again, you must be affiliated with his scamming predatory cartel. I can guarantee you that you will never become rich using his financial ideologies.
What's so invaluable about his opinions on leverage and cash flows? You basically said he has no grounds and is not in any position of authority on investing by being bankrupt and an untrustworthy liar, yet his advice is worthwhile lol
I'm going to give coffee 1 month till he goes bald. Because this is a lot of work
Agreed, impressive stuff.
Ayeee pickup guy
I feel like his youthful comedy will help him keep his hair 😂
aye
Either that, or he planned out the whole "bet period" beforehand. Oerhaps even a few pre-recorded episodes in case of emergency
I’ve seen this book being promoted so many times. I even listened to an audio version of one chapter. I had no clue how ridiculous it is!
Thank you Coffeezilla! Keep exposing scammers
Unfortunately the world seems to not understand that positive thinking and day dreaming is just the small part compared to the luck, hard work, talent and knowing the right people part.
If you have goods ,what you must do is SELL them to millions of people = get money and retire
in napoleon hills defense though, working your ass off is infact part of the equation. you are absolutely right that this "dream" shit is doing nothing. but on the other alot of people do always include work your ass off as one important asset. only they ALSO include the mindset and believe parts. only people than disregard the work your ass off thing and claim its all bs.
but yeah the book IS odd and claims stories that are never anywhere else like its all made up especially the last chapters were like .. dude wtf
@@skaterfugater what do you mean? The book gets lot of negative reviews
I read Think and Grow Rich. Now I feel really stupid for not cross referencing Andrew Carnegie's own autobiography.
Luck comes from presistence. Some people say that guys with big muscles for example are Lucky. I would say no, That is only presistence. Grinding on the same thing along time, Not Luck. Its the same to find the right people.
Look at coffezilla. He is not Lucky that he is a success on TH-cam. Its presistence, he is grinding and doing the work, editing videos ALOT and keep on making new videos. Thats not Luck!
"Fraud Fridays" is the next Tag-line to start an episode ;)
[ "Lost in a fire" is the scammer's version of "The dog ate my homework" ]
I think it's still Thursday in the US.
@@gerjaison Yep, I was just giving a possible idea for tomorrow. :)
@@ChengTeoh Fair enough, good idea for a tagline! :)
In my former days as a financial investigator, you'd be amazed how many bankrupts and shonky businessmen I met who had fires which only seemed to affect their paper records.
I’m soooo in support of this!
Tony Robbins disliked the video.
Bob Proctor as well!!!
Tony Robbins is a national treasure, you monster. 😜
@dia Dia If Serial Killers are national treasures then obviously Fake Gurus gonna be as well.
How can u see who disliked it?
*writes a book called think and grow rich
*proceeds to die broke
Idk all them books sold seems like a good amount of money
@@yosoymejor6388 maybe he didn't know how to deal with money like rich boxers and sport personalities going broke after few years of their retirement.
Have you ever heard the saying....
"Do as I say not as I do"
????
Picasso also died broke, doesn't mean they had no impact, does it?
@@roblianoofficial I wouldn't take advice about how to be rich from Picasso either.
As a marketer, one of the most annoying things is getting arrested by the SEC when my writing gets too forceful.
As a small business owner, I was highly encouraged to read it. I did. It's meh. I got more from reading "The Millionaire Nextdoor".
Agreed, currently reading “The Millionaire Nextdoor”
Does Millionaire Next Door have practical advise? If so I'll read it. Thanks!
@@TankEsq I felt so. Has stats in it. But what has stuck with me was knowing most millionaires are small business owners. They buy used cars, cut coupons, don't give their kids inheritances, but encourage them to get jobs. They aren't these flashy people. They are average joes getting by. They invest wisely. Its not all about law of attraction bullshit, or change your mindset. It felt practical, logical, when I read it as a 15 yr old.
Thanks so much i heard excerpts from Hill on youtube and always found they sounded super corny never bought his books bcuz internet has free stuff haha
@@kimberlyaustin7030 True. There's a number of Chinese small business owners I know who run on this model. Not flashy. Salt of the earth hardworking types.
A dead give-away that Hill *NEVER* met Andrew Carnegie is by reading his book "How to Raise Your Own Salary" where Hill records the detailed dialog that supposedly took place between him and Andrew Carnegie. Once you read through these, you quickly realise that Carnegie would never had spoken to Hill like that and that it was all fictitious and came out our of Hill's imagination
Just like his interview with the devil, He had an overactive imagination lol
Like Carlos Casteneda's "Shaman" Don Juan
I mean he wrote interview with the devil soo...😳😅🤪
there's a picture of Hill's next to Carnegie, google it
@@MarFutbolero No, there isn't. That picture is of him next to Edison and even that picture wasn't for the purpose that you'd believe.
Robert Kiyosaki must have modeled his career on Napoleon Hill except managing his own money better.
rober told everyone about 2008 before it happened, he knows what is going on.
@@visarkojeli
You are correct.
Check out Ray Dalio Economics
@@visarkojeli : Robert K has predicted all kinds of things that didn't happen, as well. If you make enough predictions, you're likely to get one right. There's a big difference between making predictions and committing a big pile of chips on the outcome. Of those who actually made big bets that paid off on the '08 credit crisis, I haven't seen them repeat that performance since in a way that anyone can do what they did as a repeatable methodology expecting a positive outcome with a degree of certainty exceeding random chance.
@@ricfax how deep the rabbit hole goes..
The fact that Napoleon Hill, a morally bankrupt con-man, is an Idol in our society is not surprising at all.
Lmao he’s nobody’s idol what are u talkin about
Rob this country is such a sick and demented joke. The final act was electing con man trump as the POTUS.
@@ip0024 His book sales say otherwise
True I'm from South Africa and a lot of people's ideologies are based on this.
I just think nobody took time to fact check him.
Damn that's why he said you'll find out the point yourself in his "Think and Grow Rich" book because he didn't know the point either lol
Scouting for hrs I used too lol
This should be so popular that, this should be on the cover of every "think and grow rich" book
Surprisingly I started reading the book yesterday, thanks for saving my time ❤️❤️
@@abhishektripathi3313 Carry on reading it. It works if you believe in it.
@@carlranger8060 The book is a con. He just leads you on and never shares the "secret" because there is none. After much waffling, the book covered some very general and common success principles/tips that you'll see in many other (shorter) books.
The OG Charlatan of gurus. Friendly reminder for y’all to check your bank account on a daily basis. The more often you check the less likely you are to overspend. Did y’all know it’s impossible to breathe while smiling?
Kidding just wanted y’all to smile. Hope you have a phenomenal week. Get ya bread and all the crumbs too 🤧💯🙏🏾
I’m too experienced to fall for that now 😂
Touché
That's excellent advice
Everyday of 2021 I will check my balance
You tricked me lol.
But I like smiling, so it was a good trick 🙂
Good one
He is the model they all mould themselves after. Not his words but his actions.
Too much imagination can lead you to Inaction, bc you will be always daydreaming... Too much Realism can also lead you to Inaction, BC now you believe all is no possible... Balance is the key.
Wise words.
Absolutely 🙏🏼
Underrated comment.
Cool and all. What does it has to do with Napoleon Hill?
Interesting
I only started finding happiness when I changed my guru from Napoleon Hill to Napoleon Dynamite.
Napoleon Hill wrote a series of booklets called "Mental Dynamite."
thats a good one dude. Lmao
Vote for Pedro. 😁
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I Only starter finding happiness when i changed my guru from Napoleon Hill ti Napoleon Bonaparte😉
The fact that Napoleon Hill has kept this Con going, long after his death, proves the Law of Attraction does work. He thought about meeting great people, so he wrote down what he thought they would say. The world still believes he’s great 🤣
It proves that it works!
@@TheInsuranceAndTaxGuy “Its like a finger pointing away to the moon. Don’t concentrate on the finger or you will miss all that heavenly glory.”
@@ihavetubes Bruce Lee
If his readers got fair value, in their estimation for the money spent, the book was no con.
@@cedricbillingsley3960 obviously you must not have watched the video 🙄...the dude who wrote it was a con 🤦🤦🤦people's lack of intelligence scare me, because there are many
My overall take from books from N. Hill, Earl Nightingale, Dale Carnagie etc. is adjust your attitude. When you improve your attitude life becomes easier and good things will naturally come with your attitude adjustment. Don't take a lot of the advice literally: just think and things change. Earl Nightingale once said "one's reality is the mirror of one's mental attitude". Many good things have come from books like this, despite the less than perfect characters of the authors. Books like this have immensely improved my life, and no, I don't define success as being "rich", but in terms of significantly reducing stress in my life, getting along with my spouse, taking pride in my work etc. ALL from an attitude adjustment, which books like this encourage.
yes most reading can help you grow and learn. just dont take anything as devine word of truth from some god like most do be it religious lunatics or those wanting to be another tycoon who read napoleon hill🤣
"Buy bitcoin and hold it till you FKN DIE" - Napoleon Hill
I hate when people quote incorrectly. Please do more research. He actually said 'hodl'...Do better
@@lionfelidae7698 you got me in the first half
@@lionfelidae7698 You're hilarious -_-
@@ledomc2007 I get told that a lot
Well Hill did die sooooo?
Napoleon Hill even shares in one of the final chapters that he imagines before falling asleep that he has chats with great minds such as Lincoln, Washington, Carnegie, etc... So in fact, he was imagining this whole project directed by Carnegie haha. That's a great piece of work Coffeezilla.
So he didn’t lie 😭😭😭
@Okeythegoat 23 I mean he never disclosed the entire book was a fairy tale though 😂
It was true in his mind.
So it's about as true as Dante's Inferno
Napoleon Hill’s think and grow rich is a classic. It’s principles are accurate. Coffee did a great job at pointing the shadows of Napoleon Hill but to say the whole thing is a sham is taking things too far in my opinion. That book has helped tons of people and will continue to do so for ages to come. It’s a book that is healthy to read at the early stage of entrepreneurship. And yes, positive mindset plays a huge role in the affairs of life. Do not underestimate that Zilla, just because charlatans abuse it doesn’t mean it isn’t true.
Facts.
This may be true but THINK & GROW RICH: A BLACK CHOICE by Dennis Kimbro had a slightly different objective. Like you said, I'll keep mine on the shelf.
@@561EYEGUY Ive never heard of this, interesting
Just like Tai Lopez gives classical advice you could find in any self development book, doesn't make him less a scammer/liar
@@niksarass and if you follow classic advice by tai you will success even he is a scammer .
Expat American here living in Vietnam. Saw Hill’s book translated into Vietnamese in a local bookstore. Cringed when I saw it!!! Read it years ago and didn’t think much of it then. Many Vietnamese folks are obsessed with “getting rich” and are prey to MLM’s and get rich schemes. What is especially heinous is many purported “Christian based” MLMs have surfaced here. I make it a point to warn my Vietnamese friends to avoid any MLMs from America and especially those alleged to be “christjun”!!! Always glad to help…..
I read a lot of books, and this book by Napoleon hill is not a good one at all, i didn't read, but this video saved me money
About fkn time! someone that has finally put the truth out there about Napoleon Hill!
Hearing all these business experts recite quotes from Think and Grow Rich is becoming cringeworthy!
Nice work Coffee!
Now i have a video to show when someone comes up with N. Hill again
My life has been a lie... I too have been brainwashed with that "Fake it until you make it" stuff and believed in it. It seems all of fake gurus followed it to become what they are - fake gurus.
This stuff keeps spreading throughout decades like gospel. People create that illusive world where everyone inflates their ego and self-worth thinking they will be successful. How many succeeded but how many have fallen and blame themselves? It must be stopped.
@@_thechosen Good point!
The biggest lesson I took from that book was “what you focus on you improve”. So if you’re focusing on how to create a business or get more customers you’re infinitely more likely to accomplish that task than if you don’t focus on it. Which may sound obvious but a lot of people have an “if you build it they will come” mentality.
One word. Self-efficacy.
@@johnc8666 wow looks like you totally missed the point there.. like I said a lot of people have an "if you build it they will come" mentality ie the result happens without continual effort. and this book speaks to that mentality. Also... This book didn't TEACH me that focus will improve the results, rather, i was relaying the biggest lesson this specific book had to offer is illustrating that principle. Cheers
@@mikelasswell3640 this book means nothing 🤷🏽♂️
@@johnc8666 😂
lmfao stop it
This book has been and will continue to be influential in my life. I appreciate your critisism of the work
Same here
Facts
Believing in false narratives can be quite rewarding. Ignorance is bliss. Case in point: all religions
It has changed my life and still reading it.
@@tkam54 yeah your ignorance is bliss
I really cannot articulate how appreciative I am of your work on this.
Thank you 🙏 Thank you.
Thinking positively or negatively literally can affect your life. How do people not know this lol.
They are too busy chasing stuff that gives them instant gratification.
Because it's not taught
So true
@@iammunhu Exactly
More like people have different philosophical standpoint.
Just because your philosophical view doesn't align with someone doesn't mean they are wrong.
All I'm saying is from personal experience this book helped me.
@Fans of Matt Cutts LOA totally makes sense if you have the perspective of everything being energy a nd physical reality is just the perception of our brain. I mean it's a proven fact that thoughts are electromagnetic.
@@valdasdr8432 That doesn't mean the operate on an invisible vibrational frequency as your dreams. Just stop
@@xtooog954 well if you agree with the fact that thoughts are electromagnetic then indeed they do operate on invisible vibrational frequency.
@Fans of Matt Cutts the law of vibration is the foundation of law of attraction. Which indeed is real.
What you believe, you achieve , what you dream , your create
If you walk into a room with the mindset that everyone is staring at you 9/10 within minutes everyone will staring at you due to your outward projection.
@@valdasdr8432 you obviously have no scientific background. Please amuse everyone and define both electromagnetic and invisible vibrational frequency LOL
When getting a degree in actual science is too hard, you begin to believe made up things because it's easier
Seems like coffeezilla just shit in alot of people's cereal
he focus one tje negative of everything, like as he hates his life..
@@Ironclad-FTW oh yes. i learned in college how to distinguish facts from opinions, so i dont get easily influence.. am open minded, n dont judge people, becuz people do things for a reason. noone is perfect..
Or did he shit.... In their coffee!
As someone who gave Think and Grow Rich a shot and felt 'obligated' to finish reading it even though I've been only reading a couple pages a week, I'm glad he did. I'm guilty of assuming because something's popular it's gotta be good, so it's a welcome change to hear criticism of this
Not so much.... I find it so obvious that all u negative shills would only look for the bad and negativity in everything. And u wonder why ur skeptical of everything and full of hatred. What a horrible way to live.
In defence of Hill, every motivational speaker, so called teacher in this never started any type of real corporation, or invented anything. Think of most motivational speakers, the majority started no real businesses. They sell books and courses. After many many years of reading Hill's work. And going through the ups and downs of life. I can say, Hill was a master.
Yep after listening to many self help and wealth gurus, I realized they made their wealth, not from any business they created but from selling the idea of how to make money or get rich and nothing more.
Napoleon literally reminds me of Forrest gump or the skyrim main character because he just "ends" up in some of the most important events in history or has a relationship with the most important people in history
A lot of these encounters with people or events may have been made I read.
@@davidwirth2716 yeah hill probably just massively over exaggerated them
Shazam nice way of putting it lol. Hill was broke before he got his work out, he says this himself. He doesn’t take his own advice. But then I ain’t sure about him never meeting Carnegie. He wrote a book with a real life businessman W Clement Stone. Why would someone like Mr Stone who ran a great insurance organisation that probably is still around today want to associate with Hill?
Ahahaha never thought of the dragonborn as Forrest gump but yeh, kinda
I LOVE the work that you're doing, it's SO necessary!!! It's about time people stop blindly trusting and respecting someone as authority just because they've gained a lot of notoriety!
Linda, time to stop trusting the government too. That was not a weather balloon in Roswell New Mexico. They are lying about so much and keeping the truths hidden away as Top Secret due to "National Security ". National Security my ass... they lying about everything, even showing us fake NASA pictures from space of the earth. They finally admitted the pictures are fake,but still refuse to show the real pictures. The US government is the greatest lair of all time.
Bought and read "Think & Grow Rich" when I was 19 years old (now a decade ago). Read it once in one sitting. Never touched it again. Even as a youth, the advice seemed pretty damned fantastical to me. Another great piece, 'Zilla.
As a 19-year-old who's thinking about reading this book, what was your main takeaway from it
@@aptly6 I hate to provide little feedback, but it's essentially just what Fans of Matt Cutts said. Not a waste of time to read, but, you're not likely to blossom due to this book.
I bought the book when I was 18 and can actually say it did a lot of good.
A balloon tied to a chair can change your life when you're 18. your brain isn't done cooking then
Better than rap songs that teaches you legit success is acting white!
Exactly my point comment don't do a lot of great work they don't improve anyone's life in fact all they do is leave victims more broke and more crushed than they were before they started something Napoleon Hill help with hope and he had a great idea and idea that he took from Carnegie and Carnegie let him share it I see no issue with the book or the philosophy it cost me nothing to listen to his audiobooks these days so how exactly did he Connor scam me it cost me nothing to listen to the power of manifestation it cost me nothing to listen to broad proctor it cost me nothing to watch the secret I haven't paid a dime personally to any of these men to learn their ideas about manifestation positive mental attitude enthusiasm goals writing things down imagination attaching emotion with pictures of in your mind none of it and just using some of what he talks about without ever reading his book beforehand but having an inert belief that a lot of these principles made sense and were true I did not even have a higher education degree and I ended up it will not only to get jobs but I paid off my house within 11 years and I don't make much money I'm not wealthy but I'm wealthy of the mind and the fact that I always see and I'm always looking forward to what can I do next what can I improve next what can I work on what can I lower in terms of debt what can I do and I have a plan there and it's a belief and when you put out enthusiasm and positivity towards others you get that back when you believe in yourself and you support others in a positive way you get that back what you give you get so if you want to give out cynicism you're going to get that you want to give out critics you're going to give that you're going to give out how all all these people are labeled as con man I'm sorry Napoleon Hill was not a conman Andrew Carnegie was not a con man the men that feels America we're not conman there were ones that were ruthless there are ones that were mean they weren't common and without them this nation would not have some of the greatest innovations industries and opportunities without them our America ain't much were they perfect no but where the founding father's perfect no but they created an amazing document didn't they they created an amazing amount of freedom and expression and opportunity which you don't get anywhere else on the planet
@@detectivewiggles Fair but all my friends are still sitting in the same place doing the same things, maybe I got lucky. But there's a section in the book about the fear of criticism and how it prevents you from doing a lot of things you really want to do, and I used that as my compass and boy have I had an epic life. I'm not even half way through.
@@Lisi_Mxo how did it change your life . explain
Next is Thomas Edison scamer of all time. "Great inventor"
He was a great investor and a businessman
@@sammybosak10Nikola Tesla- *laughing in silence*
I can’t wait for that 1 😆
From Teslas auotobiography about Edison:
"The meeting with Edison was a memorable event in my life. I was amazed at this wonderful man
who, without early advantages and scientific training, had accomplished so much. I had studied a
dozen languages, delved in literature and art, and had spent my best years in libraries reading all
sorts of stuff that fell into my hands, from Newton’s “Principia” to the novels of Paul de Kock,
and felt that most of my life had been squandered. But it did not take long before I recognized that
it was the best thing I could have done. Within a few weeks I had won Edison’s confidence and it
came about in this way."
Not everything is black and white
@@Invibcible later on Edison screw up Tesla for the patent and money. Because Tesla go away.
Coffee I love you but you are so wrong. To start, it is completely normal for people to lose belonging's in house fires etc. Look at Larry Janesky (worth $500M ) in CT after his mansion burned down with thousands of his journals and belonging that can't ever be replaced (search this). Look at Future who did his entire mixtape 56 Nights with DJ Esco and lost it. Are you going to say all of those songs were never made? Second thing, why would you charge the president or politicians for knowledge? It is clear that the wealth was not important to Napolean but rather it was the drive in man to acquire that wealth and overall accomplishment. Its similar to you not wanting to start a course but are interested in why people do so. Something turns you on about it, you investigate it, which is why you spend 60 hours per week making videos. Who knows maybe a part of you wishes you could turn on your Caleb Maddix switch and become a guru. It is a known fact that Napolean Hill lost all of his belongings after becoming wealthy and became a humble writer in his early 80s. In his book "Grow Rich With Peace of Mind" he talks about how the money he made and how he did not have peace of mind. Money was not important to him, mens desire to keep acquiring was what was important to him. The issue with calling the book "puff and fluff" is his book sold 100M+ copies and is still the top business book today. Reality check, puff and fluff books don't stay in circulation for 100 years. While you have an opinion and strong evidence against him.. there is just more evidence going for him. a 10.5 BILLION dollar company Chick Fil A's founder Samuel Truett Cathy (STRAIGHT FROM HIS MOUTH) said that the motivational book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill was one of the greatest foundations for inspiration growing up. (Eat Mor Chikin: Inspire More People, 2002). Oprah Winfrey, worth $2.6 BILLION preaches the secret which is a baby of Napolean's work. Ken Norton who knocked out Muhammad Ali used the book to give him the inspiration. The point is, you don't look up to Napolean, you look up to the people he interviewed. It is a KNOWN fact, that he interviewed hundreds of millionaires and billionaires. If you understood how this works, once you are in a selective group it becomes easier to get to know the friends of those groups. The book called Three Feet From Gold tells a story about this. The last part pisses me off the most of what you said. You mentioned you don't just "wish yourself to success" but he never says that. In fact he clearly states that the prayer alone will not bring riches. It is the demanding of not taking poverty as a solution that allows the universe to move your life towards riches, which starts with a mindset and environment shift. You missed the most important book out of all of them, Outwitting The Devil. He says in the book "I know nothing about any form of prayer which can be induced to work favorably in a mind that is colored, in the slightest degree, by fear. I now pray, not for more of this world’s goods and greater blessings, but to be worthy of that which I already have." What you missed most of all is Napoleans largest conspiracy that he was often visited by alleged spirit visitations where the spirits would leak information to him in his early 80's. This by far was the most interesting claim he made. His teachings also work the reverse way, in Outwitting The Devil he talks about poverty and what people do to not be successful. That book also was so controversial that it had to wait almost 100 years to be published. It was published in 2011 I think. Once again love you bro, but I am a huge Napolean fan lol
@@arnoldb4526 I agree with this, it's almost like he doesn't see the beauty of capitalism. There are several people who make bad products, scheme the market, and disingenuously promote product. But unfortunately, that is capitalism. Eventually the market naturally wipes those people out there is almost no need for Coffee, the market will do it all. There is a responsibility from the seller to try to offer the best product in which I agree with Coffee, but this and even his Tai Lopez video was just wrong.
@@arnoldb4526 spot on!
@@arnoldb4526 100%.
I think Napoleon's claim of spirits visiting him are true. But those lie a lot. A lot of those who promote the secret say they are being told info by spirits but that info is 99 percent of it is just pure lies in order to sell more rehashed info in the form of books, seminars and courses.
@@RuanMMarinho "Eventually the market naturally wipes those people out there is almost no need for Coffee." Consider that Coffeezilla's existence is the natural process of the market wiping stuff out. The scammers and liars prey on natural human desires, so they will ALWAYS have a market. The only thing that can protect us is skepticism, and where that fails, education. Coffeezilla is education. Before the market wipes out the scammers and liars, those scammers and liars could still make a LOT of money. Just not your money! (especially if you had the education, provided by Coffeezilla himself.).
Dude, I always felt there was something off about Think and Grow Rich. Every time someone says how great it is, I go start listening to the audiobook again, and it all mostly sounds like a bunch of fluff to me.
More like complete bullshit.
Same here
I bought it a few days ago after listening to Rich Dad, Poor Dad. What a crock of nonsense. I returned it and got Profit First instead
I'm so happy that I stumbled across this video, because I also tried listening to the book and couldn't make it through the book, wondering what I was missing that everyone else seems to have recognized.
Yeah, I began reading the book, and the guy didn't stop telling how great his findings are, how he studied the most successful people and how people following his findings became successful. But he never went into explaining what's so great about these people. After tens of pages, there was still no content and I dropped it. Now that I know he's a conman, no way in hell I try again to read this book.
Thanks coffeezilla. This is 1 of the most important videos you've ever done. This is a quality channel and u should be proud of what you've built here.
Many people work hard to build things, to create things that most people would not think is possible. Then there are people who look to tear down and destroy the works of others, because looking for flaws in people is their passion. There is a small chapter in “ Think and Grow Rich” called ‘3 feet from gold.’ It’s the story of a mining company whose successful mine suddenly stop producing gold. Someone bought the mine, got a geologist to do some research and found a fault line, discovering that the gold shaft had moved 3 feet with the fault. I never cared if the story was real, I never did research to prove the story was real or fake. I read that story in 1973, I was a junior in high school. Even then I realized that the moral of the story was one word, persistence. For the rest of my life I knew when my endeavors grew difficult or hurdles seemed higher, I knew that I was just 3 feet from gold. Think and Grow Rich is a powerful book. This video is showing how losers think.
Couldn't say it better.
Napoleon Hill strangely resembles Brian Rose
They both have this look in there eyes.
Napoleon Hill breakdancer confirmed?
His real name was actually Napoleon SugarHill
Yes because careers of both of them are destroyed at this point 😂
More on Dan Peña.
He too, claimed to be mentored by the dead businessman just like Hill.
I'm sorry Outwitting the Devil is one of the best books ever my g..
Yes! It changed my life!😊
FACTS! It’s basically what the Bible tells you
Yep it is, you can find here the people who mentioned in the book!
By far. It wakes you up.
Man, coffeezilla is a piece of s**t with lot of frustrations of poverty, brainwashed and ignorant.
Whatever says in the interview, history is the only FACT:
Napoleon Hill: a legend!
A.K.A. Godzilla coffee: a nobody!
Always the losers will critique the greatest men.
He mystified ‘getting rich’ by attributing esoteric wisdom onto successful businessmen..
I think whether or not Mr.Hill actually met Andrew Carnegie, means nothing. The lessons in the book are absolutely incredible. And yes, most people can be rich. (Over time) The majority of it IS mindset. Because mindset dictates action. 80-90% of millionaires are self made. Sooooo - stop being so negative and take some good lessons from something once in awhile. I know you focus on a lot of the negative as it’s how you discover fake guru’s and bad business practices. It would just be nice to have a change for what’s good about the industry.
I disagree . And I might be wrong. The mindset types build companies like WeWork. The true builders are always specific and have extraordinarily detailed views. A lot of many people are selling a lot many stuff now. It's time to filter .
LOL 99.99999999999 percent of the rich(super rich ) inherit the wealth.
You have to admit these con artists really put more work into their scams than actual honest working people would be willing to commit.
Facts
No
graham stephan cites this book as one of reasons why he's financially successful today, I wonder what he'll think of this video
But people are really becoming financially successful, becouse they changed their mindset. What's wrong with Graham Stephan's claim.
Same thing of people who believe that their dog helped them become financially successful
@@jbart4183 you don't know what I'm talking about
The big question is how they became successful.
@@Ironclad-FTW Adrian Gee I suppose?
Now that you mention is there’s so much gurus who promote that book as a must read now I realize why it’s their literal playbook
He actually stole though whole story from a guy named Kieth Cunningham he’s the real rich dad.
I believe Hill plagarized his book from "As A Man Thinketh". Also, read the article by paleofuture gizmodo about Hill. He hurt a lot of people.
Wow.. You're right.. I read that book when i was young.. Had a super old mini copy.. It was very similar to think and grow rich. Didn't know it came first. Just watched your video about hill too
You’re weird man
Watching this video like, damn...my life is a lie. Bamboozled. Hoodwinked. Lead a stray. Run a muck.
Same bro
I swear bro 🤣 I just tossed Think and Grow Rich out the window
the 'Think and Grow Rich' book was recommended to me by many people but reading it halfway when it said "say I will make X amount in Y years" every morning and night, I realized it was bullshit. I still wondered why everyone likes it so much. Makes sense now.
secret to success is to TAKE ACTION. get out of the planning phase and move onto the DOING phase as soon as reasonably possible
That explains why that book feels scammy. Never knew but make sense. Lol
This book helped me get rich. It’s literally the number one book I recommend to others who want to get rich too. Whether or not it works is completely independent of whether or not you think the writer was a good person. That seems pretty obvious to me.
You could have success but definitely not because of this book
@@HyperDangerousThing I did what the book said, and now I’m successful. What are you talking about? Haha. I think people try to use everything they can find as an excuse not to do things. There’s a book sitting there you can buy for a few dollars or listen to for free on TH-cam that rich people all over the world are saying helped them become rich, and people are so dumb they’d rather just find every reason to assume it doesn’t work to make themselves feel better about the fact that they’re just too afraid of failing to even try.
@@LionElAton Is the comment above yours accurate?
"The best summary I ever heard of Napoleon Hills teaching is this: "A dream written down becomes a goal. A goal broken down into steps becomes a plan. A plan backed by actions becomes reality.""
@@bornkinggamer3347 Yes and no. That explains the concept, but it doesn’t explain how to do it, which is the entire point. The method. Just listen to Think and Grow Rich on TH-cam. The recorded version is less than an hour. I’ve never met someone who’s done what it says and failed, I’ll just say that. I have met plenty of people who just didn’t do it though, which I don’t understand. All of the poor people in these comments have the exact same problem. It’s like Tim Ferriss says, “Be proactively skeptical, not defensively skeptical.”
@@miroslavzember6761 I made a company called FILM CRUX which sells sound libraries.
Plot twist: Coffeezilla is actually a fake exposer
Dude is a joke . His voice is like he Huff's helium.
He's the Karen of TH-cam exposed
what's a fake exposer? that just sounds dumb.
ha ha everything is possible now
Who weres suspenders clown half glass empty mindset
@@justinhunt4767 You are a great sage whose grammar is impeccable.
Well it's like they say the best selling authors weren't necessarily the best writers or had the best idea. They just sold them the best. Haha
I couldn't get past 14 pages of that book coz of laziness, but now I don't feel guilty anymore 😂
Listen to the audiobook. Really this broke my heart though. 🤣
Me too I got tired of reading
The book is a classic he's a moron
Same😂😂 lol
I always thought Think & Grow Rich was an OK book, and definitely overhyped, but I remember being confused for as to why I had never heard of this guy before given that he was apparently in so many top leaders' inner circles. Now I know lol
Kinda felt the same
He wasn't best friends with them; He simply interviewed them.
He wrote down what he found and compiled it into a book.
Doesn't mean he was eating breakfast every day with these people.
It is not overhyped and Hill wrote books to help people become successful.
@@stanknight9159he neva interviewed them that is the whole point of this vid he a fraud with good concept that’s it
I was mentored by Alexander the Great, we exchanged messages in WhatsApp
Hahaha
😂😂😂😂
The Law of Attraction requires ACTION! You need to take Action not just thoughts alone
I actually read "Think and Grow Rich" newer actually thought that this was also a Guru scam. Damn this is ridiculous nothing in the guru world is real.
Big facts
Nah the info is 100% real. I’m not a guru, I’m not selling anything, I’m not trying to my convince myself that it’s real by convincing you just to make myself feel better lol it’s legit as real as it gets. Fuck all the gurus... just show yourself it’s real by simply noticing in every moment this..
What you think, and how you feel, and what manifest in this now moment, are always a match. 💯 % of the time. No exception.
Words don’t teach, life experience does.
@@nicholassergiacomi4823 you should write a book. Based on your comment you would be successful as napolean hill at scamming people with word fluff xD
@@IWantToStayAtYourHouse I’ll send you a copy at twice the price lol
@@nicholassergiacomi4823 o
I notice that Coffeezilla has a particular skill to take information in, break it down and analyze it. At the same time, he does this by making sure that his sources make sense and are credible to a certain level. I am glad that he is using that skill to expose scammers who try to take advantage of people’s last money.
its called critical thinking
But the fallacies he deploys are glaring aren't they?
Critical thinking and due diligence are all skills that can be obtained and improved by practice
I’d love to see him dissect Yeonmi Park. She’s running the world rn off of half truths 😂 nd she was on all these prestigious podcasts
😂
“You can be an high ticket closer for Napoleon Hill”... Maaaan I’m literally crying while laughing...that’s hilarious how those gurus are the copy of each others 😂😂
i read and have been deeply influenced by Think and Grow Rich and only tonight found out Napoleon HIll was a con man. Just like that, it explained quite a few mistakes I have made in life based on his writings. And I am amazed that it never in occurred to me to doubt his authenticity. I have recommended the book. I have told people he knew Andrew Carnegie. I've been wrong all these years.
This doesn't negate the fact that the principles in his book works and has changed the lives of millions.
I don’t subscribe to the new age beliefs regarding manifestation, but the principles of planning, taking action, overcoming fears, developing specialized skills and knowledge, and networking, having persistence, those are sound ideas.
I think there are some good lessons in Napoleon Hills books, especially regarding causes for failure. He fabricated some parts of his stories to reinforce ideas he believed to be true. “Outwitting the Devil” being a good example of a fictional conversation intended to express Hill’s ideas.
Think and grow rich influenced me to be self employed 10 years ago,
It was a best thing for me, the book simply got me thinking,
I recently read outwitting the devil, i would recommend even reading as a fiction.
Every group has their own“Bible”.
“Small minds discuss people. Average minds discuss events. Great minds discuss ideas.”
My 17 year old brain has trust issues now...
Good. There's 2 types of people in the world. Cynical and stupid. Don't be stupid. Your assumption should always be that every word someone says is a lie
@@neilazac5299 When power, politics or money is involved I suppose?
@@skb282 yup lol. You can believe your parents and friends usually
@@neilazac5299 usually, use your head. If it feels wrong in your gut, investigate further. Your intuition will guide you through all kinds of shit, just gotta learn to listen.
Everything is too good to be true until it is true. If you learn anything in life, question it and challenge the shit out of it. Don't let other people take over your inner monologue.
@@neilazac5299 skeptical good, cynical bad
I think everyone should read it and then come to there own conclusion. It’s helped me immensely so to each there own.
I think exactly the same. It has helped me in understanding some things in life and why they always happen. Also there must be something in it, raping a book 100 years later?
@@renetrost2711 Don't you think it's relevant that the man who wrote it and claimed life experiences that were lies was a fraud?
@@BobPagani absolutely not. The Person behind it might not be AS it should be. But if the stuff, written by the Person is actually having measurable positive things behind it so shall it be.
@@renetrost2711 So you don't care if your "guru" was a complete phony and con man whose life in no way exemplified the principles he was espousing?
@@BobPagani you bet it. There are tons of similar examples on it. What about Giggs? Is he a Bad footballer because he betrayed beloved ones around him?
You have to filter out any fluff in every book, no matter who is the author. Nothing is real, everything is permitted
May the father of understanding guide these gurus
@@spartannrage underrated comment
How you do it?
Yeah and that takes critical thinking. You only gonna improve your critical reading by having a nonstop dialog with the book. If you Read books like that and have in mind that he trying to sell you a dream.
That's why I underline and highlight my books
That book helped me be more determined and focus on my goals and take action every day. Which led me to practice and become better at my craft, which led me to double my income.
I know I had those qualities all along, but that book and lectures from Brian tracy helped push me in the right direction.
I can tell you've never actually read and understood Think and Grow Rich. The book isn't about "if you think you can be rich you'll be rich"... There are chapters on specialised skill, persistence, partnerships, organising, planning, etc etc. Its very different to the secret because the secret made it seem as if all that's needed is visualisation. Think and Grow Rich was also about putting in some amount of planning and work.
+1
I’m curious to know what role you think the ‘ether’ plays in his approach to wealth.
@@tadpoleontheweb the ether is essentially synonymous to universal consciousness or the space in which all knowledge resides. It is the space our subconscious minds have access to. The very same space that Intuition, hunches and ideas come from. We all have access to this space via our subconscious mind and so being in the right state or frequency opens you up to gaining better ideas and intuition that can help guide you towards wealth. Whenever you get an idea, just know that it came to you from the ether and chances are it was picked up by others who are also in harmony with it.
@@sherwinhulley4921 Holy shit that's some hilarious woo garbage. Congratulations, you went from "maybe they have a point" to full makeup and wig clown.
@@madaggar9765 LMFAO 🤣😂🤣 it's always funny when people say that. Then when I tell them my story they say, "you're lucky". The "luck" became so excessive that some of my friends thought I'm involved in witchcraft, like, "how the fuck does Sherwin always get shit so easy?!" Welp... I told them exactly how, they said it's woo woo shit and I laughed.
Think and Grow Rich is one of my favorite books. I feel scammed 😭
The book is supposed to put you in the right mindset. 95% of this world is mentally! No one is perfect people believe in a Jesus died and rosed again in 3 days. And a lot of people believe that but it was metaphor on coming to oneself again. Long story short. Put your positive thoughts into action and your time will come. There’s ups and down in everything!
You should have commented here: th-cam.com/channels/YsYJ6od6t1lWnQg-A0n6Yw.html
@@francisformlyknownasc.i.a2128 woah man, I’m actually interested in that metaphor of Jesus. If you have to time to write the whole story and meaning, I’ll send you my email lol
All mega rich people scam people at some point.
so, I think the book is right on the money.
Don't feel scammed, just let it be a reminder and a lesson to always listen to both sides and be open minded
One of the best bits self help advice is... "You get the job you are doing already". Meaning apply yourself as much as you can now to what you really want to be doing.
Example: straight out of school at 16 I got a job in electronics, with no qualifications, because I had already built my own amplifier. They were very impressed with that at the interview. I didnt bother to tell them the amplifier didn't actually work.... But I was keen so I got really good at the job...
Eventually I got into computing using the same principle...
Yeah that's actually quite true. It's very hard to switch industries. You get the job you are doing already
But thats still the same "fake it until you make it",and i dont agree with it
@@randomness4989 there's some similarities and a very subtle difference here'. People want to see that you're willing to learn and apply what you have learnt - that mindset of learning helps people get ahead in lives. The original commenter made an effort to build something which showed their interest in the field. Now faking it would be more on the lines of - "I do not know how to build an amplifier, but I show enough confidence about building it that not only do people believe me, but I believe my own self"
no, that's the fake it till you make it law.
I remember inventing the wheel and people throwing job offers at me and i was only 9 years old. People making excuses these days talking about ‘ experience and degrees’
My first reaction is an incredible feeling of disappointment, I read think and grow rich in my 20s when I was in a sales jo…it really help ed me, I beacame #1 salesperson in the company almost immediately…BUT after being super successful at that job and a few other sales jobs, I became disillusioned about sales in general, yes I was great at sales, yes I was making a lot of money, BUT always knowing that these clients/customers could get these thing MUCH cheaper on their own without a middleman…and I hated the killer, take no prisoners mentality of every sales meeting and seminar…
Woah
I’ve always said to be good at sales is basically to be good at lying to and conning people. But ofc salesmen would disagree with this because they think as long as you don’t directly lie it’s not the same but to dance on a line you must also go in the same direction. I would be a terrible salesman cus I’m too honest
A lot of sales work has a fast burn out rate , hence the fast promotion and big OTE promises. I just got sick off all the bullshit.
so the book does work..... his techniques of positve thiinking are SO useful. The fact coffeezilla is convincing people otherwise is kinda sad and ridiculous.
From when I started watching you until now you have really stepped it up in terms of content. Keep it up man, loving all of it.
Not sure if this passage is real, as the source I found was from Osho, a "spiritual guru", but he claims that Henry Ford had met Napoleon Hill when launching his book and this occurred:
"In America, when people write books they promote, they go to the bookstalls, they stand there, and if you purchase their recently published book they give you their signature. The day Napoleon Hill’s book was published Henry Ford entered the shop. He was looking for some good literature, and the owner said to him, “I would like to introduce you to a very well-known author and philosopher. His best book is published just today, and he would like to present a copy to you.” Napoleon Hill was brought from inside the shop; he presented his book. Henry Ford looked at the title, Think And Grow Rich. Then he looked at Napoleon Hill from top to bottom, from bottom to top, and asked him, “Have you come in your own car or on a public bus?”
Napoleon Hill could not understand what kind of question this was. But it was from Henry Ford, the richest man of those days, so he could not simply ignore it; he had to answer it. He said, “I have come on a public bus.”
Henry Ford returned the book and told him, “The day you have your own private car, come to me. That day I will accept your book. Think And Grow Rich - and you are still riding in a public bus! And you have some nerve to present the book to me, who has worked hard, day and night, to produce money; who was born poor, and who has reached to the very top in the whole world.”
I read T&GR for the first time about 25 years ago. I don’t regret reading it because it changed my attitude for the better. I went from having a negative attitude to a PMA.
While I’m not wealthy, I’ve achieved some success.
I think that I’ll read T&GR again for old time sake.
R ES, what success did you achieve? I read Hill's stuff. He is only one of many people I learn from. It is not realistic at all, to think that learning from one person is all is needed to know. Unfortunately, mentors seem to get people to believe that you only need to read their stuff. I have found it is much better to learn from many people. I am a reader of Napoleon Hill. As you can see from this video, some people do not like him. I was also irritated with him. But then, we can all agree, that Hill, was a successful writer and motivational speaker. There is a speech on here that Hill does, have a look. If he is what this video says he is, I do not know how he was able to make people at the time to believe he advised presidents, met Carnegie. He even received an honorary doctorate degree. How was it able to pull all that off?? After watching more of this video, I think it tells me more that you can't just listen or learn from one mentor. lol. But again, Hill was a successful writer. He was still bringing books out in his eighties.
Wow! Coffee scores another knockout. Great delivery notes and advice. Always did question who the heck is Napolean Hill? Not surprised at all. Very shady indeed.
Please do Investigate "Robert Kiyosaki", I've been following him and buying his stuff for years now, and I feel like I've been consuming his products rather than making progress
Their concepts are true, about money, beliefs, how the rich think and so on, just stay away from buying too much "get rich stuff" and focus on your own projects...
@@ichbinhier355 How Can I trust you?
@@CursedKing505 you don't have to, just follow your inner voice, that's the only one that knows what's good for you.
read Kiyosaki's wikipedia page, the man's a huge fraud. I agree zilla should cover him more.
@@CursedKing505 How about you educate yourself instead of relying solely on one external source. Everything is transactional. Ask yourself What problem needs to be solved. Solve that problem. Get paid.
You nailed it.
Napoleon Hill's work will awaken you. But the real job of aquiring wealth is a very PRACTICAL one.
I read these books like this and I take from it what I find useful, even if it is only 10%. I believe that is the way you should approach any book like this... it’s not the gospel, just take from it what you can use, period.
Like these videos....
stick to the gospel,thats infinite wisdom,and transformative,without doubt,just find the way to interpret it correctly,then you hold the secrets the ultimate success.
Rebecca. Hill was a nobody, but turned himself into a master philosopher.
I have the same view, if reading this book made you make a decision you normally wouldn’t and it works out in your favor then it was worth it.
exactly
The book helped me out big time when I first started in business.