The Untold Truth of Napoleon Hill - History's Most Beloved Con-Man.
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- Napoleon Hill is arguably the most influential business writer of the past century, he's almost single-handedly responsible for the core ideas behind the billion dollar self-help / business coaching community. He originated the idea of "masterminds", and his story, at first blush is the stuff of American legend. However under scrutiny, his convenient story looks more like the delusional ramblings of a Con-man.
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Scott Novak - paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-u...
lifetime of riches
wisdom of success
andrew carnegie's autobiography/gospel of wealth
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this video is an opinion and in no way should be construed as statements of fact. scams, bad business opportunities, and fake gurus are subjective terms that mean different things to different people. I think someone who promises $100K/month for an upfront fee of $2K is a scam. Others would call it a Napolean Hill pitch. - บันเทิง
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!
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.
"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.
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 👍
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....
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."
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 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
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 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.
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
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
*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.
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
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.
I really cannot articulate how appreciative I am of your work on this.
Thank you 🙏 Thank you.
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.
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?
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 finished reading this book earlier this year, and then went on to watching your videos about kay. Since then, I've been very interested in learning about cults and watching your other videos on dan lok and so forth. It all makes a bit more sense now.
He is the model they all mould themselves after. Not his words but his actions.
As a marketer, one of the most annoying things is getting arrested by the SEC when my writing gets too forceful.
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.
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 love your storytelling. I'd love to see you do more in this genre. ✌
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.
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.
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.
You're very good at what you do Coffeezilla.
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.
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!
Really really liked this video. I liked that Napoleon basically projected his personality onto Carnegie. A lot of these “get rich gurus” see themselves as being in league with accomplished businessmen, and believe that the only way they got to that level of success was by employing the same manipulative tactics and rough edged mentalities they feel like is necessary. Reality, thankfully, is far from that fact.
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
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
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!
I hope you do more somewhat historical videos about stuff like this in the future. You're already so good at handling evidence that you're pretty good at presenting history.
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.
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.
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😉
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.
You’re a legend Zilla. Been binge watching your stuff lately. Keep up the great work 👌
"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!
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
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
Excellent video! I first found out he was a fraud from The Dollop podcast. I’m glad you covered this too! The guy was a con man and not many people really talk about that.
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
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
This is actually really good research work. You are amazing Coffeezilla!
I few years ago, I read the Gizmodo article, but it's good to see you made a video about it. I hope more people knows the true story about one of the most popular scammers from USA.
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
This is why it's important to look into the background of people who "teach" you how to get rich. If their system worked, they'd spend all of their time applying the system rather than teaching it.
Bro... not saying he isn't a fraud but what you said makes no sense. If you learn how to do something that millions of people want to be able to do, why not write a book and make passive income from teaching while still making money doing your work? if I was the best body builder I may not want to or be able to lift forever.. so I shouldn't get paid to teach what I lwarn and eventually transition to retirement? Use your brain bro.
facts
@@zulubeatsprince stick to making beats bruhh 🤣🤣🤣
@@rowland5951 what I said is true. It's called a retirement plan. I'm a decent sales guy.. but I don't want to have to sell forever.. that's why we become managers and start consulting firms or write books. Easier than selling all day and pays better. That does not mean you cant make great money selling.. to the contrary.. it opens many doors for you.. but there's levels to things. You gotta Grow up son.
@@zulubeatsprince because you’d make much more money hiring people to help scale your business than you would selling the secrets.
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🤣
Wow. Best takedown of a famous guru I've seen since Jim Jones. A friend actually told me to get Hill's book, and I found the bookstore always keeps a few copies as "evergreen" publications. Unbelievable. Crime really does pay.
Subscribed.
Pirate it 🤣
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
@@MinecraftManiac300 Positive Thinking, Goal Setting, Planning and Action. Apart from its don't trust the Law of Attraction BS.
@@MinecraftManiac300 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.
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.
He mystified ‘getting rich’ by attributing esoteric wisdom onto successful businessmen..
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.
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.
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
Hello, we hope all is well with you.
Great video! love to see a quality production.
The content was shocking and if true that Napoleon made up meeting Andrew, then some would say Napoleon was one of the most humblest of man that ever lived.
“How To Own Your Mind.,” by Napoleon Hill, is the alleged interview. The understanding of the human mind and outstanding wisdom shared in this book, is being credited to Andrew Carnegie.
And of course…. I subscribed. Great stuff. Thanks!
Great example of how "one false" information, on the internet is blindly taken by other internet users as "true", and then they spread it and create other contents using that false information. valla! down the line people will believe it is true. kinda like this quote: Jesus said: "love one another as you love yourself; even your online neighbor deserves a 'like.'"
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
All I'm saying is from personal experience this book helped me.
Its helped me too, but the problem is it's not realistic and have lots of psuedo science stuff like LOA. Which itself is a great scam.
@@fansofmattcutts9047 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.
@@fansofmattcutts9047 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.
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.
The book helped me out big time when I first started in business.
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
"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?
Wow this book was read to me as a child and although there was some stuff that was aspirational I never thought to look into the author himself.
Coffeezilla has done us a great service.
Outstanding video Zilla! Keep doing what you're doing to expose the BS out there!
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.
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
secret to success is to TAKE ACTION. get out of the planning phase and move onto the DOING phase as soon as reasonably possible
Matt's article from gizmodo brought me here. Very eye opening video. Thank you
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.
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.
The message of Napoleon Hill can be very frustrating because the goal posts always changes according to your success. If you're broke, you just didn't want money enough.
Holy shit. This is probably the best video I've seen of yours. I'd never heard of him doing MLM. Dam jaw drop
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.
@@LionElAtonArt 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.
1 Definite Purpose
2 The Master Mind Principle
3 Applied Faith
4 Going the Extra Mile
5 Pleasing Personality
6 Self-Discipline
7 Positive Mental Attitude
8 Enthusiasm
9 Personal Initiative
10 Learning from Adversity
11 Imagination
12 Accurate Thinking
13 Cosmic Habit Force
...Whether or not he met Carnegie is not important, those principles work.
PERIOD.
These rejects are having trouble with that, because they are so busy looking for the next person to tear down. A bunch of bum ass crybabies, following an even bigger crybaby that just wants to monetize his crying.
Spot on
@@tkitchens91 This guy is a master at selective reading.
@@tkitchens91 This channel is based on hate on other people. Oh and that fake laugh that he does. According to his logic, he kinda a con man also lol. What a sad person.
Yup 100%
You deserve all the TH-cam money out there. A true dedicated detective
This was such a quality and infomrative video! This needs to blow up
That explains why that book feels scammy. Never knew but make sense. Lol
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.
Great work!
I knew something was up when he kept posting tintypes of his racks of silver dollars and surrounded by Model Ts…
😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣 Was it on his MySpace page?
@@ricfax Actually the society page of the Ye Olde Towne Courier. The Editor's name was Tom.
@@FrugalBC : And Tom was everybody's friend.
Very good content.
Horrible content.
You have a very low standard then.
@@93FilmsandMedia you are free to watch something else. Maybe a Deepak Chopra's documentary.
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.
I am enjoying your content so much I'm going back to these older videos. This video is so important. I never thought to question this classic book or books like it. Anything modeled on the secret is a big pile of steaming crap imo. I got suckered into this feel good garbage and Ive only ever seen destruction come from following it, not only in my life, but in family and friends as well.
Cold hard facts: the world is a cold hard tough mf'er. You have very little chance of success in this short life, but if you are to have any chance at all, you better be prepared to sacrifice like you've never sacrificed before and put yourself through hell. And even then, with positive feel good thinking and hard ass determination and work, you still aren't guaranteed anything. Thats just the truth.
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 .
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.
So happy you made this!!
Hooooo man, this was amazing, and I'm sure plenty of MLMers are gonna get butt-hurt. Absolutely wonderful video
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.
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
Good lord this channel is pure gold.
This video made me smile so much. History doesn't quite repeat itself, but it often rhymes. Keep up the great work, @coffeezilla!
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.