I try to read the fourtneenth chapter of Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. This chapter is titled “The Sixth Sense: The Door To The Temple of Wisdom." It talks about the importance of cultivating a sixth sense which will help us in emergencies.

If you aren't great, either because you lack talent, or didn't have the right upbringing, you can still be great through imitation. Hill says, those who aren't great, imitate the great. Now this isn't you average "hero worship" but the willingness to learn from your heros. Hill did this through his 'Invisible Counsellors' which consisted of:

1. Thomas Edinson

2. Henry Ford

3. Andrew Carnegie

4. Ralf Waldo Emerson

5. Napoleon Bonaparte

6. Thomas Paine

7. Luther Burban

8. Charles Darwin

9. Abraham Lincoln

Hill was the Chairman of this council consisting of these people. He would consult with them twice everyday, once when he woke up, and once when he retired at night. This helped him build character through the great characters of these men.

The lesson of this chapter is if we are in pursuit of riches, we need a sixth sense. This sixth sense will come to us in emergencies. This sixth sense, if not innately present, can be cultivated through imitation.

Link to the book:

https://amzn.to/2T1w1xb

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Aakash

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