The “Millionaire Maker” Advises Would-Be Tycoons

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29171, 4 April 1960, Page 10

The “Millionaire Maker” Advises Would-Be Tycoons

(New Zealand Press Association)

AUCKLAND, April 3. Surrounded by fellow passengers milling about at the Whenuapai air terminal on Saturday evening, a slight, unassuming American and his wife collected their baggage and waited patiently until all but a few of the Tasman Empire Airways passengers from Sydney had been cleared by the Customs. Then, struggling with his own suitcases, Mr Napoleon Hill, a maker of millionaires, the friend of such men as Andrew Carnegie and F. W. Woolworth, the author of books on how to get rich and a mil-

lionaire himself, passed through to spend a week lecturing and sight-seeing in Auckland. Known as “the millionaire maker,” Mr Hill had some tips to pass on to would-be tycoons. “You can be anything you want to be, if only you believe with sufficient conviction.” he said, “and act in accordance with your faith.

“First of all you must have a definite goal or plan,” said Mr Hill. “To make it more positive, write it down and keep reading it until you are devoting all your thoughts and efforts toward the goal. “Another cardinal rule is to give more and better service than you are paid for—go the extra mile. As soon as you do something extra for somebody they are indebted to you and you will get it back later.” Mr Hill spent years studying and interviewing scores of men who had amassed huge fortunes. He discovered that every one of them had used the same basic principles in various combinations. Then he set to work writing to explain how determination and a positive mental approach could lead to riches. So far he has written about 30 books which have become best sellers, including “Think and Grow Rich,” first published in 1937 and which has so far, said Mr Hill, sold between five and six million copies. x Mr Hill said he owed a great deal to Andrew Carnegie. “He got me started working on, the 17 fundamental laws of success.” he said. “Before that I was going to be a lawyer. But I think 1 have done far more for people interpreting the laws of success than I would have done as a lawyer.”