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Excerpts from Napoleon Hill's Think And Grow Rich

''I discovered, from the analysis of over 25,000 people, that men who succeed in an outstanding way, seldom do so before the age of forty, and more often they do not strike their real pace until they are well beyond the age of fifty. This fact was so astounding that it prompted me to go into the study of its cause most carefully, carrying the investigation over a period of more than twelve years.

''This study disclosed the fact that the major reason why the majority of men who succeed do not begin to do so before the age of forty to fifty, is their tendency to DISSIPATE their energies through over indulgence in physical expression of the emotion of sex. The majority of men never learn that the urge of sex has other possibilities, which far transcend in importance, that of mere physical expression. The majority of those who make this discovery, do so after having wasted many years at a period when the sex energy is at its height, prior to the age of forty-five to fifty. This usually is followed by noteworthy achievement.

''The lives of many men up to, and sometimes well past the age of forty, reflect a continued dissipation of energies, which could have been more profitably turned into better channels.

''The most powerful of all human emotions is that of sex. There are other mind stimulants... but no one of them, nor all of them combined, can equal the driving power of sex.

''The salesman who knows how to take his mind off the subject of sex, and direct it in sales effort with as much enthusiasm and determination as he would apply to its original purpose, has acquired the art of sex transmutation, whether he knows it or not. The majority of salesmen who transmute their sex energy do so without being in the least aware of what they are doing, or how they are doing it.

''The entire subject of sex is one with which the majority of people appear to be unpardonably ignorant.     Men and women who are known to be blessed--yes, BLESSED--with highly sexed natures, are usually looked upon as being people who will bear watching. Instead of being called blessed, they are usually called cursed.

''Intemperance in sex habits is just as detrimental as intemperance in habits of drinking and eating. In this age in which we live, an age which began with the world war, intemperance in habits of sex is common. This orgy of indulgence may account for the shortage of great leaders. No man can avail himself of the forces of his creative imagination, while dissipating them. Man is the only creature on earth which violates Nature's purpose in this connection. Every other animal indulges its sex nature in moderation, and with purpose which harmonizes with the laws of nature. Every other animal responds to the call of sex only in "season." Man's inclination is to declare "open season."

''The years between forty and fifty are, as a rule, the most fruitful. Man should approach this age, not with fear and trembling, but with hope and eager anticipation.
Between the ages of thirty and forty, man begins to learn (if he ever learns), the art of sex transmutation.

''There should be no disappointment over love, and there would be none if people understood the difference between the emotions of love and sex. The major difference is that love is spiritual, while sex is biological. No experience, which touches the human heart with a spiritual force, can possibly be harmful, except through ignorance, or jealousy.

The Mystery Of Sex Transmutation: https://www.nairaland.com/2465928/mystery-sex-transmutation

Hmmmm

I take it you speak from experience

Then I guess monks other men that stay away from sex should be the ones on Forbes rich list. and what will be ur explanation for the women folks?

Lolulolu:
Then I guess monks other men that stay away from sex should be the ones on Forbes rich list. and what will be ur explanation for the women folks?

Perhaps you err in assuming success can only be considered in financial terms. What you should ponder upon is whether these monks succeed at what they set out to achieve and what degree of mastery they could achieve in the process. Best believe, not everyone is a slave to money.

Lolulolu:
Then I guess monks other men that stay away from sex should be the ones on Forbes rich list. and what will be ur explanation for the women folks?

Are the monks not successful people?

Do u think u can go thru wat dey go thru?

Success aint all about money.


I very much agree with this piece.

African man likes sex too much that's one of the reason why when dey whole world was developing n acquring lands, he was busy marrying more wives.

Nothing unusual.
The road to success is tedious and ardous!
Was Rome built in a day?

Only the mature mind can handle success and wealth.
It is quite difficult to encounter a MAN that is psychologically mature @ 50, not to mention 40!

OP you mean their blokkos gets in the way of proper brain functioning?

That's harsh even though it's funny.

Just say some. Not all.

Hmmm, interesting. .

KanwuliaJara:
Nothing unusual.
The road to success is tedious and ardous!
Was Rome built in a day?

Only the mature mind can handle success and wealth.
It is quite difficult to encounter a MAN that is psychologically mature @ 50, not to mention 40!

Kanwu, this is my first like for you oh.

cococandy:
OP you mean their blokkos gets in the way of proper brain functioning?

That's harsh even though it's funny.

Just say some. Not all.

coco baby 5minsmadness seems upset with you, why?

SAMBARRY:
coco baby 5minsmadness seems upset with you, why?

how you dey jare?

You the rules. Don't derail
I'll report you to the mod o.

I'm fine o jare. I'm just showing concern to a friend

by the way don't you remember banmeandquench

cococandy:
how you dey jare?

You the rules. Don't derail
I'll report you to the mod o.

SAMBARRY:




I'm fine o jare. I'm just showing concern to a friend

by the way don't you remember banmeandquench

that one is you? Lawd.

Wait don't you need like different email addresses for each moniker?
How do you do it.

SAMBARRY:




I'm fine o jare. I'm just showing concern to a friend

by the way don't you remember banmeandquench

Ban me and quench?

Sambarry, dangote's mummy?

cococandy:
that one is you? Lawd.

Wait don't you need like different email addresses for each moniker?
How do you do it.

yes of course

SAMBARRY:
yes of course

Very true. Make's me remember Vary's quote in a SOIAF: 'when I see what desire does to people, done to this country, I'm glad I'm not part of it. Besides the absence of desire leaves one free to pursue other things.'

Slave to desire rubs one of freedom of thought.

Edit: misquote