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Friday Foursight from the Daily Dap (Before Think & Grow Rich....)

No. 70 — 5.16.25

Author

Anthony D'Apolito III
May 16, 2025

Friday FOURsight includes FOUR sections - read them all or jump to your favorite:

1. Growth Notes: my weekly observations as I venture through my personal growth

2. Quotes + More Quotes: for a dose of needed inspiration

3. A Few Favorite Links: the most useful resources I sourced from the internet

4. Question For You: reflect as you best see fit

Growth Notes

Hi all,

I got an interesting one for you today.

One of my favorite books of all time is Think and Grow Rich.

It was published in 1937.

But you probably didn’t know that Napoleon Hill wrote a book called Law of Success nine years before that.

Three years before publishing it, he sent pre-first editions of this book to kings, presidents, and other world leaders.

It is rumored that he printed them on a school printer near to his house.

When it was released, it was released as 15 separate booklets.

It was actually originally commissioned by Andrew Carnegie and is based on interviews Napoleon Hill did with tons of American Millionaires like J.D. Rockefeller, J.P. Morgan and Henry Ford.

Today there’s only two known copies of that pre-first edition.

Law of Success by Napoleon Hill

Think and Grow Rich is one of the most popular books in the world.

But little do people know the deep work Napoleon did before releasing Think and Grow Rich to all of us.

These are the stories that fire me up.

There is beauty to this level of preparation.

There are gold nuggets of lessons to extract here.

Learn from this as you so desire,

Anthony

Quotes + More Quotes

“Psychologists have correctly said, ‘When one is truly ready for a thing, it puts in its appearance.” — pg. 3 of Think and Grow Rich

“He had no money to begin with. He had but little education. He had no influence. But he did have initiative, faith, and the will to win.” — pg. 4 of Think and Grow Rich

“The world is filled with an abundance of opportunity.” — pg. 27 of Think and Grow Rich

“Faith is the head chemist of the mind.” — pg. 45 of Think and Grow Rich

I’m building a first of its kind personal transformation platform.

Never before has someone gamified self-improvement in this way. My programs will be all encompassing too: physical, mental, spiritual, and business development.

Practical, Real, Tangible results.

Excited.

“When we are at our lowest, when we feel completely powerless, we are often more open to God’s work in our lives.

It is then that we stop relying on our own ingenuity, wisdom, or resources and begin to lean fully on him. In our weakness, we make space for God’s power to shine. His strength does not come to us in the way we expect…… a gentle, unshakeable, Divine strength.”

Question

Do you believe in others more than you believe in yourself? If yes, why?

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