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The Wisdom of Success by Napoleon Hill and Andrew Carnegie — WisdomDeck honest review
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The Wisdom of Success

by Napoleon Hill and Andrew Carnegie

Hill's reconstructed conversations with Carnegie on the philosophy of achievement. Whether verbatim or not, the principles are Hill's familiar seventeen.

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Three things you will actually use

  1. Purpose first.
  2. Organized effort.
  3. Learn from adversity.

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Hill and Carnegie, in dialogue.

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