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Interesting quotes from "Think and Grow Rich", By Napolean Hill

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Men who accumulate large fortunes, and attain to great heights of power and fame, do so, mainly, to satisfy their desire to please women. Take women out of their lives, and great wealth would be useless to most men. It is this inherent desire of man to please woman, which gives woman the power to make or break a man.

 

 

Some men know that they are being influenced by the women of their choice--their wives, sweethearts, mothers or sisters--but they tactfully refrain from rebelling against the influence because they are intelligent enough to know that NO MAN IS HAPPY OR COMPLETE WITHOUT THE MODIFYING INFLUENCE OF THE RIGHT WOMAN. The man who does not recognize this important truth deprives himself of the power which has done more to help men achieve success than all other forces combined.

 

 

Think and Grow Rich: Chapter 11. The Mystery of Sex Transmutation (The Tenth Step toward Riches)

 

 

Massive amounts of truth it his points.

 

 

I'll leave one more:

 

 

Love is, without question, life's greatest experience.

 

 

A life without love from a wife and kids, your own family, isn't worth living.

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I found Mr. Hill's writings through my research on Andrew Carnegie, whose philanthropy and ruthless business tactics are both pretty well known and, indeed, found his comments about the value of women in growing wealthy to have a lot of wisdom, not because I read them but because I was fortunate enough to see the effects of such a dynamic in my socialization.

 

I'm plowing through Carnegie's autobiography and will get back to Hill's excellent treatise on growing wealthy and leading. IMO the principles can apply to all forms and levels of wealth, not just the typical measure applied by beancounters.

 

If love comes my way again, I certainly won't turn a blind eye to it. That, and health, have been two gifts in life I've come to treasure in my older years.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt2KkIpVZwg

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Gloria25 Established Member

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Well yeah, I totally agree...

 

Men naturally have the desire to "provide and protect"....they work hard to get "stuff" to prove to women their ability to provide/protect.

 

Marriage and family is good for men cuz it gives them purpose. It motivates them to provide and protect.

 

The key is getting the right woman to "elevate" a boy into a man. A mother does the job up to a point and then his wife/woman takes over and a "boy" turns into a "man".

 

There's something of truth in that saying that 'behind every great man there's a great woman or something'...

 

But with all the gender bending and women's movement I believe men are turning into boys. Also, the women now a days don't have much to offer in a RL if you ask me. They can't even do basic things like cook and/or keep a home - so how the heck can they support their man and make a "house" a "home"?

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A life without love from a wife and kids, your own family, isn't worth living.

 

I'm divorced and don't have kids so I'm heading to jump off a bridge.

 

 

Interestingly, I have found that when it comes to the core requirements for the desire to live, intimacy and sex are more are more important than love. I have lived a long time without love but life without sex was killing me.

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I think that is pretty simplistic and I don't see it in all accounts. What about women who grow wealth? What is their motivators?

 

I see more of men growing wealth for family, legacy, posterity. Not so much for romantic love.

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Gloria25 Established Member

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Well yeah, marriage, kids and loooove isn't for everyone as God didn't make us alike...and, people w/o kids, marriage, RLs just find their own way to have "purpose" and meaning in their lives.

 

I volunteer, help out family and focus(ed) on my education and career. I have pets. I masturbate and have a guy in my life now and then...so, won't be jumping off a bridge any time soon.

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Growing up my father always told me you measure a man by his family.

 

 

I always looked at my life growing up, and couldn't imagine not having a family of my own to come home to. No wife, no kids, no love, it makes everything seem so pointless. Where is the motivation to keep going? What is there to look forward to?

 

 

I feel like everything else in life is just a side show, and can't fully supplement the love of ones own family.

 

 

I also had a short experience of what it feels like to watch your child grow before your eyes. There is no experience that matches it. Second comes the feeling of mutual attraction.

 

 

These are just my beliefs. I'm sure others have their own.

 

 

Hills words resonated with me.

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I'm divorced and don't have kids so I'm heading to jump off a bridge.

 

 

Interestingly, I have found that when it comes to the core requirements for the desire to live, intimacy and sex are more are more important than love. I have lived a long time without love but life without sex was killing me.

 

Well yes, I've heard that about sex and intimacy....for some reason sex is how we feel "alive" if you will.

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Growing up my father always told me you measure a man by his family.

 

 

I always looked at my life growing up, and couldn't imagine not having a family of my own to come home to. No wife, no kids, no love, it makes everything seem so pointless. Where is the motivation to keep going? What is there to look forward to?

 

 

I feel like everything else in life is just a side show, and can't fully supplement the love of ones own family.

 

 

I also had a short experience of what it feels like to watch your child grow before your eyes. There is no experience that matches it. Second comes the feeling of mutual attraction.

 

 

These are just my beliefs. I'm sure others have their own.

 

 

Hills words resonated with me.

 

Well, there's studies that show people who are coupled up tend to live longer...And, as a species, how would we survive if we didn't mate and have kids? So yea, the satisfaction you and others feel from having a family is probably built into us.

 

But, the same balance between our free will and what we are programmed to do comes at play cuz not every person God created can procreate (ie infertility). So, still, everyone still must find their desire to live/purpose in this world I guess.

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