The Law of Success

Napoleon Hill's first major work sets out a philosophy of achievement as a series of lessons, opening with the master mind and covering, among others, a definite chief aim, self-confidence, imagination, the habit of saving, self-control, enthusiasm, concentration, accurate thinking, profiting by failure and the golden rule. Hill presents the laws as the door to a Temple of Success. By his account, Andrew Carnegie asked him to take on the work after a multi-day interview, and it was said to rest on interviews with American millionaires, among them Henry Ford, John D. Rockefeller and Thomas Edison. Hill gave the material as a lecture for years before it appeared as a multi-volume course.

MaxCDN co-founder David Henzel named it among the books by its author that he recommends to entrepreneurs.