Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Andrew Carnegie”
Gerard Powell is the personification of the American success story who realized, as do many people in his position, that money does not necessarily buy happiness. Instead, he opted to try anything available to hide from himself and his “perfect” life. Most of his existence he suffered from addiction and depression, incessantly trying to fill the hole deep within with …
Continuing our discussion of Napoleon Hill’s Think And Grow Rich, this week we talk about Chapter 12: The Subconscious Mind. This is where the rubber meets the road, so to speak, because the subconscious mind is where all of the Law of Attraction work actually takes place.
Think And Grow Rich, Chapter 10: The Master Mind. This is a core secret to the most successful people on the planet. They surround themselves with great minds who provide insights, perspectives, knowledge, and wisdom. Separately, they each have their own strengths and weaknesses. Together, they create a power house. We discuss this important aspect in this week’s episode.
Continuing our ongoing discussion of Think And Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill, this week we talk about Chapter 9: Persistence. While we don’t mention it in the show, one of the most interesting pieces of the chapter is the end where Hill talks about the persistence of Mohammad, the prophet of Islam. This example may not be popular among some folks today, showing just how much society has moved away from the concepts that built America.
We continue with our discussion of Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill. This week we focus on Chapter 8 – Decision: The Master of Procrastination and The Seventh Step toward Riches.
We continue with our discussion of Think And Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill. This week in our third episode, it’s Chapter 4: Autosuggestion.
In some ways this is the most important chapter in the book because it ties the two previous chapters together and provides the foundation for how the TAGS (Think And Grow Rich) program really works.
The plight of the over-scheduled, over-tested, stressed out student has become the subject of much hand-wringing and several good educational policy prescriptions. But if youth are to escape the educational pressure cooker, we need to understand how the pervasive myth of the meritocracy traps them in it. As the instant classic 2009 film, Race to Nowhere, and its 2015 sequel, Beyond …
We use shorthand for evaluating faculty: “She is productive.” We don’t necessarily have in mind a steel worker toiling in Andrew Carnegie’s factories but, given one’s orientation, perhaps a Hero of Socialist Labor. Factory work may be too grubby a metaphor for genteel academics. The antonym is worse: Loser, slacker, non-publisher. Generational politics are in play as young faculty who …
