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Exercise: How to make important decisions

The following concept is one of the most exciting ideas of all. It is based on the
fascinating and inspiring book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, which is the
bible for all people working in the field of personal development. Think and Grow
Rich contains the results of Napoleon Hill’s interviews with 504 successful men.
Andrew Carnegie commissioned him to write it because he wanted the book to
convey the secrets of success to others so they could become successful too. The
interviews took Napoleon 20 years to conduct, and the resulting book has sold
several million copies.

The whole book is awesome, but one part that really astonished me described
Andrew Carnegie’s imaginary board of directors. Each night, when he was about to
fall asleep, he would imagine he was in a room with a big boardroom table. Around
that table were seated some of the people who really inspired him. Carnegie was the
chairman, the other people were the directors. Each night Carnegie would discuss
his business plans with these directors, listen to what they had to say and ask their
advice. And he would act upon it. It worked phenomenally well. In fact, having an
imaginary board of directors was the biggest secret of success in the book.

Napoleon Hill decided to try it for himself, using a council of nine famous people
including Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and Charles Darwin. And it
worked for Hill, too. When I read that, I knew I had to try the same thing. And now I
want to show you to do it, too.

Creating your ‘Mastermind’ board of directors

I started off with two directors, a man and a woman; Spend a couple of minutes
thinking about who you would like to choose for your first two directors. You can Page22
choose someone famous from the past or present, someone you really admire in

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