Chapter 15 Napoleon Hill Affirmation For Creating Wealth

In Napoleon Hill's book, "Think and Grow Rich," there is an affirmation that I've used on a number of occasions to increase my wealth. I didn't include it in the normal power affirmations recordings because for it to be effective, it needs to be personalized. Below is the original affirmation and then some revisions I made to improve it.

First of all, here is the original affirmation as it appeared in "Think and Grow Rich:"

"By the first day of January, 19.., I will have in my possession $50,000, which will come to me in various amounts from time to time during the interim.

"In return for this money I will give the most efficient service of which I am capable, rendering the fullest possible quantity, and the best possible quality of service in the capacity of salesman of (describe the service or merchandise you intend to sell).

"I believe that I will have this money in my possession. My faith is so strong that I can now see this money before my eyes. I can touch it with my hands. It is now awaiting transfer to me at the time, and in the proportion that I deliver the service I intend to render in return for it. I am awaiting a plan by which to accumulate this money, and I will follow that plan, when it is received."

Revisions with My Commentary

Here is the affirmation after my revisions with my commentary:

"I am now earning (enter amount) per month, which is coming to me daily in ever increasing amounts."

Rather than settle on a fixed amount, my focus is on creating monthly cash flow in ever increasing amounts. And amounts that are coming to me daily--not just once every two weeks. The original wording seemed a little weak to me.

"In return for this money I am giving the most efficient service of which I am capable, rendering the fullest possible quantity, and the best possible quality of service (describe service)"

If you are in sales, you can use Hill's original wording. Otherwise, put in a description of how you intend to create the money.

"I believe that I now have this money in my possession. My faith is so strong that I can now see this money before my eyes. I can touch it with my hands. It is now being transferred to me in the proportion that I deliver the services I intend to render in return for it."

I found this to be the strongest part of the original affirmation. The only part I changed is to change the tense from the future to the present..."I now have this money."

"I am now creating plans by which to accumulate this money, and I am following those plans immediately as they are received."

I changed this from a passive to an active activity..."I am now creating plans..." I feel this alters my focus on things that I am doing right now to achieve my objective. I also added the element of speed: “I am following those plans immediately...” If you strike the iron hard and fast while the iron is hot, your chances of success increase dramatically.

What is great about this affirmation is that it keeps your thoughts specifically on your current financial goal. As you positively focus on this goal, your thoughts will guide your actions and greatly increase the odds that you will create the streams of wealth you desire.

One action I took that really helped me was to make a home recording of this affirmation and copy it to my iPod. Now that I have the text to speech program, I'm using it to keep the affirmation up to date. You can listen to an example of this affirmation recorded in synthetic speech at http://www.poweraffirmations.com/audio/money_affirmation.zip.

In place of the dollar amount I've added $1 million dollars. I figured since I'm creating an example, I may as well make it a BIG one. My suggestion is that you use an amount that is a significant stretch for you right now, but one that is attainable within a reasonable period of time. Then change the affirmation to put in a larger amount as your skills and abilities grow.

I have licensed the synthetic voice used for this affirmation (Cepstral “William”). There is no security in place to prevent you from downloading the file. The file is saved as an MP3 file, but is zipped to make it easier for you to download the file. The size of the file is about 350kb--not very large as audio files go.

Here is a Special Free Offer for You

If you would like a personalized version of this affirmation created as an MP3 using my text to speech software, please email me the following information:

1. The monthly amount you are targeting.

2. A description of the service you intend to render in return for it.

I will use that information to create a personalized audio MP3 file for you to use to help condition your mind to achieve your goal. The end file will be about a minute in length and about 350k in size. It can probably be sent via email when I'm done, but we can work that out later. All information will be kept strictly confidential.

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