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What a compliment! Because Wilshire Book Company is a source of numerous well-known motivational and inspirational books, people often visit our offices to buy them.

Schwartz, Ph.D., Think Like a Winner! by Walter Doyle Staples, Ph.D., Three Magic Words and Success Cybernetics by U.

But of all the motivational bestsellers I have ever published, Think and Grow Rich remains the closest to my heart-and the most responsible for my own success in life.

FOREWORD FROM WILSHIRE VERSION of THINK AND GROW RICH I am pleased to be publishing the original, unabridged, classic edition of the world famous book Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill-just as he wrote it in 1937.

As a publisher of motivational books, I have had the pleasure of bringing to the public such books as Psycho-Cybernetics by Maxwell Maltz, M.D., The Magic of Thinking Big and The Magic of Thinking Success by David J.

Andersen, Grow Rich With Your Million Dollar Mind and How to Succeed by Brian Adams, and Charisma: How to Get That Special Magic by Marcia Grad.

During my long career teaching motivational seminars, I have had hundreds of people tell me how Think and Grow Rich has helped shape their lives.

He inspired an audience of thousands and received a resounding standing ovation.

Many years ago I had the pleasure of attending one of Napoleon Hill's electrifying lectures in Los Angeles.

My mind-set is resolute with the Napoleon Hill can-do philosophy, and I am pleased to report that I am achieving the yearly Internet sales goals I set.

My latest challenge is building a substantial Internet business specializing in motivational and business books.

It is my pleasure to introduce the Foreword to our edition of Think and Grow Rich by my partner and good friend Melvin Powers.

Based on that belief I have set and achieved many goals besides being a successful book publisher.

My enthusiasm for Think and Grow Rich began when I first read it as a boy of 16 years.

There was a positive energy in the air that you could feel.

I have been an award-winning songwriter, a motivational speaker, college lecturer, breeder of champion Arabian horses, entertainer, producer of infomercials, mail order consultant, and author of two of the best-selling books in the mail order field, How to Get Rich in Mail Order and Making Money With Classified Ads.

Many of the motivational books of today borrow from the tenets of Napoleon Hill's work, and all of the motivational authors and lecturers I know have his book in their library.

I enjoy talking to these individuals, as we share a common philosophy.

It has been an international bestseller for many years, selling millions of copies in its various editions.

Invariably, when discussing books, Think and Grow Rich comes up in conversation as one of their all-time favorites.

Many refer to the book as their bible.

These books, like my earlier editions of Think and Grow Rich, have brought remarkable changes into the lives of those people who practiced the principles espoused.

At that time I was living in Boston and, as a hobby, started a mail order business at the kitchen table.

There was no doubt in my mind that I could do it because I had gotten the message loud and clear that I could do whatever I set out to do if I believed I could.

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It's fun and gratifying to see the philosophy working again.

Using the principles of Think and Grow Rich, I set a goal of making $1,000 a month selling how-to and motivational books, including Think and Grow Rich.

No one wanted to leave.

Within a short time I met my goal and then exceeded it.

Its message had a profound influence-and still does-on my psyche.

Years later when I moved to Los Angeles to start my publishing company, again using the principles of Think and Grow Rich, I set career and financials goals-and I achieved those goals.

Melvin shares his thoughts on the power of this manuscript and how it personally affected his life.