Outwitting the Devil: The Complete Text, Reproduced from Napoleon Hill's Original Manuscript, Including Never-Before-Published Content

by Napoleon Hill

Overview

Following the success of his 1937 landmark bestseller, Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill wrote Outwitting the Devil, an exposé on the methods the Devil uses to ensnare and control the minds of human beings. Exploring the innermost depths of the psychology of motivation to understand why so many individuals, including himself, cannot find the initiative and courage they need to consistently implement the philosophy of individual achievement, Hill went so far as to interview the Devil himself. The resulting confession from the Devil made this book so controversial as to remain unpublished for over 70 years. Now it is your turn to break the Devil’s code and free yourself from the hidden methods of control that lead to ruin.

In this reproduction of the complete text of Hill’s original manuscript is laid out the exact nature of the power by which the Devil disarms human beings with fear, procrastination, anger, and jealousy so that they do not reach their full potential. This is the same power that paralyzed millions of individuals with fear and despondency during the Great Depression and continues to hold people back from their dreams. Complacency and mediocrity are not the root issue; they are symptoms of deeper ills that we are conditioned by society to accept. But you must open your mind to acquire knowledge and consider facts that might not harmonize with your personal beliefs in order to access a greater truth that will, as Hill said in his original preface, “bring harmony out of chaos in this age of frustration and fear.”

If you have been the victim of lost courage, weakened enthusiasm, and lack of self-discipline—if you are demoralized and plagued by fear, anxiety, overwhelm, or apathy—the seven principles to freedom detailed in this book herald your redemption. You will finally become independent of the causes of failure and misery, break the bonds of destructive habits, and unlock the secret of a natural law as significant as the law of gravity so that you can outwit the devil once and for all.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781640951815
Publisher:	Sound Wisdom
Publication date:	01/19/2021
Series:	Official Publication of the Napoleon Hill Foundation Series
Pages:	320
Sales rank:	289,976
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Napoleon Hill was born in 1883 in a one-room cabin on the Pound River in Wise County, Virginia. He began his writing career at age 13 as a “mountain reporter” for small town newspapers and went on to become America’s most beloved motivational author. Hill passed away in November 1970 after a long and successful career writing, teaching, and lecturing about the principles of success. Dr. Hill’s work stands as a monument to individual achievement and is the cornerstone of modern motivation. His book, Think and Grow Rich, is the all-time bestseller in the field. Hill established the Foundation as a nonprofit educational institution whose mission is to perpetuate his philosophy of leadership, self-motivation, and individual achievement.
 

Table of Contents

The Author's Introduction 1

The Publisher's Introduction 3

Chapter I My First Meeting with Andrew Carnegie 9

Brief story of the author's background describing the dramatic events which led up to the astounding interview with the Devil, after having broken the Devil's code and forcing from him a confession of the methods by which he takes control over human beings.

Chapter II An Interview with My Invisible Counsellors 57

A description of the author's system for acquiring information through ESP (extra sensory perception). An alleged interview with Thomas A. Edison after he had been dead for two years.

Chapter III Strange Interview with the Devil 91

Outlining the dramatic events which led to the famous interview which took place during a Master Mind meeting between the author and his wife, and a detailed description of the Devil, who he is, where he dwells and how he operates.

Chapter IV Drifting with the Devil 111

The astonishing analysis of the principle through which the Devil claims to control 98% of the people of the world, including most of the clergy of all denominations. An entirely new version of the nature of the Devil.

Chapter V Hypnotic Rhythm 157

A newly discovered law of nature revealed to the author during his interview with the Devil, believed by some to be of more importance to mankind than Newton's discovery of the law of gravitation, because it explains the major causes of all failures and all misery, and indicated how one may become independent and self-determining.

Chapter VI Definiteness of Purpose 187

Describing the first step which must be taken in breaking control of Hypnotic Rhythm, analyzing the part taken by churches and the schools in forcing children to become the victims of the habit of drifting through life. A bold indictment of the major forces of civilization.

Chapter VII Self-Discipline 229

The second of the seven principles which lead to spiritual, economic and physical freedom. A shocking description of the human sewer system through which the Devil keeps most people in a bad humor and makes them susceptible to physical ailments.

Chapter VIII Learning from Adversity 253

A surprising discovery showing that adversity, failure and defeat are nature's method of breaking Hypnotic Rhythm, and explaining why every adversity brings with it the seed of an equivalent or a greater benefit, and why most failures are blessings in disguise.

Chapter IX Environment: The Builder of Character 269

A surprising analysis of the influence of environment and the part it plays in one's success and failure. The value of proper relationship with people. What character is and how it is formed.

Chapter X Time 279

Revealing the part which Time plays in fixing habits permanently and how it is the major factor leading to the attainment of wisdom.

Chapter XI Harmony 283

A law of nature with which all environmental influences are consolidated and forced to become related because of their similar rates or vibration.

Chapter XII Caution 287

Lack of caution is the most dangerous of all human traits and. one of the major causes of all failures and mistakes.

Summary 291