What American self-help author sold over 100 million copies of his book Think and grow Rich worldwide by 2015 after his death in 1970?
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Think and Grow Rich Think and Grow Rich was written in 1937 by Napoleon Hill, promoted as a personal development and self-improvement book. Hill writes that he was inspired by a suggestion from business magnate and later-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie. While the book's title and much of the text concerns increased income, the author insists that the philosophy taught in the book can help people succeed in any line of work, to do and be anything they can imagine. First published during the Great Depression, at the time of Hill's death in 1970, "Think and Grow Rich" had sold more than 20 million copies, and by 2015 over 100 million copies had been sold worldwide. It remains the biggest seller of Napoleon Hill's books. "BusinessWeek" magazine's Best-Seller List ranked it the sixth best-selling paperback business book 70 years after it was published. "Think and Grow Rich" is listed in John C. Maxwell's "A Lifetime "Must Read" Books List."
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Napoleon Hill Oliver Napoleon Hill (born October 26, 1883 – November 8, 1970) was an American self-help author. He is well known for his book "Think and Grow Rich" (1937) which is among the top 10 best selling self-help books of all time. Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to improving one's life. Most of his books were promoted as expounding principles to achieve "success".
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Outliers (book) Outliers: The Story of Success is the third non-fiction book written by Malcolm Gladwell and published by Little, Brown and Company on November 18, 2008. In "Outliers", Gladwell examines the factors that contribute to high levels of success. To support his thesis, he examines why the majority of Canadian ice hockey players are born in the first few months of the calendar year, how Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates achieved his extreme wealth, how The Beatles became one of the most successful musical acts in human history, how Joseph Flom built Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom into one of the most successful law firms in the world, how cultural differences play a large part in perceived intelligence and rational decision making, and how two people with exceptional intelligence, Christopher Langan and J. Robert Oppenheimer, end up with such vastly different fortunes. Throughout the publication, Gladwell repeatedly mentions the "10,000-Hour Rule", claiming that the key to achieving world-class expertise in any skill, is, to a large extent, a matter of practicing the correct way, for a total of around 10,000 hours, though the authors of the original study this was based on have disputed Gladwell's usage.
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Robert Ringer Robert J. Ringer (born 1938) is an American entrepreneur, motivational and political speaker, and author of several best-selling personal-development and political books.
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John Castagnini John Castagnini (born December 3, 1970) is an ontologist, public speaker on consciousness, and publisher of the best-selling "Thank God I" series of self-help books.
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Waldo Hunt Waldo Henley Hunt (November 28, 1920 – November 6, 2009) was a prolific producer of pop-up books, having nearly singlehandedly revived the genre in the post-war era.
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Dan Millman Daniel Jay Millman (born February 22, 1946) is an American author and lecturer in the personal development field.
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Gretchen Rubin Gretchen Craft Rubin (born December 14, 1965) is an American author, blogger and speaker.
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Louise Hay Louise Lynn Hay (October 8, 1926 – August 30, 2017) was an American motivational author and the founder of Hay House. She authored several New Thought self-help books, including the 1984 book, "You Can Heal Your Life".
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E. L. Doctorow Edgar Lawrence "E. L." Doctorow (January 6, 1931 – July 21, 2015) was an American novelist, editor, and professor, best known internationally for his works of historical fiction. He has been described as one of the most important American novelists of the 20th century.
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John Strelecky John P. Strelecky (born September 13, 1969) is an international best-selling author and creator of the Big Five for Life concept. As of 2017, his books have sold more than 3 million copies worldwide and been translated into 29 languages.
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Russell Baker Russell Wayne Baker (born August 14, 1925) is an American writer known for his satirical commentary and self-critical prose, as well as for his Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiography "Growing Up" (1982). He was a columnist for "The New York Times" from 1962 to 1998, and also hosted the PBS show "Masterpiece Theatre" from 1992 to 2004. The ""Forbes Media Guide Five Hundred, 1994" states:
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Charles F. Haanel Charles Francis Haanel (May 22, 1866 – November 27, 1949) was an American author, philosopher and a businessman. He is best known for his contributions to the New Thought movement through his book "The Master Key System".
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Justin Jesse Price Justin Jesse Price (1930 – 12 March 2011) was an American mathematician, known for several textbooks and contributions to his field.
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Peter Dunn (author) Peter Dunn (born November 29, 1977) is an American financial author, radio host, television personality, and speaker. Author of "60 Days to Change: A Daily How-To Guide with Actionable Tips for Improving Your Financial Life" and founder of Advanced Planning Solutions (a financial education firm), Dunn is host of "Skills Your Dad Never Taught You" on NewsTalk 1430 (WXNT Indianapolis). As a financial expert, Dunn was a regular contributing columnist to MediaPost, where he wrote for the "Engage: Gen Y" column in 2009-10.
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L. Sprague de Camp Lyon Sprague de Camp ( ; 27 November 1907 – 6 November 2000), better known as L. Sprague de Camp, was an American writer of science fiction, fantasy, non-fiction and biography. In a career spanning 60 years, he wrote over 100 books, including novels and works of non-fiction, such as biographies of other fantasy authors. He was a major figure in science fiction in the 1930s and 1940s.
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Howard Goldman Howard Goldman (born 1945) is an American author, management consultant, executive performance coach, speaker and travel blogger.
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Lulu Hunt Peters Lulu Hunt Peters (1873–1930) was an American doctor and author who wrote a featured newspaper column entitled "Diet and Health", which she followed up with a best-selling book, "Diet & Health: With Key to the Calories". She was the first person to widely popularize the concept of counting calories as a method of weight loss. It was also the first weight-loss book to become a bestseller.
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Jeffry Life Jeffry Life (born 1938) is a physician and author from the United States.
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Zhi Gang Sha Zhi Gang Sha (; born 1956) is an American spiritual teacher, author and lecturer, as well as a prominent alternative medicine advocate. The "Seattle PI" review of his book, "Soul Healing Miracles", says, "He believes that we all have the ability to heal ourselves, to heal others, and to heal the world. Master Sha demonstrates how to use techniques such as chanting, calligraphy, singing, meditating, and specific body positions to unblock energy in our cells and organs to generate self-healing processes in our own body, and to heal others as well."
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David J. Schwartz (motivational writer) David Joseph Schwartz (March 23, 1927 – December 6, 1987) was an American motivational writer and coach, best known for authoring "The Magic of Thinking Big" in 1959.
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The Psychology of Self-Esteem The Psychology of Self-Esteem is a book by Nathaniel Branden, first published in 1969. It explains Branden's theories of human psychology, focusing on the role of self-esteem. Most of the book was written during Branden's association with Ayn Rand, and it reflects some of her philosophical ideas. The book's success helped to popularize the idea of self-esteem as an important element of self-improvement.