The Law of Success In Sixteen Lessons by Napoleon Hill (Complete, Unabridged)
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Author: Napoleon HillEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2007-10-25
ISBN: 9562915921
Number of pages: 356
Publisher: BN Publishing
Book Reviews of The Law of Success In Sixteen Lessons by Napoleon Hill (Complete, Unabridged)
Book Review: not worth your time
Summary: 1 Stars
I read all the reviews on Amazon about this product and did other research besides. It was highly recommended by someone whose judgment I respected (Kevin Trudeau), who indicated it contained vital information that was missing from Think and Grow Rich. Hence, I eagerly anticipated listening to this unabridged version of Napoleon Hill's The Law of Success in 16 Lessons (the BN Publishing version).
I was extremely disappointed for several reasons, the first being the quality of reading of the information. I listened to all 21 hours or so but could not stand to listen a second time through (though my practice is to listen to educational things over and over and over to really let them sink in). Besides the poor reading, there is nothing new here, nothing that readers of this type of self-help literature haven't heard from a variety of other sources.
Here are some of the mistakes from the first few hours of listening to this audio book that made it really tough for me to continue listening:
Clergy (clergyman) sounds like cler' ghee - the g sounds like g in gutter (or "ghee" which is a clarified butter product) instead of the proper "j" sound - found many times.
Pontius Pilate should not be pronounced pon' teus pill ate' - I just about stopped listening after that one.
Antagonostic should be antagonistic - even if Hill couldn't spell, the reader should have corrected it so as not to sound like an idiot.
Who in America has not heard of the Armour Meat Packing Company? How about arm' wahr which is how it is pronounced on this CD? Five times in the first few hours. When I heard arm' wahr mentioned it distracted me because I'd always wonder, "Is this the meat packer guy?" I think language is good for one thing and one thing only - effective communication. arm' wahr is a great way to say the name if you are speaking French (I suppose?), but the language of America is English, the American version. It ain't not for nuthin' that we pronounce it arm' er.
"2 times 3 are 6" should have been "2 times 3 IS 6". For sure. What is the rule? Subject of the predicate is singular so the predicate must also be - or some such thing from the THIRD GRADE.
Various and sundry - sundry should be pronounced sun' dree, not sun' dry - found twice early on and several more times later.
Lying the foundation should be laying the foundation.
Secretarianism should be sectariansim - found twice.
Stenographer should NOT be pronounced as sten' oh graffer but rather sten ah' gruff er'.
It goes on and on, but my personal favorite is Socrates which the reader pronounces as "so crate' eez", though I thought pon' teus pill ate' was a hoot, too.
It continues on Disc 2 with my favorite being cont' igin (both letters I sound like the I in "it".) The actual word was contagion which should be pronounced as con tay' gin. It was mispronounced 3 times in about two minutes. The fourth time he got it right. I don't know about you, but personally I would have recorded over the mistaken sections if for no other reasons than I would want to do an excellent job. If I believed this was truly a great work (personally I don't think it is any longer compared to the "imitators"), or even a piece of absolute trash, there's no way that I would allow for any mistakes.
Even if Hill made the above mistakes himself in print, the reader of the audio book should have corrected them. Failing that, the reader's EDITOR certainly should have said, "Whoa, fella! Hold up a minute. We need the King's English here because this is a Classic, a Great Work which deserves to be presented in the very best way possible. We want to do a quality job here." Apparently the reader and his editor didn't really feel that Hill's book was worthy of their best. Did this CD set even HAVE an editor?
As I said initially, I bought this thing upon the recommendation of Kevin Trudeau. He said it was first on his recommended reading / listening list because it contains "gems" which no other publication has, information that Hill was forced to take out of Think and Grow Rich because it was so effective that the rich guys didn't want to share it. If that was true, why would they agree to be interviewed in the first place? If they were that dumb to let the cat out of bag, why do we want their "secrets"? As I went through this I kept waiting and waiting and waiting for a voice to come down out of Heaven and enlighten me with Great Wisdom, but, alas, all kept hearing was a repetition of things, none of which are "new", none of which are "secrets", none of which you can't get much more easily in other CDs or books.
I've been reading self help books for over 50 years. I love to read them over and over. This is the worst self-help book I have ever read or listened to.
Hill's claim to fame was that he had distilled down the Wisdom of all the great moneymakers of the late 19th century, that he had interviewed all these folks over the space of 20 years after being given an intro by Carnegie to each of them, his "buddies". I was disappointed to hear during the first part of the reading that most of The Law of Success in 16 Lessons was drawn from Henry Ford. Hill made it sound like he had a fixation on Ford, that he was such a genius, a man for the ages, beyond compare. From what I read elsewhere (including a biography of Ford), he had a good product at a cheap price at the right time. Ford was smart but also he had a confluence of fortuitous circumstances, "A Series of Fortunate Events" (great title for a movie). If Ford was head to head with Toyota today, he likely would not look quite so smart. I was expecting a large variety of ideas from a variety of the world's most successful men - not just ONE smart man.
Recommendation: There is much to be learned and so little time, so don't waste it on this bloated tome that is so painful to listen to if you are literate and have respect for the English language. Read the much shorter Think and Grow Rich. You won't miss a thing.
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Are you the next millionaire in the making? Countless people desire to know the wealth-making secret to substantially increase their income. Modeling yourself to individuals who are already successful is the easiest way to become successful! Napoleon Hill s The Law of Success in 16 Lessons , was his first masterpiece before Think and Grow Rich. With the wisdom, knowledge and challenge from Andre Carnegie, Hill organized one of the world s first books on personal achievement. Learn the covenant Laws of Success in an incredible sixteen lessons! It took Mr. Hill over twenty years to gather information on a course based on over five-hundred of the world s richest men. This classic masterpiece is the foundation for any of your life endeavors. Briggs International has received thousands of requests for the Original, Unabridged, Edition - It' s here, complete on 24 CD's. Reap the rewards that millions of people have achieved through applying these simple concepts.General Books
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