Napoleon Hill

Born: 26 October 1883, Pound Virginia U.S.

Died: 8 November 1970, South Carolina U.S.

Biography:  Napoleon Hill was an American author in the area of the "new thought" movement who was one of the earliest producers of the modern genre of personal-success literature. He is widely considered to be one of the great writers on success. His most famous work, "Think and Grow Rich" (1937), is one of the best-selling books of all time. Hill´s works examined the power of personal beliefs, and the role they play in personal success. Starting in 1933, he became an advisor to PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt until 1936. "What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve" is one of Hill´s trademark expressions. How achievement actually occurs and a formula for it that puts success in reach of the average person, were the focal points of Hill´s books.