A meeting with Andrew Carnegie, a successful steel tycoon and at that time one of the richest Americans, motivated Napoleon Hill to write this book based on his law of success philosophy. Think & Grow Rich was first published in the year 1937. This book was written over a period of 25 years and after studying the lives of 500 successful men in the US.

If you wish to enjoy the pleasures of life, you have to stay healthy. To stay healthy you have to give up certain undesirable habits and maintain discipline in your eating and living habits. Given below are the ten commandments of staying healthy.

For maintaining good health, it is essential to keep your weight under control. You must lose weight if you are overweight and the best way to do so is to eat a balanced diet and never miss your daily workout. However, this is easier said than done as you can find a thousand reasons for not doing so. An easy way to push yourself is to utter affirmations. You should take a deep breath if you feel like eating and try to concentrate towards pleasant and positive situations.

“Life is not the measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”

There is no question that we live in a fast paced world, people are getting busier and busier with their lives and routines. All you have to do is ask an acquaintance or friend how their week was and they’d more often than not reply “Busy”. So why have society as a whole been so captivated by the need to be busy. Have we ever thought to stop and pause to decide what are we being busy for.

The person who works the hardest doesn’t necessarily have the highest salary. We all want to constantly be increasing our income as this in a sense reflects what we are worth as determined by the work you put in.