I really don't get why people are reading (and even worse following) the "Think and Grow Rich" BS, that piece of text that OP posted just proves that this guy was a big time bullshitter...
I can tell you why people are reading and following the book, and it is because the author has perspective and credibility. When he lived, he probably knew more than anyone else on why successful people became successful.
He first got the mission to write a
philosophy of personal achievement in the beginning of the 1900's from the richest man in world at that time, Andrew Carnegie, and was informed that it would require at least 20 years of research.
He then interviewed and studied over 500 successful people, like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Alexander Graham Bell, John Rockefeller, Charles Schwab, Frank Winfield Woolworth, John Wanamaker... etc.
From all that experience and being able to analyze and see what personality traits successful people have in common, it would seem logical that reading this book before trying to succeed with any goal, would in many cases work out better than trying to succeed with no insight in how people become successful.
I will not try to get you to read the book, and you're allowed to have your own opinion of it, but now at least you can understand why others read it.
Keep an open mind toward all subjects, especially those you don't know much about yourself.
