The year was 1888 when an old country doctor drove into a town and quietly slipped into
a drug store by the back door.
For more than an hour, behind the prescription counter, the old doctor and the drug clerk
whispered quietly.
Afterwards, the doctor went outside and brought back a large, old-fashioned kettle and a big
wooden paddle.
“Wow, so this is it?”
“Yes, sir.
This is what I was telling you about” The clerk inspected the kettle, reached into
his pocket, and handed it over to the doctor exactly $500.
The doctor in return handed over a small slip of paper that had important instructions that
was needed to get the syrup in the kettle to start boiling.
Later on, as the clerk began to use this kettle with the secret formula, he decided to add
his own additional unique ingredient into the kettle which caused the kettle to start
gushing out gold!
At first, unknowingly, what he added into the kettle was something very special which
not only it brought great fortune for himself, but it also changed our entire world.
Are you curious to know what exactly happened?
Let’s find out together!
Coming up!
Hey there!
What you just saw was a glimpse of the 5th principle in action from Think and Grow Rich
that changed a young man’s business into a life of riches and it can change yours too.
We’ll get back into the story of the enchanted kettle of what happened next so you’re definitely
not going to want to miss out.
Now that we’re in Chapter 6 of Think and Grow Rich, Napoleon Hill starts by having
you observe the history of the human race.
Think about it.
Think about how much we have accomplished with so many extreme challenges and how we
brought ideas into reality that were once deemed as impossible.
Napoleon Hill wrote as quote, “Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.
Ideas are products of the imagination.”
That’s right.
The 5th Step to Riches is Imagination.
As Hill calls it, “Imagination is the workshop of the mind”
This is where ideas are conceived that later can be converted into practical plans of action
which can ultimately can create wealth.
So then, how can we utilize this principle?
Napoleon Hill shows us in this chapter that our imaginative faculty functions into two
forms.
The first form is called synthetic imagination.
This is used most often and commonly for arranging old concepts, ideas, or plans into new combinations.
The second form is called creative imagination.
This is used for creating something from nothing.
It’s like creating a never before unheard of original idea.
This usually happens when you get, quote on quote, “inspirations” or “hunches”
from, what Napoleon Hill calls, infinite intelligence.
This can also be known as inspirations from God over the course of history.
Creative imagination was used by many great leaders of business, industry and finance
and by great artist, musicians, poets and writers.
Now you shouldn’t assume that synthetic imagination isn’t as useful because it does
have a ton of uses.
Napoleon Hill is just saying that you must keep in mind down the road, you may face circumstances
that will require you to think outside the box, which can demand the use of creative
imagination.
So to make this practical, for beginners, Napoleon Hill suggests starting out with developing
your synthetic imagination.
For example, if you want to learn how to create wealth, look for ideas that have been proven
to work and try it yourself, in other words, arranging old ideas and concepts.
Later on, when you start to start to gain experience, you can start exploring with creative
imagination by adding your own twists and original ideas for your own business that
can help it become more unique and appealing.
Lastly, Hill says the more you explore with your synthetic and creative imaginations,
it works like a muscle, it will develop better and becomes more alert over time to newer
and better ideas.
Creative imagination may not always occur but it happens spontaneously.
There are many stories of people that had spontaneous ideas from a random dream they had or while
they were taking a the shower.
So if this ever occurs to you, you should immediately write it down the idea to bring
it one step closer to reality!
Ok, now let’s go back to finishing the enchanted kettle story to see how this principle worked!
Whoever you are, wherever you may live, whatever occupation you may be engaged in, just remember
in the future, every time you see the words “Coca-Cola” you’ll know that its vast
empire of wealth and influence grew out because of this principle.
That mysterious ingredient the drug clerk, Asa Candler, mixed in with, turned out to be…..
Imagination!
When Asa Candler applied this principle, new ideas of how to distribute and market the
drink began to overflow from his mind that the doctor never thought of before!
Examples of what he did was he came up with a variety of unique marketing strategies for
like using bright red Coca-Cola banners in streets, cars, newspapers, and even made sure
delivered coca-cola barrels were colored bright red to grab people’s attention.
Also, he was the first to come up with the idea of using coupons for a free glass of
Coca-Cola at bars.
This all proved to be super successful.
And now Coca-Cola has created a giant ripple effect that made thousands of jobs and business
opportunities to people all across the world.
It all started because of ideas conceived by imagination.
Napoleon Hill wrote as quote, “Our only limitation, within reason, lies
in the development and use of our imagination.”
Up Next!
Stay tuned to the next principle that will be in the following chapter called Organized
Planning.
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