I recently picked up a new audiobook. How to own your own mind by Napoleon Hill.
I bought the book through audible. They have a subscription program that I really enjoy. Through the subscription, I get one credit for any book a month.
I love when my favorite authors, recommend their favorite books. I see it as an opportunity to explore the resources that inspired their thinking. Whenever I stumble upon a list of my favorite authors favorite books. I immediately open up my audible app, and search for the books they recommend. If I find the recommended book on the list, of available books, I will save it to my wishlist.
Recently I found myself paying too much attention current events. I constantly have an audio playing throughout the day. Though usually the subjects tend to fluctuate. Lately it's been a constant stream of current events.
In today's world of misinformation. It's taken me a while to find sources that are genuinely trustworthy. This isn't to say that mistakes won't be made. It simply means that they are honest and competent in doing research. The 
I feel we are lucky that there are still people who believed in the journalist Creed. With the massive misinformation campaign that has been launched against our world. These truth-tellers are our only hope. They set themselves against the status quo. They are ridiculed, shadowbanned, and even demonetized. All because they're willing to stand by their principles. They are worthy of taking a moment to recognize them.
With everything that has been happening, it is too easy to become confused and or discouraged. If she focus to closely in it, we are likely to feel discouraged or lost. Personal study is somewhat like exercise. It allows a person to redirect their thinking. Hopefully rediscovering truths about themselves and/or their world.
Creating a new discipline, or rekindling an old one can be challenging. Lately I've been attempting to rekindle my love for self development. We don't always know exactly what we need, but sometimes there are subtle urges pushing us in the right direction.
It was one of these urges, this need to get back to my studies, that motivated me to get a new book. Scrolling through my list of books, I saw the book by Napoleon Hill. I found myself thinking, "I haven't chilled with Napoleon in a long time." Obviously Napoleon Hill passed away long before I knew him. Yet his experiences, and his way of seeing the world. have been preserved in his books.
As I started to listen to his audiobook. It was almost as if he knew, that decades from his publishing of the book. I would purchase it, and he would be able to give me a refreshed perspective. In the book there's a conversation between him and Dale Carnegie. This conversation occurred in 1904. Yet more than a century later. The ideas, philosophies, and worldview are equally, if not more applicable today.
Currently I've only finished the first chapter. This is because there were so many amazing points discussed. The book would play for a few minutes. Then I would pause it, and write down something that was said. There's so much wisdom in this book. It was written so long ago. How could a conversation from a century ago be so timeless. It reinforced for me the idea that there are great lessons held in our past. As I considered my recent ponderings throughout this year, this book has given me a new insight to all of it.
Originally I started writing this post with the intent of sharing some of those specific insights that I discovered. ThoughI knew, that this book would require more than just one post. I find my mind racing with reinvigorated inspiration.
The immediate take away from having started to read this book, is that many of the solutions we're looking for today, have been hidden away in our past history. We've been conditioned to think that our problems today are new, and require new thinking. Yet this book containing a conversation from a century ago. Holds so much insight into our current events. Instead of looking for new ideas and new perspectives. We should consider revisiting the values and perspectives held by the great thinkers of our past.
Thanks for sharing with me. I invite you to join this conversation from two of histories great thinkers held in this great book.