Its title, Three Feet from Gold, comes from a story told in the first chapter of Hill’s classic.

Darby said, “I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say no when I ask them to buy insurance.

Return to top Remembering that he lost a huge fortune, because he STOPPED three feet from gold, Darby profited by the experience in his chosen work, by the simple method of saying to himself, “I stopped three feet from gold, but I will never stop because men say `no’ when I ask them to buy insurance.

Napoleon Hill “Think and Grow Rich”THREE FEET FROM GOLD One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.

Now readers from around the world will unwrap the teachings of Napoleon Hill through the contemporary story of one man’s quest to uncover the keys to success from current leaders and luminaries.  Three Feet from Gold expounds on the discoveries made by Napoleon Hill when he interviewed the wealthiest and most successful people of his era.

Most people quit, but the truly successful push past defeat to realize their dreams.   No matter how successful you become you still need to be able to handle setbacks and short-term obstacles.  Life’s real failure is when you do not realize how close you were to success when you gave up.  If you give up too soon, you know you will never find the success that you have been hankering for.

When success does come, it will be in the form and magnitude that will be just what our true Self needs.

Draw Hope and Inspiration From Success Stories. There are many success stories that you can draw inspiration and strength from.  Instead of lamenting over failures, we can use failures as stepping stones to success.  This is a must read passage if you want to be successful in life. 

Persistence really does mean the difference between success and failure.

Every mentor I’ve ever had and every successful person I’ve ever known has their own story of how persistence was the key to their success.  Napoleon Hill thought that persistence was such a key to success that he devoted an entire chapter to it in the classic Think and Grow Rich.

Do you really want to risk saying, “I quit three feet from gold.”

I would like to give big thanks to Ned Rae, Founding Member of Success University, who strongly recommended me to read this book; Think and Grow Rich at the first time I join Success University program.