Hehe, I have just heard about this guy on Behind the Bastards podcast. Check the episodes about him out. The Grifter Who Invented the Secret.
https://www.behindthebastards.com/p...fter-who-invented-the-secret-donald-trump.htm
"Hill is, in modern times, a controversial figure. Alleged of fraud and kidnapping, modern historians also doubt many of his claims, such as that he met Andrew Carnegie and that he was an attorney. Gizmodo has called him "the most famous conman you've probably never heard of""
https://paleofuture.gizmodo.com/the-untold-story-of-napoleon-hill-the-greatest-self-he-1789385645
I have never heard this about him.
His book was interesting, but those comments blemish his reputation.
Perhaps he thought that he could make some outrageous claims like that to promote himself and no one would catch him doing it in the early 1900's.
This guy ↓↓↓ was legitimate though. He interviewed several prominent people, asking them the same questions and recorded their answers. It was an interesting, easy read. If I recall correctly, he interviewed Norman Vincent Peale in the back of a taxi en-route to the airport. He traveled to India to interview Mother Theresa and she said NO, even after he introduced himself and said he had an appointment. What a bummer.
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