  | Book Details Title: Secrets of Self-Mastery (The Napoleon Hill Success Course) |
Book DescriptionAbout the Author One of the today’s most literate voices in self-help, Mitch Horowitz is a writer-in-residence at the New York Public Library, lecturer-in-residence at the Philosophical Research Society in Los Angeles, and the PEN Award-winning author of books including Occult America; One Simple Idea: How Positive Thinking Reshaped Modern Life; and The Miracle Club: How Thoughts Become Reality. Mitch has written on everything from the war on witches to the secret life of Ronald Reagan for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Salon, Time.com, and Politico. The Washington Post says Mitch “treats esoteric ideas and movements with an even-handed intellectual studiousness that is too often lost in today’s raised-voice discussions.” He narrates popular audio books including Alcoholics Anonymous, The Jefferson Bible, and G&D Media’s series of Condensed Classics. Mitch has discussed alternative spirituality on CBS Sunday Morning, Dateline NBC, NPR’s All Things Considered, CNN, and throughout the national media. The Chinese government has censored his work. Read more Customers Review: “Secrets of Self-Mastery” is a guidebook to a life of power. Not power defined as control of others, but the power to make things happen in your life. Unlike some books on the subject, “Secrets of Self-Mastery” never loses sight of the need for a code of ethics. Combining the teachings of Napoleon Hill with his own original insights, Horowitz presents a practical, grounded plan for connecting to your personal power.Mitch has a compassionate, humane viewpoint which doesn’t judge or condemn the cherished dreams which some in the spiritual community would put down as too worldly. Skeptical of essentialist dogma, he shows how you can create yourself from the outside in.One of the most exciting aspects of the book is the clues that Horowitz scatters throughout about his own journey to self-mastery. You begin to see how he transitioned from an upper-middle-class career in media to becoming what Paul Fussell called “a Category X person” as an independent author, speaker, and narrator whose self-presentation, including clothing, is about self-expression not conformity. As always, however, the moments of self-revelation are far from self-indulgent–they’re inspiring examples that are relatable and engaging. Mitch shows you how to find your own power.The Action Steps at the end of each chapter are not the vague exercises sometimes seen in self-help literature–they are in-depth, impactful experiences. Always true to Napoleon Hill’s time-tested techniques, Mitch illustrates Hill’s methods with vivid contemporary examples. He also relates Hill’s empowerment formula to other inspirational authors like the overlooked Anthony Norvell.While the book instills confidence, it is not always comfortable reading, as some of the descriptions of disempowering behaviors will make readers see how they have contributed to their own lack of personal power. But if you treat the book as a guide, doing all the exercises and following all the suggestions, you will find yourself on the road to reclaiming your inner power and achieving the mastery of self.
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