Students had to gain real experience by working for real for this car manufacturer. Napoleon’s college became controversial because of an association with the Carter Motor Corporation. Those days the American automobile industry was booming, and Hill claimed his students would be able to make from $75 to $200 per week ($200 of that time equals $5,000 in 2020). Hill’s idea was to create a school to train people who wanted to get a job in a car workshop. A few years later, in 1909, Hill decided to launch his new venture: the Automobile College of Washington in Washington D.C. He was ready to restart as an automobile expert, educator, and salesman. He was buying and selling on speculation with the associated risk involved. Today we would call it a speculator in the commodities markets. He would buy lumber on credit and sell it at a lower price then, he would take the money and disappear. Some people accused Hill of being a scam. Documents show the company went bankrupt soon, and Hill was charged with fraud. The company was called the Acree-Hill Lumber Co., based in Mobile, Alabama. In 1907 Napoleon Hill decided to get involved in the lumber business.
And not without reason, because in his early quest for money, Napoleon Hill seemed ready to do everything it takes to become rich, including immoral conduct, dishonest behavior, and even fraud. Many historians accuse Napoleon Hill of being a con man and a scam. This is probably the most controversial part of Napoleon Hill’s biography. Unfortunately, there is not too much information about these days until he decided to drop out, apparently because he couldn’t afford the enormous economic effort implied. Not much later, Napoleon Hill quitted his job and looked towards the school of Law. Rufus was of significant influence to young Napoleon. Rufus was a lawyer, businessman, and politician linked to the Democrat Party. He started studying business in Virginia and, shortly after, managed to get a position within the Virginia Coal & Iron Co., a company of Rufus Adolphus Ayers, the former Virginia Attorney General. Napoleon soon started to write some articles as he used to play, picturing himself as a “mountain journalist.” EducationĪt the age of eighteen, Napoleon Hill was everything except what he recommended in his books. Her name was Martha, and she was the widow of a school principal.
History says his father married a woman thanks to whom Napoleon went to school and attended Church. This undesired situation turned into an opportunity for young Napoleon. Hill’s childhood was difficult due to the death of his mother, Sarah, when Hill was nine. He was the son of Monroe Hill and Sarah Sylvania and grandson of James Madison Hill, an Englishman who migrated to the United States and settled in Virginia in 1847. Oliver Napoleon Hill was born on the 26 th of October 1883 in Pound, a town close to the Pound River. 4.3 Does Think and Grow Rich work? Biography Early life
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