I try to read the sixth chapter of Think And Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. This chapter is titled “Imagination: The Workshop of the Mind”. It talks about the importance of having imagination, putting it to consistent use to achieve your desire.

The author describes two forms of imaginations. First, there is synthetic imagination, or imagination through observation. This does not create anything, it merely mimics what we already know. But this is the imagination that we use more than anything else. Second is creative imagination, which involves creating new things through rapid thinking. This form of imagination is scattered, but it leads to innovation.

Imagination is the medium to put our thoughts into action. Like every muscle, the mind can be strengthened. This happens through imagination towards our desire. But this is not a short-term process, it is lifelong. We have to put the natural power of imagination to consistent use through practice.

Hill uses two examples to convey this point. The first is the story of “The Enchanted Kettle” which describes the story of the Coca-Cola founder Asa Griggs Candler receiving the secret formula from the doctor, John Pemberton. Through thought and then imagination was Candler’s desire to establish a world known soft-drink realised.elong process.

The second story is of the preacher Frank Gunsaulus who realized his dream of building a college through his “Million Dollar Sermon.” Both examples underline the point of using imagination towards our desires. Ideas will outlast our bodies, imagination is a way to realize those ideas.

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Aakash

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