Desire, The Starting Point of all Achievement

The First step towards RichesIn this chapter,business partner with a great inventor. So
Napoleon Hill talks about the starting point of allextraordinary was his desire to become the business
achievement - Desire. He writes that the desire orassociate of Thomas A. Edison that he caught a
impulse to achieve something in life can be so greatfreight train to Orange, New Jersey because he
that any obstacles no matter how big or small cannever had money to pay for the fare. After arriving
stop an individual from reaching the goal he has sethe straight made his way to Edison office and
up for him. A person with burning desire, anpresented himself and asked Mr. Edison for a
obsession with success can go to any lengths until heopportunity to become his business partner.Mr. Edison
succeeds. Failure does not bother him and in fact hewas very impressed with Barnes determination that
uses it as a stepping-stone to fuel his burning desirehe gave him a chance to work in the office at a
for achievement.Napoleon Hill mentions a couple ofvery nominal wage.
stories of everyday common people who in the faceHe worked with great eagerness but never gave up
of insurmountable odds came out victorious. Read onthe desire to be his business partner. He waited for
to understand how desire can change a mans life.Mr.his opportunity and when it came in the form of a
Edwin C. Barnes had one consuming obsession of hisnew invention known at that time as the Edison
life; in fact it was a burning desire to become aDictating Machine. Mr.