Gerald D'Cunha

  “Reality is a projection of your thoughts or the things you habitually think about.” Stephen Richards W hen I first came across Napoleon Hill’s famous book - ‘Think and Grow Rich’, I was 20 or 21. I was new in Bombay city (now Mumbai) and I was jobless. But, I was dreaming and more dreaming. The book was spotted by me on the footpaths of Churchgate area… It was an overused old-book. But, to me, it was brand new… Its message was brand new. And, the least did I know, that the book was set to cause a revolution in my life! “Thoughts are things!” This is the very first chapter of ‘Think and Grow Rich’. It conveys, right at the outset, that whatever we manifest in our lives, we manifest first in our thoughts, then outside. In other words, if I desire to see a better state of life, I have to see it in my mind first… I have to desire it, will it and work towards it. It does not just happen… It is made to happen by me, in cooperation with the Universe and friendly-forces around m...

  “There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; that is an idea whose time has come.” Victor Hugo   T he one thing, that has brought mankind, from the stone age to this age of Artificial Intelligence, is the elixir called ‘Ideas’. Just look back at last two decades or so… Imagine the lightning speed with which our lives have changed in relation to information technology and social media! Nothing seems to come out in this world with a fairly-long shelf life… Everything becomes obsolete, outdated… so fast. And the reason? That powerful little-spark in man’s mind – that elixir of every change – called ‘Ideas’! So, as I said, if man has evolved from the stone age to this age of AI, it’s only because of the swiftly-popping ideas. Life would have been stagnant and stale had it not been for the burst of ideas in human mind!   “T houghts are things!” When I first read this expression in Napoleon Hill’s book ‘Think and Grow Rich’, I sat back and grasped this wisdo...