Business and Money Tips

We were halfway through a session on Leadership with Sun Tzu Art of War. The room was quiet.  Not the polite kind of quiet—but the kind where people were actually thinking. One of the participants raised his hand. He was a Director in the public service, late 50s. Calm. Sharp. Not the type who asked theoretical questions. He said,  “Andy, I’ve read Napoleon Hill. Rendering service without expecting reward. Cause and effect. Definite aim. Auto-suggestion. Acting as if success is already achieved.” He paused.  “Are these ideas Western… or were they already known in Chinese wisdom?” I smiled. Because this question always comes when the room is ready. Same Laws, Different Language I told him,  “Napoleon Hill didn’t invent those laws.   He observed them.” Then I pointed to the Yijing diagram on the screen. “The Chinese didn’t write success books.  They studied nature.” Sun Tzu, Yijing, Daoist thinking—none of them asked, ‘How do I win?’ They asked,  ‘W...

Napoleon Hill systematized success principles for the modern mind. Yijing encoded the same principles as laws of nature, not motivation. Hill teaches how to succeed. Yijing teaches why success must happen when alignment is right. 1. Rendering Useful Service — Without Expecting Reward Napoleon Hill: Render useful service daily, expecting no reward. Yijing Parallel: This is the core teaching of Hexagram 11 (Tai – Peace) and Hexagram 19 (Lin – Approach). In Yijing: When Yang gives without grasping, Yin responds naturally. Service creates flow, not obligation. Reward comes as timing, not transaction. In Yijing, helping others is not morality. It is energetic leverage. 2. Laws of Nature: Cause & Effect, Seed & Fruit, Means & End Napoleon Hill:  Nature never violates cause and effect. Yijing:  This is the foundation of the entire book. Every hexagram shows: Cause (inner condition) Process (movement) Effect (outcome) Timing (when fruit appears) Yijing does not ask “Will i...