But the sixteenth lesson was the trap. Hill called it The Golden Rule —the law of cosmic reciprocity. Arthur had been following the rules as a transaction: do good, get rich. But true success, Hill warned, requires you to give without a ledger.
A rival firm, run by a shark named Vancorp, offered to buy Arthur’s fledgling company for a sum that would clear his debts and buy a house. The catch: they would fire his Master Mind group, patent his office-alchemy method, and strip it for parts. Napoleon Hill - The Law of Success in Sixteen L...
He turned down the offer. Vancorp’s CEO laughed at him. “Sentiment is a bankruptcy.” But the sixteenth lesson was the trap