N'afọ 1937, Hill bipụtara akwụkwọ a kacha ere ere bụ Think and Grow Rich, nke ghọrọ ọrụ Hill kacha mara amara. Nwunye ọhụrụ nke Hill bụ Rosa Lee Beeland nyere aka nke ukwuu na ide na idezi Think and Grow Rich. Ndị na-ede akụkọ ndụ Hill ga-ekwu mgbe e mesịrị na akwụkwọ a rere nde 20 n'ime afọ 50, ọ bụ ezie na dị ka Richard Lingeman na-ekwu na akụkọ ndụ ya dị mkpirikpi, "Alice Payne Hackett's '70 Years of Best Sellers' na-egosi na ego ahụ pere mpe nke ukwuu. "Onye bara ọgaranya ọzọ, Hill maliteghachiri ụdị ndụ ya ma zụta ala ọhụrụ na Ugwu Dora, Florida. Mgbe afọ ole na ole gasịrị, di na nwunye ahụ gbara alụkwaghịm n'ihe dị ka afọ 1940, ebe ọtụtụ akụ sitere n'akwụkwọ ahụ na-aga nwunye ya Rosa Lee, na-ahapụ Napoleon Hill ka ọ malite ịchụso ihe ịga nke ọma ọzọ.
Afọ 1937