In The Science Of Personal Achievement, Napoleon Hill provided a simple yet profound list of ideas that all who desire success should follow. He called it “The 17 Principles Of Personal Achievement.”
5. Going the Extra Mile - Rendering more and better service than you are paid to render, doing it all the time and doing it with a pleasing, positive attitude.
When I was a serious music collector, I always bought CDs at the discount store. One day I was in the high-priced store, where I would shop but not buy, and came across the Paul McCartney Birthday Box, one of only 5,000 made. The box was t
attered, but not enough to prevent me buying it. I asked a sales girl – she couldn’t have been more than 18 – if they had more in the back. She was gone so long I assumed she forgot me. “Sorry to be so long,” she said, “but I’ve never seen this, so I looked it up.” She proceeded to give me a two-minute description of the CDs and the history behind the collection. “And,” she said, “we had one more.” She pulled it from behind her back and handed me the crisp, clean package.
