Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules
The Lost Writings
Chapter One
Your Social and
Physical Heredity
Your parents made you what you are, physically, but YOU can
make yourself what you WILL, mentally.
You and every other human being are the sum total of just two
things, heredity and environment.
You inherited certain physical tendencies and qualities from your
parents. You inherited other tendencies and qualities from your
grandparents, and from their parents.
The size of your body, the color of your hair and eyes, the texture
of your skin, and certain other physical qualities of this nature you
inherited; consequently, much of your physical makeup is a result of
causes beyond your control.
Those qualities which were "wished" upon you, through your
physical heredity, are, for the most part, qualities which you cannot
change very materially.
However, it is another matter when you come to those qualities
which you have developed out of your environment, or through what
is called social heredity. You ... read full excerpt from: Napoleon Hill's Golden Rules: The Lost Writings ebook
