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Think and Grow Rich test: Do you resort to drugs to calm you down?

October 16, 2009 by JD
Filed under: Books, Self-Improvement, Success and Failure 

My answers to the Think and Grow Rich Self-Assessment Test

Recently, I was reminded of the self-assessment test in Napoleon Hill’s best-selling book, Think and Grow Rich.

There are fifty-four questions in that test, and I’m going to be giving my answers and thoughts on one or two of them as close to daily as I can manage. I may miss a day here or there, but I’m going to follow through until I reach the end of the test.

I’ve started the series of posts with:

Think and Grow Rich self-assessment test

Question Number 20. Do you resort to liquor, drugs, or cigarettes to calm you down?

You’ll notice that I shortened the title of this post, but that was not to be misleading. I just wanted to make sure it fit in the 140 characters that Twitter allows.

So, the question is whether I resort to liquor, drugs, or cigarettes to calm myself down.

No, I don’t.

I stopped smoking about 30 years ago.

I’ve never done drugs. Even now, about the only medications I take are aspirin and NyQuil, but I take them rarely. Never any illegal drugs.

Well, now, my drug of choice is caffeine. I drink coffee all during the day, but that’s not to calm me down, it’s to help me get going!

(I never tried any form of speed because I knew I’d like it. Too much.)

I rarely drink. I love fine wines and several types of liquor, but don’t keep any at home. I’m basically a coffee, milk, and orange juice kind of guy – but I drink my milk from a dirty glass!

(Do you remember that joke?)

So, now that I’ve told you more than you probably wanted to know, the simple answer is no.

I really don’t need any outside influences to calm myself. I learned how to use self-hypnosis for that a long time ago. I used to meditate regularly, but don’t do that much these days.

What about you?

Do you resort to liquor, drugs, or cigarettes to calm you down?

All the best,

JD

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One Comment on Think and Grow Rich test: Do you resort to drugs to calm you down?

  1. Mitch on Sun, 18th Oct 2009 12:37 am

    2. I can easily answer “no” to this one also. I’ve never had a drink nor smoked a cigarette. I’ve never done any illegal drugs. I didn’t learn how to swallow pills until 5 years ago; that’s a shame. And I refuse to take any pills to help me sleep, even though I have a problem with that.
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