Narrated by Dan John Miller and Phil Gigante, Outwitting the Devil by Napoleon Hill has a runtime of 5 hrs 51 mins on Audible.
Publisher’s Summary
“Napoleon Hill was one of America’s great, influential thinkers who continues to have an enormous impact today.” – Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of Forbes magazine
Bestselling author Napoleon Hill reveals the seven principles of good that allow us to triumph over obstacles…and find success.
Using his legendary ability to get to the root of human potential, Napoleon Hill digs deep to reveal how fear, procrastination, anger, and jealousy prevent us from realizing our personal goals. This long-suppressed parable, once considered too controversial to publish, was written by Hill in 1938 following the publication of his classic bestseller, Think and Grow Rich. Annotated and edited for a contemporary audience by Rich Dad, Poor Dad and Three Feet from Gold coauthor Sharon Lechter, this book is profound, powerful, resonant, and rich with insight.
Audiobook Details
- Narrated by: Dan John Miller and Phil Gigante
- Length: 5 hrs 51 mins
- Publisher: Brilliance Audio
- Release year: 2011
- Audible category: Business & Careers / Career Success / Motivation & Self-Improvement
Listener Ratings
Outwitting the Devil holds an average listener rating of 4.8/5 from 14978 Audible ratings.
On Audible, ratings for this title break down into narration performance and story separately:
- Performance (narration): 4.7/5
- Story: 4.8/5
- 5-star ratings: 86% of all ratings
What Audible Listeners Are Saying
5/5 stars — “the most powerful information of your life”
This information is indespensible for anyone working towards a life of happiness and success in all areas of life. Read or listen to Outwitting the Devil at least twice and write down the following lists every day even once they are commited to memeory. Keep these ideas at the front of your mind at all times.<br/><br/>Seven Habits to form in order to outwit the devil<br/>1.) Have a Definite Major Purpse in life<br/>2.) Obtain self-mastery<br/>3.) Use adversity for benefits<br/>4.) Use time as a tool<br/>5.) Find harmony<br/>6.) Think through your plan for attaining you Definite Major Purpose<br/><br/>Ten Must-do things in order to prevent drifting<br/>1.) Do your own thinking on all occassions<br/>2.) Have a Definite Major Purpose and create a definite plan of action for attaining it<br/>3.) Analye temorary defeat and NO MATTER WHAT extract a seed of equivalent benefit from it<br/>4.) Be willing to render the service for all material things that you demand of life. Render more and better service first, accept the payment later.<br/>5.) Recognize that your mind communicates with infinite intelligence and helps you transmute your desires into reality.<br/>6.) Recognize that your greatest asset is time.<br/>7.) Know that fear is a filler that occupies the parts of your mind that the devil fills. It is a state of mind that can instead be filled with what you want, and can get.<br/>8.) When you pray, don’t beg. DEMAND on getting EXACTLY what you want with no subsittutions.<br/>9.) Either you mater life or it masters you. There is no half-way. Never accept what you don’t want.<br/>10.) Your dominating thoughts ALWAYS attract their physical couterparts. <br/><br/><br/>Three appetites to master in order to obtain self-mastery<br/>1.) the desire for food (I personally would add alcohol, but Napoleon Hill did not)<br/>2.) the desire for sex expression<br/>3.) the desire to express loosely formed ideas— Chelsea, Audible listener
4/5 stars — “Would be better without editor commentary”
It is a really great book with an almost timeless message. Unfortunately I found the editor’s comments – which are placed throughout the book – to be dated and, at times, condescending. I would have enjoyed the book much more without the commentary from the editor. But the content written by Napoleon Hill was suburb. The content written by Napoleon Hill was read by a fantastic actor and was enjoyable to listen to. The content written by the editor was not read by a professional actor – or at least it did not seem like a professional. I can’t remember – it might have been the editor herself reading those portions. Either way it was not enjoyable. Statements were read as questions and her regular interjections really broke-up the continuity of the book. Awesome book that would be even better if presented as Mr. Hill wrote it, without additional commentary.— Lindsay, Audible listener
4/5 stars — “Enlightening, but a little too much commentary”
I would definitely like to listen to the book again, but I would prefer to listen again without the editor commentary. I believe it would enhance the flow of the story and allow me to continue with the provoking thoughts without interruption. I did find the commentaries helpful at some times but mostly just distracting.. I remember the most intriguing and memorable moments being the description of the devil being made up of all negative energy, and the remarkably realistic interview. His Majesty, the Devil. I don’t agree with this becoming a film itself, but I do feel that the devil in this form would make an interesting antagonist. Again I truly enjoyed the book, but would like to be able to disable the editor’s comments so that I might be able to listen to the Interview uninterrupted.— Fury, Audible listener
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