Nearly every modern business and finance book quotes the theory of Napoleon Hill. His most popular book is “Think and Grow Rich” and naturally, I had to snag the book to see Napoleon Hill’s wisdom for myself.

The most important thing illustrated so far is that money doesn’t make happiness. Money is only a piece of your happiness formula.

The 12 things which constitute happiness:

1. a positive mental attitude
2. sound physical health
3. harmony in human relationships
4. freedom from fear
5. the hope of future achievement
6. the capacity for applied faith
7. willingness to share one’s blessings with others
8. to be engaged in the labor of love
9. an open mind on all subjects toward all people
10. complete self discipline
11. wisdom with which to understand people
12. financial security

I have just put up a glossary here on Aridni. As of right now it contains primarily terms for trading and investing stocks, but it is a starting point to grow from. I will be adding terms to it as the site grows further.

I hope that you can find it useful in your work.

Glossary

Sideways Market: A situation where stock prices change little over a specific period of time.

Speculator: A person who tries to make money buying and selling futures and options with the sole intention to make a quick profit.

Stochastic Index: A computerized tool measuring overbought and oversold conditions in a stock over a certain period.

Stock Market: A market in which shares of different companies are bought and sold.

Technical Analysis: Anticipating future price movements using historical prices. trading volume, open interest, and other trading data to study price patterns.

Happy Thanksgiving from everyone at Aridni.

We’re thankful for the great time and great lessons gained through this website and your ideas.

Best Wishes,

Katie and Todd

Take out a pen and paper and write this down:

I want to be wealthy so that I can ______________________.

To reach my goal, I am willing to sacrifice the following: _____________________.

Your thoughts establish the role of money in your life, and I’ve been thinking about this topic for a while. If you feel good about yourself and the efforts you are making, your positive ideas can cultivate more change and more satisfaction. Having money just to have money doesn’t provide much purpose, so it’s important to define why the heck we’re working so hard toward these goals.

Do you make/want to make money by creating value for other people or by competing and cheating other people?

Do you devote yourself to the highest good, not just for yourself, but for as many people as you can possibly touch?

Would you get satisfaction signing up for multiple rewards cards from companies who don’t catch your trickery because it means more money for you?

Do your methods of making money imply selfishness and greed in the eyes of others?

Does every dollar that you make equal a dollar that another person loses?

And finally, years from now, if you were to teach a thousand people how to become wealthy the way you did, would you have done these people and society a disservice?