Capacity to Understand People

A Richness of Life: The Capacity to Understand People

By Rom Antony Day

Tuesday, August 02, 2011

The capacity to understand people self and others inclusive is one of 12 riches of life a former attorney by education, negotiator and American author by practice authored named Napoleon Hill. Napoleon Hill, JD, found out about from high achievers in the U.S.A. via extensive interviews. This report is like a quick reference sheet about important aspects of this richness upon which one may read further.

The capacity to understand people involves nine key emotions listed and described plainly by Napoleon Hill. The books I read on the subject indicate that it is important to get a good grasp on how the key emotions affect us and others. It is also helpful to learn to work with them, use them to your personal gain and that of others and manage them to where you can control or at the least contain their negative impact in your life and that of others where applicable.

Napoleon Hill talked about two general types of emotions in as far as their nature is concerned; one kind is positive, and another type is negative.

In the good emotions general category, he enumerated and described the following ones:

1. Desire for financial gain.

2. Desire for posterity.

3. Sex.

4. Desire to be associated with someone or something.

5. Freedom of body and mind.

6. Love.

In the negative emotions general category, he enumerated and described the following ones:

1. Fear of lost of love or friendship from someone.

2. Fear of lost of Freedom of body and mind.

3. Fear of poverty.

4. Fear of old age.

5. Fear of criticism.

6. Fear of illness.

He not only described each emotion, but he explained the impact of each whether a good emotion or a bad emotion. However, in this article, I will not elaborate as it would defeat the purpose of it which is to provide a quick-reference sheet.

Nevertheless, one can find a comprehensive yet easy-to-read description for both categories of emotions in several books. For any avid reader who wishes to read further on the topic, I suggest to study any of the following books that Napoleon Hill wrote.

1. How to Sell Yourself.

2. Napoleon Hill Keys to Success.

3. The Law of Success.

4. Think and Grow Rich.

5. Success Through Persuasion.

6. You Can Work Your own Miracles.