Master the 13 Principles That Turn Thinking Into Achievement
A cinematic, three-tier online school built around Napoleon Hill's 13 timeless principles of success — from beginner apprentice to elite mastermind — using 1930s-era storytelling, interactive study technology, and self-paced principle deep-dives to transform how students think, plan, and earn.
"These principles were never meant to be admired — they were meant to be applied, and I built this school to make sure you know the difference."— Brother Justin Aamir Adkins
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Apply Napoleon Hill's 13 Principles of success as a deliberate daily practice, using structured study habits rooted in proven learning methodology to eliminate confusion and lock in new concepts.
- Navigate all 15 chapters of Hill's philosophy with full comprehension — identifying the core lesson, historical example, and personal application of each chapter before moving to the next.
- Diagnose and overcome personal barriers to learning and achievement by using foundational study-skills frameworks introduced at the start of every course tier.
- Build a written Personal Success Blueprint — including a Definite Chief Aim, a Mastermind Alliance plan, and a self-assessed inventory of the 13 Principles — tailored to their current life stage.
- Demonstrate mastery of each chapter through cinematic, context-rich chapter-end exams and thematic quizzes that test application, not just recall, using 1930s-era case studies and modern analogies.
- Pursue ongoing principle-level mastery through self-paced monthly mini-courses, one per principle, enabling deep specialization and continuous momentum beyond the core curriculum.
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
7 modules · 20 lessons
Study Technology Foundation — Barriers to Study
Delivered at the opening of ALL three course tiers (Apprentice, Intermediate, Mastermind) and the Subscription Mini-Courses. Before a single page of Napoleon Hill is studied, every student is equipped with L. Ron Hubbard's foundational Study Technology from 'Barriers to Study.' This module eliminates the three root causes of learning failure — Mass, Gradient, and the Misunderstood Word — and replaces passive reading with an active, self-correcting study protocol. No student proceeds to Chapter 1 without completing this module. This sequencing is non-negotiable and is the curriculum's most important prerequisite.
- 1.1The Three Barriers That Kill LearningIncluded
- 1.2Clearing the Misunderstood Word — The Master SkillIncluded
- 1.3Building Your Personal Study ProtocolIncluded
The Foundation — Desire, Faith and Auto-Suggestion
Covering Chapters 1 through 3 of 'Think and Grow Rich,' this module establishes the psychological and philosophical bedrock of Napoleon Hill's entire system. The three chapters form an inseparable triad: Desire ignites the goal, Faith provides the emotional conviction that the goal is achievable, and Auto-Suggestion is the mechanical tool used to burn both into the subconscious mind. Without mastering this triad, no later principle can function properly — making this the curriculum's true foundation. All lessons are presented through a cinematic 1930s lens, featuring Depression-era case studies, archival imagery, and period-appropriate analogies. A thematic quiz closes the module before students advance.
- 2.1Desire — The Starting Point of All AchievementIncluded
- 2.2Faith — Visualization and Belief in the Attainment of DesireIncluded
- 2.3Auto-Suggestion — The Medium for Influencing the SubconsciousIncluded
The Mind's Architecture — Specialized Knowledge, Imagination and Organized Planning
Covering Chapters 4 through 6, this module transitions from inner conviction to outward strategy. If the Foundation module built the engine of desire and belief, this module builds the vehicle that carries it forward. Specialized Knowledge defines what to learn and how to acquire it; Imagination defines how to generate the ideas that translate knowledge into opportunity; Organized Planning defines how to build the step-by-step roadmap from idea to achievement. Together, these three chapters bridge the inner world of mind and emotion with the outer world of action and results — a sequencing that mirrors Hill's original architecture. 1930s-era innovators, inventors, and industrialists serve as the primary case study material.
- 3.1Specialized Knowledge — Personal Experiences and ObservationsIncluded
- 3.2Imagination — The Workshop of the MindIncluded
- 3.3Organized Planning — The Crystallization of Desire into ActionIncluded
The Inner Engine — Decision, Persistence and The Mastermind
Covering Chapters 7 through 9, this module addresses the three behavioral and relational forces that determine whether a well-laid plan actually moves forward or quietly dies. Decision is the ignition switch — without it, plans remain dreams. Persistence is the fuel — without it, plans stall at the first obstacle. The Mastermind is the turbocharger — the organized alliance of minds that multiplies individual capacity exponentially. These three chapters form a tightly integrated operational unit, and the curriculum presents them as such. All three are prerequisites to understanding the more esoteric chapters that follow. 1930s industrial alliances, political partnerships, and entrepreneurial comebacks supply the cinematic case study material.
- 4.1Decision — The Mastery of ProcrastinationIncluded
- 4.2Persistence — The Sustained Effort Necessary to Induce FaithIncluded
- 4.3The Power of the Mastermind — The Driving ForceIncluded
The Secret Forces — Sex Transmutation, the Subconscious Mind, the Brain and the Sixth Sense
Covering Chapters 10 through 13, this module enters the most interior and metaphysical territory of 'Think and Grow Rich.' These four chapters are deliberately sequenced last among the 13 Principles because they require the emotional, practical, and intellectual foundation built in all prior modules to be fully comprehensible and actionable. Chapter 10 (Sex Transmutation) teaches the redirection of one of the most powerful human drives toward creative and productive output. Chapters 11 and 12 (The Subconscious Mind and the Brain) reveal the receiving and broadcasting mechanisms of the mind. Chapter 13 (The Sixth Sense) synthesizes all prior principles into a faculty of heightened intuition and inspired action. Each lesson pairs Hill's framework with period-appropriate cinematic illustration. NOTE: This module consolidates Chapters 11 and 12 into one lesson as in the draft — a sound pedagogical choice reviewed and preserved — and adds a dedicated lesson for Chapter 10 to ensure Sex Transmutation receives the standalone depth it requires as a pivotal principle.
- 5.1The Mystery of Sex Transmutation — Channeling Creative EnergyIncluded
- 5.2The Subconscious Mind and the Human Brain — The Receiving and Broadcasting StationIncluded
- 5.3The Sixth Sense — The Door to the Temple of WisdomIncluded
Fear, the Ghost, and the Grand Blueprint — The Final Chapters and Personal Success Blueprint Capstone
Covering Chapters 14 and 15 — the final two chapters of 'Think and Grow Rich' — this module confronts the internal enemies that destroy everything built in the prior five modules. Chapter 14 identifies the Six Ghosts of Fear and the Devil of Indecision as the master thieves of human achievement. Chapter 15 ('The Sixth Sense' in some editions; in many standard editions it is titled 'How to Outwit the Six Ghosts of Fear') provides the tools to neutralize fear permanently. The module closes with the course's most important deliverable: the Personal Success Blueprint capstone project — a fully integrated, written document synthesizing every principle into a living operational guide for the student's specific life and goals. The Grand Finale Mastery Exam closes the course with cinematic force. SEQUENCING NOTE: 'The Sixth Sense' (Chapter 13) is correctly placed in Module 5 per Hill's original text. This module covers what standard editions label Chapters 14 and 15, sometimes titled 'The Ghost of Fear' and 'The Devil's Workshop / How to Outwit the Six Ghosts of Fear.' The curriculum follows the most widely used standard edition structure.
- 6.1The Six Ghosts of Fear and the Devil of IndecisionIncluded
- 6.2How to Outwit the Six Ghosts of Fear — Building Your Unbreakable MindIncluded
- 6.3The Personal Success Blueprint — Capstone Project and Grand Finale Mastery ExamIncluded
The 13 Principles — Monthly Self-Paced Mini-Courses
Available by monthly subscription only, these 13 standalone self-paced mini-courses each provide deep, principle-level mastery of one of Napoleon Hill's 13 Principles from 'Think and Grow Rich.' Each mini-course is accessible after completion of any core course tier (Apprentice, Intermediate, or Mastermind), and is designed for continuous momentum and ongoing development beyond the core curriculum. The subscription model offers one new principle-course per month, accessible at the subscriber's own pace. Each mini-course follows an identical structural template — ensuring consistency, ease of navigation, and a cumulative 13-month journey toward complete principle mastery. Cinematic 1930s aesthetics, period case studies, and application-first pedagogy are maintained throughout. PRICING NOTE: The three course tiers and the subscription are priced according to the target student profile: Apprentice (high school — accessible entry price), Intermediate (young adult/career-change adult — moderate professional investment), Mastermind (entrepreneur — meaningful premium investment), and Subscription Mini-Courses (affordable monthly rate accessible at all life stages).
- 7.1Monthly Mini-Course Structure — How Each Principle Subscription WorksIncluded
- 7.2Subscriber Progression — From First Principle to Full MastermindIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
The Ambitious Student
A high-schooler encountering big ideas about money, purpose, and personal power for the first time — and ready for a curriculum that takes their ambition seriously.
The Career Reinventor
A mid-career professional at a crossroads who needs more than motivation — they need a structured philosophy to rebuild their direction and self-belief from the ground up.
The Aspiring Entrepreneur
Someone building their first venture who wants to understand the mental architecture behind great achievement, not just tactics and hustle advice.
The Seasoned Operator
An established entrepreneur who has read Hill before but wants peer-level, mastermind-tier immersion to translate the philosophy into next-level strategic clarity.
The Lifelong Self-Developer
A curious adult who has always been drawn to personal development but wants a rigorous, story-rich curriculum — not another collection of surface-level productivity tips.
The Young Adult at the Crossroads
A recent graduate or young professional navigating early-career uncertainty who needs a clear, principled framework for deciding who they want to become and how to get there.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Brother Justin Aamir Adkins
If you've picked up Think and Grow Rich before — maybe you got a few chapters in, felt something stir in your chest, and then quietly set it back down — I want you to know that wasn't a failure of willpower. It was a failure of scaffolding. The philosophy was never the problem. The pathway into it was.
That's the exact gap this school was built to close. Napoleon Hill spent over twenty years interviewing the most successful people of his era, and what he gave the world in those 13 principles wasn't a self-help book — it was a complete architecture of achievement. But architecture requires a foundation, and most people never get one. They encounter the principles as slogans rather than systems, and wonder why nothing changes. I built Think & Grow Mastermind because these principles deserve to be studied — not skimmed.
What you'll find here is rigorous, but it doesn't feel like a grind. Every lesson is built the way a great documentary is built: with a scene, a story, a lesson, and a reason to care. We move through all 15 chapters of Hill's philosophy in sequence — starting with the mechanics of learning itself, advancing through Desire, Faith, Imagination, Organized Planning, the Mastermind Alliance, and the secret forces of the subconscious, all the way through dismantling the Six Ghosts of Fear. Every step of the way, you're not just taking notes — you're building your Personal Success Blueprint, the written document that translates everything you've learned into a real plan for your actual life.
I also know that the 13 principles aren't something you master in a semester and file away. That's why the monthly mini-courses exist — so that after you finish the core curriculum, you can go deep on any single principle for a full month, at your own pace, for as long as your ambition demands it. The work compounds. The momentum builds.
Wherever you are right now — a student who just felt the first flicker of real ambition, a professional who knows it's time to rebuild, or an entrepreneur who refuses to leave their potential on the table — this school was designed with you specifically in mind. The principles are timeless. The method is proven. The only thing left is the decision to begin.
— Brother Justin Aamir Adkins
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