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| Napoleon with his famous book. |
A Boy Born With No Ears
Imagine you had a child born with no signs of having ears.
Instead there would be a sealed area of skin where ears would be. This would be
a shock, but Blair Hill was born before this could have been ascertained before
birth, and before plastic surgery was viable. The son of Napoleon Hill, perhaps
Blair was born to one of the few people who would not accept nature.
Napoleon Hill had met Andrew Carnegie when he was 21, and
asked if he would write a book about the 500 most successful people at the
time. Carnegie was so well connected and wealthy he could make this happen.
Hill said yes. Hill hadn’t known, but Carnegie was timing him to 20 seconds.
Afterwards it was explained to him that if he had been indecisive the opportunity
would have been taken away before fully explained.
Hill decided his son would one day hear. Not only that, he
would also speak, as if he had no ailment. Every night, he would talk to Blair,
with his lips pressed against the skull of his son. He didn’t understand it at
the time, but the resonance through the bone activated the functioning inner
ear, and in fact this meant that Blair could hear. Thus he thus didn’t miss the
formative years of hearing that enable someone to speak properly.
When Blair grew up, his mother was always worried about him. And she worried for his future. What would he do when he grew up?
Blair didn't hesitate. As a young boy, he was fearless. He took a job as a paper seller, hawking
them on a street corner. He had the skill of selling. Later in life, a company
called Dictograph made a hearing aid that allowed Blair to hear. He wrote to
the company expressing his gratitude for allowing him to now converse normally.
He gave them feedback on the design, which led Dictograph to
invite him to meet them. Soon it became clear they would be perfect bedfellows,
and Blair began working for Dictograph. Who better to help sell something than
someone who uses it? Living proof sells.
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| An example of bilateral microtia, the condition Blair was born with. |
It would have been easy to accept things as they were and
not expect anything of Blair. But Napoleon Hill believed something strongly. Every
adversity brings with it the seed of an equivalent advantage.
Do you have stories of adversity and how you turned it
around? I am keen to know. Contact Evan@Cirencester-scene.co.uk
with your stories.
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