Dr. Finance Live Podcast Episode 10 - Don Green Interview - CEO of the Napoleon Hill Foundation

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(Originally aired 5/26/21): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HXF8oMERs8

This is Episode 10 of the Dr. Finance Live Podcast hosted by Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV (aka “Dr. Finance®”). Dr. Criniti interviewed Don Green, CEO / Executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation and the world's authority on the works of Napoleon Hill.

A resident of Wise, Virginia, the birthplace of Napoleon Hill, Don Green brings nearly 45 years of banking, finance, and entrepreneurship experience to his role as Executive Director of the Napoleon Hill Foundation. His first youthful business venture was charging admission to see his pet bear—yes, the living, growling kind! Since 2000, Green has traveled worldwide and used his finance skills to grow the Foundation’s funds in order to continue the Foundation’s educational outreach. Green has both modeled leadership skills as a CEO and taught them through the PMA Science of Success course at the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. Don specializes in discussing his personal experiences in leadership and providing audiences with proven methods of applying Dr. Hill’s success philosophy to business.

The Napoleon Hill Foundation is a nonprofit educational institution dedicated to making the world a better place in which to live.

For more information, please visit: https://www.naphill.org/

0:00​​​​​ - 25:56​​​​​ - Podcast welcome and Don Green's Story
25:57 - 39:05 - Don's entrepreneurial success; his petting zoo business
39:06 - 42:55 - "Is there anyone else on this planet who knows Napoleon Hill better than you?"
42:56 - 47:18 - Bob Proctor reading Think and Grow Rich every day. "Is that necessary to be very successful with Napoleon Hill’s lessons?"; Napoleon Hill's grandson
47:19 - 52:52 - About the lineage of the Napoleon Hill mentors; Earl Nightingale, Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield, Tony Robbins, etc.; thinking alone is not enough - also need to apply it too (growing) to become rich
52:53 - 55:50 - Don's favorite financial books: Think and Grow Rich (Napoleon Hill); One Up on Wall Street (Peter Lynch); Bernard Baruch; Warren Buffett
55:51 - 56:07 - Do we need money to survive? Don: "It's not the most important thing in the world, but it's right next to oxygen. It's hard to live without it."
56:08 - 59:34 - Is finance necessary for everyone? Why or why not?
59:35 - 1:02:56 - How important is having a purpose in business (real possible 1st Step to Riches)? Don's purpose.
1:02:57 - 1:03:40 - What would Don like to accomplish in the next 10 years or so? Why?
1:03:41 - 1:05:10 - Don's legacy to this world
1:05:11 - 1:06:04 - Wrap up thoughts and Outro

Dr. Anthony M. Criniti IV (aka “Dr. Finance®”) is the world's leading financial scientist and survivalist. A fifth generation native of Philadelphia, Dr. Criniti is a former finance professor at several universities, a former financial planner, an active investor in diverse marketplaces, an explorer, a speaker, and has traveled around the world studying various aspects of finance. He is an award winning author of three #1 international best-selling finance books: The Necessity of Finance (2013), The Most Important Lessons in Economics and Finance (2014), and The Survival of the Richest (2016). As a prolific writer, he also frequently contributes articles to Entrepreneur, Medium, and Thrive Global. Dr. Criniti has started a grassroots movement that is changing the way that we think about economics and finance.

For more information about Doctor Finance, please visit https://DrFinance.Info​​​​​

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