Most people believe that that ultimate knack for a man to succeed and the desire to accumulate wealth is, in most cases, influenced by the woman (or women) in his life. This must have given weight to the saying that “behind every successful man, there’s a woman” and of course, the fact that most successful and accomplished men fall within the family age of 30 to 50 years whence they must have had immense interaction with women and probably influentially infected in one way or the other by them.

This fact is vividly captured by Napoleon Hill in his all-time-classic, Think and Grow Rich where he explained that:

“Man's greatest motivating force is his desire to please woman! The hunter who excelled during prehistoric days, before the dawn of civilization, did so, because of his desire to appear great in the eyes of woman. Man's nature has not changed in this respect. The "hunter" of today brings home no skins of wild animals, but he indicates his desire for her favor by supplying fine clothes, motor cars, and wealth. Man has the same desire to please woman that he had before the dawn of civilization. The only thing that has changed, is his method of pleasing. Men who accumulate large fortunes, and attain to great heights of power and fame, do so, mainly, to satisfy their desire to please women.”  

Napoleon Hill believes that if you take women out of men’s lives, their attainment of success and great wealth would be useless to most of them.

This conception is however contested by a few men especially the young and energetic ones. A young friend of mine is convinced that his desire for success and wealth is mostly influence by his wish to make a name for himself and leave a legacy behind. Another is working so hard to preserve his family name rather than please his wife or any other woman. Yet still others say they want to satisfy their family as a whole especially the children and not the women.

What is your opinion about this issue? Be a bit personal and tell us what influences or pushes you most, in your quest to succeed in all your endeavors and make wealth at the end of the day. I know most men will not admit that they are easily influenced by the women they prefer, because it is in the nature of the male to want to be recognized as the stronger of the species: can this be part of the influence?

This question is not for men only, the ladies are in even better position to assess their spouses and partners and confirm or disprove this notion.

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Thanks for getting involved.

Hi Les,

It's so stimulating to have you kick-start today's forum topic. As usual you're ever down to earth with your candid views.
You believe people's success especially men are propelled by their desire to preserve their family name and secure the future rather than impress their ladies or partners.

Thanks for being the first to reply and have a sweet day!

Hi Sammy my friend, my, my you have a lot of ideas roaming around that brian of yours, and thats a good thing! But as for me and my position on who is really the ruler of companionship is the woman. There more sensitive there for you have the example of compassion, and there nature is to care, there care givers, we men? we just like to hunt and fish, lol. But as the Song goes, Men are smart, but woman are smarter!!  Uncle Tom.