Here is Richard Chilton, the billionaire founder of Chilton Investment Company, a hedge fund firm that manages more than $6 billion, discussing the formative years of his career on Wall Street.

When Chilton was just a small company its founder believed it was going to be a big firm and planned accordingly.

This unwavering faith in success echoes Napoleon Hill's famous words, 'What the mind can conceive it can achieve.'

Mr. Chilton also speaks to the importance of going into business for one's self.

"My dad always told me, ‘If you want to do really well in life, you have to do it on your own.'"

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