From Napoleon Hills’ book, “Growth Rich With Peace Of Mind“:

Seven positive motives

1. The emotion o f LOVE
2. The emotion o f SEX
3. The desire for MATERIAL GAIN
4. The desire for SELF-PRESERVATION
5. The desire for FREEDOM OF BODY AND MIND
6. The desire for SELF-EXPRESSION
7. The desire for PERPETUATION OF LIFE AFTER DEATH

Two negative motives

1. The emotion o f ANGER AND REVENGE
2. The emotion o f FEAR

It has been said that the first three basic motives – love , sex and money – p r a c t i c a l l y rule the world. I would not say this statement is entirely true, but there is a great deal o f truth in it. A man who has not truly shared all o f his life with the woman of his choice cannot know the magic o f sex and love in their most sublime combination. But when a man lives with these motives, he often connects them like a mighty dynamo to the third. He makes more and more money so that he may share more and more o f life’ s abundance with his wife.

No part o f your existence can be lived separately from all the other parts. When you are successful in one area, it helps you to be successful in all other areas. Most especially, when you have peace o f mind at home you can count on having peace o f mind everywhere.