The Success Principles
by Jack Canfield
Canfield's doorstop collects sixty-plus principles, from taking full responsibility to asking for what you want, with exercises and stories. It is a reference more than a read, and most readers find a dozen principles that matter and ignore the rest. The opening sections on responsibility and the 'E + R = O' formula are the strongest.
Read it if…
you want one big book you can open at random for a usable idea.
Skip it if…
you want focus; this is everything, and some of it is filler.
Three things you will actually use
- Take one hundred percent responsibility, no exceptions.
- Ask; the worst answer is the one you already have.
- Review the day and plan the next in writing.
Do this first
Apply E + R = O to the last bad outcome: what response could you change next time?
Our verdict
Broad and uneven; a reference shelf in one volume.
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