It is perfectly obvious that in any decent occupation (such as bricklaying or writing books) there are only two ways (in any special sense) of succeeding. One is by doing very good work, the other is by cheating. Both are much too simple to require any literary explanation. If you are in for the high jump, either jump higher than any one else, or manage somehow to pretend that you have done so. If you want to succeed at whist, either be a good whist-player, or play with marked cards. You may want a book about jumping; you may want a book about whist; you may want a book about cheating at whist. But you cannot want a book about Success. Especially you cannot want a book about Success such as those which you can now find scattered by the hundred about the book-market.
Chesterton is a gem.
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Luke 9:24 - MSG
โ€œSelf-help is no help at all. Self-sacrifice is the way, my way, to finding yourself, your true self.โ€
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The ultimate self-help book! ๐Ÿ˜œ
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