[benatkin]

So you're recommending that instead of the book, they read these two sentences from you and start from there?

How about a book that motivates people to do that, like four steps to the epiphany? It isn't an either-or proposition.

[motohagiography]

I hadn't thought of it that way, but yes, I would go so far as to guarantee that my previous two sentence comment is more valuable than %99 of all business books.

You can conclude the above after absorbing the opportunity cost and burn of reading a few thousand pages of anecdotes from newly wealthy people post-hoc moralizing their luck, or you can start with it as an axiom that provides the only demonstrable path to success.

However, it's the only advice I have.