How to Become Successful (in Three Books or Less)
9 September 2008
While reading The Adventures of Johnny Bunko, I kept thinking of two other books on success I’d read recently:
- Stupid, Ugly, Unlucky, and Rich by Richard St. John
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
Jim Collins took an empirical look at organizations to see what they did to become successful while Richard St. John conducted hundreds of interviews with successful people to determine what factors led to their success. Both are highly recommended.
I’ve put together a document that attempts to relate the characteristics/lessons of these three books to identify common points (download a PDF).
If I were forced to narrow it down to just two characteristics, I’d say 1) do what you do best (strengths) and 2) work really hard (persistence).
I’m curious to know what others think on this. Are there any changes you’d make to the diagram? What other “success” books have you read that could be added to the comparison?
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Wow. Which program did you use to make the graphic? Looks cool! (The analysis is pretty good too ;-))
It’s a Mac app (of course) called OmniGraffle