IF - and this is the greatest of them all - I had the courage to see myself as I reallyam, I would find out what is wrong with me, and correct it, then I might have a chance to profit by my mistakes and learn something from the experience of others,for I know that there is something WRONG with me, or I would now be where I WOULD HAVE BEEN IF I had spent more time analyzing my weaknesses, and less time building alibis to cover them.

Maxwell's A Lifetime "Must Read" Books List. He later used his earnings as a reporter to enter law school but soon he had to withdraw for financial reasons. Impressed with Hill Carnegie asked him if he was up to the task of putting together this information to interview or analyze over 500 successful men and women many of them millionaires in order to discover and publish this formula for success.

How achievement actually occurs and a formula for it that puts success in reach of the average person were the focal points of Hill's books. Roosevelt from 1933 to 1936.