Self-Help

Self-Help [FOR MORE BOOKS LIKE THIS, CLICK "DAVID BOB" ON TOP OF THIS PAGE] The whole self-help genre got its name from this book, published back in 1859. The milestone book is a string of biographies of high achieving people, like Newton, James Watt, Adam Smith, etc. Samuel Smiles has written a 'Gospel of success' for People which truly is timeless. Explaining the qualities which are the true glories of human character and success, he has given you one of the most important self-help books. This book highlights the remarkable features in life which are "wisdom" and "humility" and above all "Perseverance." One who has these three features shall not fail the race of life. Facts and Trivia: Self Help sold 20,000 copies within one year of its publication. By the time of Smiles' death in 1904 it had sold over a quarter of a million. Self Help "elevated [Smiles] to celebrity status: almost overnight, he became a leading pundit and much-consulted guru." The founder of Toyota Industries Co., Ltd., Sakichi Toyoda was significantly influenced by his reading of Self Help. A copy of Self Help is under a glass display at the museum that exists on Sakichi Toyoda's birth site.