How to be successful by M. Curtis McCoy

 

Life brings us many joyful moments as it goes downfalls, and although there are so many days in life when we feel if there was someone or something that could just guide us on what to do now. But the truth is it what we do when exposed to the same situation depends on the character and thinking style of each person. People respond differently because they are different.

 

The author M. Curtis McCoy in his book How to be successful has presented very beautifully the views and actions of different people. He has interviewed a lot of successful people including himself and has presented the views and habits of them, that the Readers can take inspiration from and apply them in making their lives better. Not only he has included successful people only, but he has also included and tried to analyze those who because for some reason, could not get success in their lives. My favorite one is where he shared the secret of the broke person who started from scratch and made it to driving twin-turbo Ferrari. On the other hand, he also described the mentality of those people by giving several examples who cannot succeed because they are jealous more and do not work towards their goal.

 

 The author has presented very beautifully several philosophies of a successful and peaceful life in the book. We always celebrate success for one day but think about failure for so long. This is so well discussed in the chapter. The reader will get a great idea of how it is important for one to reward himself/herself from time to time, The notion of “overnight success” is also so well described here to make the reader clear of the point that success has no shortcut other than hard work.

 

It is always said you cannot feel good if you make someone else feel bad. Making someone else feel good, appreciating someone gives you courage and strength as well. This idea has been discussed so well. We, humans, are social animals. We definitely need people in our life. We need friends. So, how to build a quality friendship with someone? The book is a great way to know that.

 

Time is very important because it can never come back. So we should not waste our time. Taking pride in one’s appearance and teaching people how you want to be treated, this book is a great book to read for. It is important that we should know how to say ‘No’ to someone without hurting them. A reader will surely get an idea of this after reading this book. 

 

Today, people think using profanity makes them cool or successful. The author makes a good point on it by giving examples that you will find in the book. We, people, are products of our own thoughts, so improving our habits will be definitely a step forward in the journey of success. The author has explained this beautifully in the last chapters.

 

To know what are the thoughts of several successful people like Jeff “Biggs” Wobig (US Navy SEAL sniper), Connie Wyatt (CMO of Beat Cellular), Paul B. Watson (Downtown Vineyard Church), Eric Payne (Venture advocates), Caujuan Mayo (Uprock Publications), Nathan Schulhof (Father of the MP3 player), and Jeff McGregor (Business developer and musician) when questions like their definition of success and their weaknesses come, you have to read the book.

 

 

I rate this book  3 out of 4 stars, although I want to give it 4. I cut one point because I find one mistake in the book, which I really do not think should be there in such a fine book like this. I would like to recommend this book to readers of all age groups. Being a reader, I really loved the book. I think everyone should give this book a try. Trust me your money and time invested in this book will yield so good and sweet fruits in the future.