Books of this nature pose a trap to young men coming of age. The genre of entrepreneurial self-help/personal growth and development has a seductive element that younger men too often fall prey to.
I spent a good 8 or so years of my early 20’s reading books like these and came out the back end less wise and less motivated. The lessons comprised in these types of books used to be entwined in the plots and subplots of all the great historical literature, written by authors who believed they truly had something to say. And the lessons conveyed took hold and were remembered because they were embodied in the characters who represented them. The reader learned these lessons experientially through the development of the plots, and through that vehicle retained them.
The 48 laws of power reads like an outline, a PowerPoint presentation at a Ted talk, it lacks the emotion of an author who has conviction that bleeds through the page.
I’m not against these books, I just don’t think believe they should hold the dominating force they do.
I will push my sons to read great literature.
ScottyB / Old Hickory
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