Key Themes:
Business, Entrepreneurship, Inspiration, Overcoming Challenges, Goal Setting
Summary:
Three Feet from Gold by Lechter is a modern and updated look at the core theme of Napoleon Hill’s landmark best seller. In this inspiring story, a young writer sets out to interview business leaders and other influential figures about the necessity of applying persistence to achieve your goals. Using uplifting real-life stories, Three Feet from Gold showcases how you can demonstrate passion for what you do, find and develop your own formula for success and above all: never give up.
Content Overview:
Lechter explores a number of key themes and concepts in this motivating book, including:
- If you program yourself for success you can succeed in the most challenging times.
- You are the source of solutions to your problems.
- Start now and get perfect later.
- There will always be obstacles and imperfect conditions and they shouldn’t be an excuse to hold you back.
- Every failure provides opportunity.
- Add value and care about the people you can help.
- Hang around with people you want to be like – for example: if you want to be a winner – spend time with winners, if you want to think better, hang around with great thinkers.
- Discover your life’s purpose and pursue it.
- Invest time in education, become better at what you do and pursue your dreams.
- The importance of having a successful vision and mission.
- Employ courage – the courage to begin and the courage to keep going.
- The secret to success is consistency and repeating daily actions to achieve your goals.
Lechter also outlines her 3-step strategy to success:
- Congruency – be authentic in words and actions.
- Clarity – be clear on what you desire and how you plan to achieve it.
- Certainty – know intrinsically that what you’re doing has a value and a purpose.
Rating: 9/10
If you are looking to achieve great results and have the fortitude to see your vision realised this is a motivational read. Learning from the successes of others and their blue prints is a great way to avoid the pitfalls of failure and to keep going.
Readability: 9/10
Lechter has an easy storytelling style and really draws the reader in. Using inspirational real-life stories, she demonstrates the practical lessons she’s conveying throughout the book.
Does what it says on the tin: 9/10
Yes – you will be inspired, motivated and ready to seize the day and the opportunities in front of you.