The Anatomy of Success by Nicolas Darvas (the Author of How I Made $2,000,000 in the Stock Market)

Great book

ダーバスの本を全部読みたいと思って購入した一冊。人生の成功も、相場の成功も敵を知り己を知り準備をして反省修正改善を怠りなく精勤勤勉すれば成功しますよという話。英語が苦手な自分が流し読みで、おおまかにくくった所そんな印象の本でした。

This book's title reminds me of another book by Prof JK. Galbraith (Harvard University) caled "The Anatomy of Power". However, under close scrutiny, the two books are quite different. Prof Galbraith's book is rigorous and footnoted while Mr Darvas's book is anecdotal and has no footnotes. It does not even have an index. Furthermore, apart from the quotation by Wiliam James before the book starts in earnest, no attempt was made to introduce further quotations to illuminate his chapters. However, not all is lost. I find his summary on how to analyse the best possible route, a complete list of rules for achieving the success goal, his summary of how to hold on to the success we already have and his 7 basic steps to assume lasting success on pages 78, 104,135 and 168 are particularly useful. The rest of the topics he handles are unremarkable. The power of positive selfishess, which is the cornerstone of his approach has been handled much better elsewhere. I would recommend this book to those who have plenty of time to read.

Was disappointed at first because I thought it would talk about stocks. When you switch gears and take it for what it is, which is a self help book it’s quite good.

I was drawn to the title of this book, and because it was written by Nicolas Darvas, I had high expectations. Actually, I lost interest in the book before getting even 1/2 way through. I will give it to my youngest son and perhaps he will be able to get something out of it.