Outwitting the devil
2011
- new thought
- success
- psychological aspects
- framgång
- psykologiska aspekter
- personlig utveckling
- self-help / personal growth / success
- motivation (psychology)
- self-actualization (psychology)
- success, psychological aspects
The story
Originally written in 1938 but never published due to its controversial nature, an insightful guide reveals the seven principles of good that will allow anyone to triumph over the obstacles that must be faced in reaching personal goals.
What it’s like
Brisk, earnest prose in the plainspoken register of mid-century self-help: a voice that talks directly to the reader as if across a kitchen table, with frequent direct address, numbered principles, and parables that land like sermon illustrations. The sensory world is thin and deliberately abstract, more lectern than landscape, so the mood comes from the author's conviction rather than from imagery. It suits a weekday morning with a notebook, a commute where a short chapter fits between stops, or a rainy afternoon when someone wants to feel steadied and urged forward. The pacing is steady and repetitive in the way of a lecture series, returning to core ideas from different angles, with a tone that is hopeful, faintly stern, and optimistic about human will. Intensity is low: no violence, no sexual content, and the only darkness is the hypothetical "devil" of fear, doubt and self-defeat, discussed in calm, practical terms. The reader's emotional arc is one of gradual resolve rather than dramatic change. It is for people who want a gentle push toward discipline and self-belief, and who are comfortable with an older, unhurried, sincerely moralising voice.
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