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A Map of Pitfalls and Traps
Sometimes pictures are worth far more than a thousand words. This one might be worth 100,000 words. There are so many lessons and points jam packed here. Contemplate it.
What the map shows
If you follow the road to success, you see there are many pitfalls along the way. You need to keep your eyes open. Many people rush over the threshold of Opportunity but fall into the dark holes of Illiteracy or Conceit. Hotel Know It All has many rooms. So does the Mutual Admiration Society, from which the balloon Hot Air floats. And the Always Right Club has plenty of members. Vices lead immediately to the river of Failure; the same is true for The Faker. Bad Habits lead quickly to Oblivion – as does a Bad Reputation. Jealousy and the desire to Do It Tomorrow are portrayed as spiders with webs that trap many. Weak morals appear to be an elevator to the top of the mountain but actually send you down a chute right back to the beginning. Have a look at this view of “The Road to Success.” Over one hundred years after it first appeared, it is still fresh.
The short version.
- What is the Road to Success map?
- A century-old illustration of the pitfalls between Opportunity and Success, drawn as a landscape of hotels, clubs, rivers, and traps. It still reads accurately.
- What traps does the map show?
- Hotel Know It All, the Mutual Admiration Society, the Always Right Club, the dark holes of Illiteracy and Conceit, Jealousy and Do It Tomorrow as spiders, and Bad Habits leading to Oblivion.
