 know 30 of americans are broadly dissatisfied with their lives that's a new thing it was only 10 20 years ago so people like washington really can be these models for living and that's why i know you noticed this because you read the chapter the very very first lesson in the book is what the book is about which is this idea that we have to embrace self-help right this idea that we can always be better tomorrow than we are today i mean washington was buying self-help books