54 pages • 1 hour read
Ed MylettThe Power of One More: The Ultimate Guide to Happiness and Success
Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2022A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Background
Literary Context: The Power of One More Within the Self-Help Genre
The Power of One More follows the conventions of traditional self-help books. The tone is colloquial, using first-person singular (“I”), first-person plural (“we”), and second-person (“you”) pronouns to address the audience. The effect of this tone is to encourage a closeness between the author and readers, helping readers feel they are receiving advice from a trusted friend.
Mylett writes short chapters with concise and simple sentences designed to make the text accessible to all readers. Bolded type and bulleted/numbered lists allow readers to remember Mylett’s recommendations to become “one more” thinkers. Despite the length of the book (272 pages), The Power of One More moves at a quick pace. Another contributor to this reading style is large spacing and font to encourage readers to turn the pages at a fast pace.
Within the self-help genre, The Power of One More fits with the work of past authors, like Dale Carnegie and Napoleon Hill, as well as current ones, such as Tim Ferris, Simon Sinek, and Jocko Willink. Like these authors, Mylett addresses concepts such as leadership, discipline, and intrinsic 
