I believe that it's important to read the autobiographies of great men. Here are three good examples that can fill the average man with a spirit of achievement.
Henry Ford's My Life My Work
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
Richard Wagner's My Life
Henry Ford's My Life My Work
The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie
Richard Wagner's My Life
"Action still preserves for us a hope that we may stand erect." - Thucydides (from History of the Peloponnesian War)