The Road Less Traveled M. Scott Peck (1978)

The Road Less Traveled, first published in 1978, is a self-help and psychology book by M. Scott Peck. It covers topics like discipline, love, religion, and grace. The book's overarching theme is that spiritual and psychological growth requires effort, or work, on the part of the individual.

Peck argues that life is difficult and that confronting life's challenges is how one achieves personal growth. A key message is that avoiding problems or taking the easy way out leads to stagnation while embracing challenges leads to spiritual and psychological development.

The title refers to the idea that spiritual growth like the road less traveled in the Robert Frost poem, is often the more difficult path but ultimately more rewarding. Overall, the book emphasizes taking personal responsibility and exerting effort to grow spiritually and psychologically amidst life's difficulties.

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