It seems fairly obvious that this is circular reasoning, which is to say that doing these three things alone won't make you successful, but the kind of person w

It seems fairly obvious that this is circular reasoning, which is to say that doing these three things alone won't make you successful, but the kind of person who is likely to be successful is also likely to do these three things. Once you realize that, this advice reduces to, "In order to be successful, be the kind of person who is successful."