{"product_id":"a-message-to-garcia-paperback-3","title":"A Message to Garcia: A Classic Essay on Initiative and Personal Responsibility - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElbert Hubbard\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eElbert Hubbard's \u003cem\u003eA Message to Garcia\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most famous short works ever written on initiative, responsibility, and the ability to carry a task through without excuses.\u003c\/strong\u003e Built around the story of Lieutenant Andrew Summers Rowan carrying a message to General Calixto García during the Spanish-American War, Hubbard's essay became a compact parable of action, reliability, and self-directed effort. Its central question is not military but moral and practical: who can be trusted to take responsibility, understand the mission, and get the work done?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe essay's force lies in its simplicity. Hubbard contrasts the person who waits for instruction, explanation, supervision, and reassurance with the person who accepts a necessary task and sees it through. That message made \u003cem\u003eA Message to Garcia\u003c\/em\u003e a favourite of employers, teachers, soldiers, salesmen, business leaders, and readers of classic motivational literature. It is brisk, direct, opinionated, and unmistakably of its age, yet its core concern remains recognisable wherever work depends on judgment, persistence, and personal accountability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Sublime Books edition presents a concise classic of practical philosophy, success literature, and character formation. For readers interested in personal responsibility, initiative, leadership, work ethic, motivational classics, business self-improvement, and the history of American inspirational writing, \u003cem\u003eA Message to Garcia\u003c\/em\u003e remains a sharp little book about doing what matters without needing to be pushed at every step.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 42\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 31, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47422600544434,"sku":"9781617202155","price":15.52,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/gjxFPWjxnB9781617202155.webp?v=1782819596","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/a-message-to-garcia-paperback-3","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}