Lessons from The Successful Investor has been a surprise success. I wrote Lessons From The Successful Investor immediately after graduating from the University of Waterloo, having been constantly asked by friends, family, co-workers and acquaintances to consolidate my value investing knowledge into a neat package for easy consumption. That said, the summer of 2010 consisted of researching, writing, and editing Lessons From The Successful Investor, which finally launched September 1, 2010 across major digital book stores. Initially, downloads of the eBook trickled in. However, my value investing speaking appearance at the University of Toronto, coupled with select media coverage,.