A Guide-Ways to Succeed is a book of poems written to inspire, motivate, and encourage anyone who wishes to change direction and succeed in life. The poems can be the instruments by which students, parents, teachers, professors, or community leaders can discuss the poems as they apply the principles of everyday living. The guide instructs and explains in poetic form how to respond to different life situations and describes ways to make the right choices.

Suggestions for use of the guide are included, as is "A Prospectus for a School and a Potential Curriculum Designed to 'Rescue and Keep Youth from Crime.'" A list of possible vocations or careers is included that might help one's thinking and exploring career advantages. The poems make effective supplementary material for homes, religious institutions, middle and senior high school classrooms, or college instruction.