Yes, Ron must have been something.
The thing about genius is that it's ephemeral.
Ron violated his own rules.
Can't really expect continuing success that way.

While my route is not the only way for everybody, it is the only way for me.
It won't be changing.
I am a better person for having read the books.
I read the books that 'exposed' him, too.

What I learned from all that reading was that if you don't get it, studying harder isn't going to help.
At some point either you stop making poor choices, or you don't.
I'd be mad if I paid hundreds of dollars to learn that, but I read most of it in pdf from stss.nl.