The book presents the seeking of power as an ultimate purpose of life, some of the events that happen in the book seems to be unnatural, however; the tips (for living a powerful life) presented by don juan (the wise one in the novel) seem to be valid and really inspiring.

Personal history is the information that you told other people about. So Having personal history makes you obligated to renew that history every time you do or have something new going on in your life, there is no power in such a life, on the other hand, ...