Pushing to the FrontCosimo, Inc., 2005 M11 1 - 460 páginas Self-consciousness is a foe to greatness in every line of endeavor. -from the chapter "Foes to Success" A phenomenal bestseller when it was first published in 1894 and greatly expanded, by popular demand, to two volumes in 1911, Orison Swett Marden's Pushing to the Front is a classic of the literature of personal motivation that remains startling relevant today. Marden, a forerunner of Dale Carnegie and Norman Vincent Peale, Stephen R. Covey and Anthony Robbins, explores a wide range of issues that hold us back from success in all arenas of our lives. Chapters in Volume 1 cover: Choosing a vocation The triumphs of enthusiasm What a good appearance will do A fortune in good manners Tact or common sense Success under difficulties Uses of obstacles Observation as a success factor Public speaking The triumphs of common virtues and much more. "History furnishes thousands of examples of men who have seized occasions to accomplish results deemed impossible," Marden notes... and shows us how to seize those occasions, too. Also available from Cosimo Classics: Marden's Cheerfulness as a Life Power. American writer and editor ORISON SWETT MARDEN (1850-1924) was born in New England and studied at Boston University and Andover Theological Seminary. In 1897, he founded Success Magazine. |
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... half a mile away . " We can do nothing , " said William Darling , the light- keeper . Ah , yes , we must go to the rescue , " ex- claimed his daughter , pleading tearfully with both father and mother , until the former replied : " Very ...
... half a mile away . " We can do nothing , " said William Darling , the light- keeper . Ah , yes , we must go to the rescue , " ex- claimed his daughter , pleading tearfully with both father and mother , until the former replied : " Very ...
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... half - naked women , as late as 1813 , would often be huddled in a single ward of Newgate , London , awaiting trial . They had neither beds nor bedding , but women , old and young , and little girls , slept in filth and rags on the ...
... half - naked women , as late as 1813 , would often be huddled in a single ward of Newgate , London , awaiting trial . They had neither beds nor bedding , but women , old and young , and little girls , slept in filth and rags on the ...
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... half after he said , ' Lay by me till morning , ' his vessel , with its living freight , went down . The captain and crew and most of the passengers found a grave in the deep . " Captain Herndon appreciated the value of the oppor ...
... half after he said , ' Lay by me till morning , ' his vessel , with its living freight , went down . The captain and crew and most of the passengers found a grave in the deep . " Captain Herndon appreciated the value of the oppor ...
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... half views of things ; a man who mixes common sense with his theories , who does not let a college edu- cation spoil him for practical , every - day life ; a man who prefers substance to show , and one who regards his good name as a ...
... half views of things ; a man who mixes common sense with his theories , who does not let a college edu- cation spoil him for practical , every - day life ; a man who prefers substance to show , and one who regards his good name as a ...
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... half a week . His journey of six hundred miles had cost him but five dollars . For days Horace wandered up and down the streets , going into scores of buildings and asking if they wanted " a hand " ; but " no the invariable reply . His ...
... half a week . His journey of six hundred miles had cost him but five dollars . For days Horace wandered up and down the streets , going into scores of buildings and asking if they wanted " a hand " ; but " no the invariable reply . His ...
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YOUR OPPORTUNITY CONFRONTS YOUWHAT WILL YOU DO WITH IT? | 101 |
SELFCONSCIOUSNESS AND TIMIDITY FOES TO SUC CESS | 246 |
TACT OR COMMON SENSE | 252 |
ENAMORED OF ACCURACY | 265 |
DO IT TO A FINISH | 279 |
THE REWARD OF PERSISTENCE | 299 |
NERVEGRIP PLUCK | 313 |
CLEAR GRIT | 321 |
SUCCESS UNDER DIFFICULTIES | 334 |
ROUND BOYS IN SQUARE HOLES | 114 |
WHAT CAREER? | 125 |
CHOOSING A VOCATION | 138 |
CONCENTRATED ENERGY | 152 |
THE TRIUMPHS OF ENTHUSIASM | 163 |
ON TIME OR THE TRIUMPH OF PROMPTNESS | 177 |
WHAT A GOOD APPEARANCE WILL Do | 187 |
PERSONALITY AS A SUCCESS ASSET | 197 |
IF YOU CAN TALK WELL | 210 |
A FORTUNE IN GOOD MANNERS | 224 |
USES OF OBSTACLES | 343 |
DECISION | 358 |
OBSERVATION AS A SUCCESS FACTOR | 369 |
SELFHELP | 377 |
THE SELFIMPROVEMENT HABIT | 393 |
RAISING OF VALUES | 404 |
PUBLIC SPEAKING | 411 |
THE TRIUMPHS OF THE COMMON VIRTUES | 424 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 24 - WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE?" An Ode in Imitation of Alcaus WHAT constitutes a State,? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No ; men, high-minded men...
Página 18 - There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows, and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat; And we must take the current when it serves, Or lose our ventures.
Página 24 - God, give us men! A time like this demands Strong minds, great hearts, true faith and ready hands; Men whom the lust of office does not kill; Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; Men who possess opinions and a will; Men who have honor; men who will not lie; Men who can stand before a demagogue And damn his treacherous flatteries without winking! Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog In public duty and in private thinking...
Página 358 - Then, welcome each rebuff That turns earth's smoothness rough, Each sting that bids nor sit nor stand but go! Be our joys three-parts pain! Strive, and hold cheap the strain; Learn, nor account the pang; dare, never grudge the throe!
Página 135 - But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts, and a cultivated understanding.
Página 17 - And the LORD said unto Moses, Wherefore criest thou unto me ? speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward...
Página 152 - And he gave it for his opinion, that whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together.
Página 187 - Yours of this date, proposing armistice and appointment of Commissioners to settle terms of capitulation, is just received. No terms except an unconditional and immediate surrender can be accepted. I propose to move immediately upon your works.
Página 266 - If a man can write a better book, preach a better sermon, or make a better mousetrap than his neighbor, though he builds his house in the woods, the world will make a beaten path to his door.