Pushing to the Front

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Cosimo, 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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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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