Pushing to the Front

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Cosimo, Inc., 2005 M11 1 - 464 pages
Remember that you cannot tell what may come to you in the future... and you cannot afford to take chances upon having anything in your history which can come up to embarrass you or to keep you back. -from the chapter "The Power of Purity" 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 2 cover: The man with an idea The will and the way The might of little things Expect great things of yourself The habit of happiness The power of suggestion The curse of worry Why some succeed and others fail and much more. "Nearly all great men, those who have towered high above their fellows, have been remarkable above all things else for their energy of will," Marden notes... and shows us how to cultivate our energy of will, 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.
 

Contents

CHAPTER PAGE XXXV GETTING AROUSED
433
THE MAN WITH AN IDEA
439
DARE
452
THE WILL AND THE WAY
471
ONE UNWAVERING AIM
485
WORK AND WAIT
500
THE MIGHT OF LITTLE THINGS
513
THE SALARY You DO NOT FIND IN YOUR PAY EN VELOPE
525
LIV THE CURSE OF WORRY
682
TAKE A PLEASANT THOUGHT TO BED WITH YOU
690
THE CONQUEST OF POVERTY
698
A NEW WAY OF BRINGING UP CHILDREN
707
THE HOME AS A SCHOOL OF GOOD MANNERS
722
MOTHER
725
WHY SO MANY MARRIED WOMEN DETERIORATE
739
THRIFT
753

EXPECT GREAT THINGS OF YOURSELF
540
THE NEXT TIME YOU THINK YOU ARE A FAILURE
553
STAND FOR SOMETHING
564
NATURES LITTLE BILL
573
HABITTHE SERVANTTHE MASTER
589
THE CIGARETTE
601
THE POWER OF PURITY
617
THE HABIT OF HAPPINESS
634
PUT BEAUTY INTO YOUR LIFE
647
EDUCATION BY ABSORPTION
661
THE POWER OF SUGGESTION
670
A COLLEGE EDUCATION AT HOME
765
THE HOME READING CIRCLE
778
DISCRIMINATION IN READING
793
THE ROMANCE OF REALITY
802
READING A SPUR TO AMBITION
810
WHY SOME SUCCEED AND OTHERS FAIL
823
GRAY HAIRS SEEKING A JOB
837
CHARACTER IS POWER
848
RICH WITHOUT MONEY
865
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Page 476 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves. Men at some time are masters of their fates : The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings.
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