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How They Succeeded: Life Stories of Successful Men Told by Themselves

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How They Succeeded: Life Stories of Successful Men Told by Themselves

Orison Swett Marden

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Determined not to remain poor: that is how one of these life stories begins, told by the man who lived it. Marden interviewed famous achievers of his day and let them narrate their own turning points, first earnings, and hard decisions. Success explained by the successful, in their own words. The original collection of celebrity career interviews.

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235 chapters

  1. 1HOW THEY SUCCEEDED
  2. 2CONTENTS
  3. 3I
  4. 4DETERMINED NOT TO REMAIN POOR.”
  5. 5SAVED MY EARNINGS AND ATTENDED STRICTLY TO BUSINESS,
  6. 6I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WOULD BE A MERCHANT.
  7. 7AN OPPORTUNITY.
  8. 8A CASH BASIS
  9. 9EVERY PURCHASER MUST BE ENABLED TO FEEL SECURE.”
  10. 10THE TURNING POINT
  11. 11QUALITIES THAT MAKE FOR SUCCESS
  12. 12A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND BUSINESS
  13. 13II
  14. 14A NIGHT WORKER
  15. 15THE SUBJECT OF SUCCESS.
  16. 16PERSEVERANCE APPLIED TO A PRACTICAL END
  17. 17CONCENTRATION OF PURPOSE
  18. 18YOUNG AMERICAN GEESE

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