Pushing to the Front Volume I

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 Mardens 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: Mardens 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.