How They Succeeded

About this eBook

Author

Marden, Orison Swett, 1848-1924

Title

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

Credits

E-text prepared by Tim Lindell, Barry Abrahamsen, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

HF: Social sciences: Commerce

Subject

United States -- Biography

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 64059

Release Date

December 16, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HOW THEY SUCCEEDED
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.I — DETERMINED NOT TO REMAIN POOR.” — SAVED MY EARNINGS AND ATTENDED STRICTLY TO BUSINESS, — I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WOULD BE A MERCHANT. — AN OPPORTUNITY. — A CASH BASIS — EVERY PURCHASER MUST BE ENABLED TO FEEL SECURE.” — THE TURNING POINT — QUALITIES THAT MAKE FOR SUCCESS — A COLLEGE EDUCATION AND BUSINESS
4. 4.II — A NIGHT WORKER — THE SUBJECT OF SUCCESS. — PERSEVERANCE APPLIED TO A PRACTICAL END — CONCENTRATION OF PURPOSE — YOUNG AMERICAN GEESE — UNHELPFUL READING — INVENTIONS IN AMERICA — THE ORIENT — ENVIRONMENT AND HEREDITY — PROFESSOR BELL’S LIFE STORY — “I WILL MAKE THE WORLD HEAR IT”
5. 5.III — A FACE FULL OF CHARACTER — HER AMBITIONS AND AIMS — A MOST CHARMING CHARITY — HER PRACTICAL SYMPATHY FOR THE LESS FAVORED — PERSONAL ATTENTION TO AN UNSELFISH SERVICE — HER VIEWS UPON EDUCATION — THE EVIL OF IDLENESS — HER PATRIOTISM — “OUR HELEN” — “AMERICA” — UNHERALDED BENEFACTIONS — HER PERSONALITY
6. 6.IV — FOOTING IT TO CALIFORNIA — THE DITCH — HE ENTERS THE GRAIN MARKET — MR. ARMOUR’S ACUTE PERCEPTION OF THE COMMERCIAL CONDITIONS FOR BUILDING UP A GREAT BUSINESS — SYSTEM AND GOOD MEASURE — METHODS — THE TURNING POINT — TRUTH — A GREAT ORATOR, AND A GREAT CHARITY — EASE IN HIS WORK — A BUSINESS KING — TRAINING YOUTH FOR BUSINESS — PROMPT TO ACT — FORESIGHT — FOREARMED AGAINST PANIC — SOME SECRETS OF SUCCESS
7. 7.V — AUDIENCES ARE APPRECIATIVE — LECTURES TO CHILDREN — A LESSON IN LECTURING — THE STEREOPTICON — “STORIES FROM STAR LAND” — CONCENTRATION OF ATTENTION
8. 8.VI — A LONG TRAMP TO SCHOOL — HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIMSELF — THE TURNING-POINT OF HIS LIFE — A SPLENDID COLLEGE RECORD
9. 9.VII — HIS CAPITAL AT FOURTEEN — TOWER HALL CLOTHING STORE — HIS AMBITION AND POWER AS AN ORGANIZER AT SIXTEEN — THE Y. M. C. A. — OAK HALL — A HEAD BUILT FOR BUSINESS, — HIS RELATION TO CUSTOMERS — THE MERCHANT’S ORGANIZING FACULTY — ATTENTION TO DETAILS — THE MOST RIGID ECONOMY — ADVERTISING — BALLOONS — SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES — PUSH AND PERSISTENCE — “TO WHAT, MR. WANAMAKER, DO YOU ATTRIBUTE YOUR GREAT SUCCESS?” — HIS VIEWS ON BUSINESS — PUBLIC SERVICE — INVEST IN YOURSELF — AT HOME
10. 10.VIII
11. 11.IX — WORK — SELF-DEPENDENCE — HABIT OF THRIFT — EXPENSIVE HABITS—SMOKING — FORMING AN INDEPENDENT BUSINESS JUDGMENT — THE MULTIPLICATION OF OPPORTUNITIES TO-DAY IN AMERICA — WHERE ONE’S BEST CHANCE IS—THE KNOWLEDGE OF MEN — THE BOTTOM OF THE LADDER — THE BENEFICENT USE OF CAPITAL — THE WHOLESOME DISCIPLINE OF EARNING AND SPENDING — PERSONAL: A WORD ABOUT CHEAP HOTELS
12. 12.X — THE DIFFICULTIES — THE WORLD WAS MINE, IF I WOULD WORK. — “IT PUT NEW FIRE INTO ME — “I WAS TRAVELING ON AIR — IN EUROPE. — “‘WHY DON’T YOU SING IN GRAND OPERA?’ — THIS WAS HER CROWNING TRIUMPH — SHE WAS INDISPENSABLE IN “AIDA” — THE KINDNESS OF FRAU WAGNER — MUSICAL TALENT OF AMERICAN GIRLS — THE PRICE OF FAME
13. 13.XI — A LOFTY IDEAL. — ACQUIRING A LITERARY STYLE — MY WORKSHOP — HOW TO CHOOSE BETWEEN WORDS, — THE FATE FOLLOWING COLLABORATION — CONSUL AT VENICE. — MY LITERARY EXPERIENCE — AS TO A HAPPY LIFE,
14. 14.XII — HIS EARLY DREAM AND PURPOSE — SCHOOL DAYS — A RAFT OF HOOP POLES — THE ODOR OF OIL — HIS FIRST LEDGER, AND THE ITEMS IN IT — TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS — HE REMEMBERED THE OIL — KEEPING HIS HEAD — THERE WAS MORE MONEY IN A REFINERY — STANDARD OIL — MR. ROCKEFELLER’S PERSONALITY — AT THE OFFICE — FORESIGHT — HYGIENE — AT HOME — PHILANTHROPY — PERSEVERANCE — A GENIUS FOR MONEY MAKING
15. 15.XIII — “LITTLE MISS WARD” — SHE MARRIED A REFORMER — STORY OF THE “BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC” — “EIGHTY YEARS YOUNG” — THE IDEAL COLLEGE
16. 16.XIV — THE LIBRARY — A CHEMICAL NEWSBOY — TELEGRAPHY — HIS USE OF MONEY — INVENTIONS — HIS ARRIVAL AT THE METROPOLIS — MENTAL CONCENTRATION — TWENTY HOURS A DAY — A RUN FOR BREAKFAST — NOT BY ACCIDENT AND NOT FOR FUN — “I LIKE IT—I HATE IT” — DOING ONE THING EIGHTEEN HOURS IS THE SECRET — POSSIBILITIES IN THE ELECTRICAL FIELD — ONLY SIX HUNDRED INVENTIONS — HIS COURTSHIP AND HIS HOME
17. 17.XV — A BOYHOOD OF WASTED OPPORTUNITIES — HIS BOYHOOD LOVE FOR HISTORY AND LITERATURE — A FATHER’S FRUITFUL WARNING — A MANHOOD OF SPLENDID EFFORT — THE REGULARITY OF THE WORK WAS A SPLENDID DRILL FOR ME, — SELF-EDUCATION BY READING AND LITERARY COMPOSITION — “THE FAIR GOD” — THE ORIGIN OF “BEN-HUR” — INFLUENCE OF THE STORY OF THE CHRIST UPON THE AUTHOR
18. 18.XVI — EARLY WORK AND WAGES — COLONEL ANDERSON’S BOOKS — HIS FIRST GLIMPSE OF PARADISE — INTRODUCED TO A BROOM — AN EXPERT TELEGRAPHER — WHAT EMPLOYERS THINK OF YOUNG MEN — THE RIGHT MEN IN DEMAND — HOW TO ATTRACT ATTENTION — SLEEPING-CAR INVENTION — THE MARK OF A MILLIONAIRE — AN OIL FARM — IRON BRIDGES — HOMESTEAD STEEL WORKS — A STRENGTHENING POLICY — PHILANTHROPY — “THE MISFORTUNE OF BEING RICH MEN’S SONS”
19. 19.XVII — “LET THE WORK SHOW” — THE VOYAGE OF LIFE — A MOTHER’S MIGHTY INFLUENCE — SELF HELP — WHAT CAREER — EDUCATION — APPRENTICES — PREPARE TO THE UTMOST: THEN DO YOUR BEST — PRESENT OPPORTUNITIES — NATURAL EXECUTIVE ABILITY — THE DEVELOPMENT OF POWER — “MY MOTHER” — A BOAT-BUILDER IN YOUTH — HE WOULD NOT BE DISCOURAGED — THE SUM OF IT ALL — II — RACING JAY GOULD — THE “STILETTO” — THE BLIND BROTHERS — THE PERSONALITY OF JOHN B. HERRESHOFF — HAS HE A SIXTH SENSE? — SEEING WITH THE FINGERS — BROTHER NAT
20. 20.XVIII — VALUE OF BIBLICAL AND IMAGINATIVE LITERATURE — RENUNCIATION. — DELIGHTFUL STUDIES. — FIFTEEN HOURS A DAY; — AN ACCIDENT — VOCATION; — WORDS OF COUNSEL
21. 21.XIX — “I WAS NOT AN INFANT PRODIGY” — BEGINNING OF THE ORCHESTRA — MUSIC HAD NO HOLD ON THE MASSES — WORKING OUT HIS IDEA — THE CHIEF ELEMENT OF HIS SUCCESS
22. 22.XX
23. 23.XXI
24. 24.XXII — THROWN ON HIS OWN RESOURCES — WHY HE LONGED TO BE A BAKER — PERSISTENCE — TWENTY YEARS OF REJECTED MANUSCRIPTS — A COLLEGE EDUCATION — RILEY’S POPULARITY

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