The Optimistic Life, By Orison Swett Marden, published in 1907.

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The Optimistic Life (1907)

Book Facts... The Optimistic Life

Author:	Orison Swett Marden
Publisher:	Thomas Y. Crowell & Company
Year Published:	1907
Number of Pages:	316
Number of Chapters:	Thirty-Seven
Sub-Title:	None

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"A book rich in noble thought. Few are those who will not wince under the good-natured thrusts that Dr. Marden gives their foibles and weaknesses, but few also are they who may not find much helpful suggestion here." - The San Francisco Chronicle
"�Do not look on life through smoked glasses; is Dr. Marden�s motto. He believes so enthusiastically in cheerfulness, energy, and kindness that he can almost persuade one to believe there is no necessity for old age, sorrow, or discouragement. Still there is no doubt but his message is not only uplifting, but necessary."
- Indianapolis News

"Dr. Marden has done an immense amount of good by this practical advice and encouraging insistence upon the essentials of happiness. The spirit of the toiler needs strengthening quite as much as his body."
- Christian Advocate

The Optimistic Life
Chapter Titles Include:

1. In The Cheering-Up Business
2. The Power Of Amiability
3. The Inner Life As Related To Outward Beauty
4. The Value Of Friends
5. The Cost Of An Explosive Temper
6. Non-Essentials
7. Making A Life
8. Learn To Expect A Great Deal Of Life
9. Mental Power
10. If You Can Talk Well
11. Brevity And Directness
12. Hints To Young Writers
13. The Crime Of Self-Depreciation
14. Your Most Valuable Possession
15. Superiority The Best TradeMark
16. The Watched Boy
17. The Right Hand Of Genius
18. The Honey Of Toil
19. What Distinguishes Work From Drudgery
20. The Habit Of Not Feeling Well
21. Keeping Fit For Work
22. The Powder Of Succes
23. Mastering Moods
24. Let Your Decision Be Final
25. Great Determination And Little Talent
26. Minimizing Difficulties
27. Fortune Seed
28. Entangling Alliances
29. Business Integrity
30. Wrestling Triumph From Defeat
31. Oil Your Mental Machinery
32. The Man Who Couldn�t Afford A Vacation
33. Freshness In Work
34. Don�t Take Your Business Troubles Home
35. Do You know Enough To Keep Young?
36. Let It Go
37. The Roll Call Of The Great

Excerpt From the Self-Help Classic... The Optimistic Life

"THE WORLD has little use for the weak-kneed, the faint-hearted, but the conqueror who carries victory in his very presence, who overcomes opposition which appalls weak minds, who does not skip his difficult problems but conquers everything which gets in his way, is always in demand.

People who accomplish but little usually have a genius for seeing difficulties in the way of everything they undertake. Their imaginations conjure up obstacles which rise in their pathway, like giants or great mountain peaks, and paralyze their courage. They can see them a long way off. They begin to look for them as soon as they plan any course of action; they wait for them, and, of course, they find them.

These people seem to war obstacle glasses, and they see nothing but difficulties. There is always an �if� or a �but� or a �can�t � in the way, - just enough to keep them from taking the necessary step or making energetic effort to get what they want.

They do not think there is any use trying to get a situation which they see advertised, because there will probably be a hundred other applicants ahead of them when they get there.

They see so many people out of employment that they have no hope of getting a position for themselves; or, if they have one, they see so many ahead of them, so many favored by their employer, so many obstacles to the advancement, that when there is a vacancy they take no stand for a promotion.

No man can rise to anything very great who allows himself to be tripped or thwarted by impediments. His achievement will be in proportion to his ability to rise triumphantly over the stumbling blocks that trip others.

Obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are large or small. People who have a tendency to magnify difficulties lack the stamina and grit necessary to win. They are not willing to sacrifice a little comfort and pleasure. They see so much hardship in working their won way through college or starting in business without capital that they do neither. These people always look for somebody to help them, to give them a boost."

- Author, Orison Swett Marden
The Optimistic Life

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