How They Succeeded: Life Stories of Successful Men Told by Themselves
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- HOW THEY SUCCEEDED
- CONTENTS
- 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
- 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”
- 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
- 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
- V
- AUDIENCES ARE APPRECIATIVE
- LECTURES TO CHILDREN
- A LESSON IN LECTURING
- THE STEREOPTICON
- “STORIES FROM STAR LAND”
- CONCENTRATION OF ATTENTION
- VI
- A LONG TRAMP TO SCHOOL
- HE ALWAYS SUPPORTED HIMSELF
- THE TURNING-POINT OF HIS LIFE
- A SPLENDID COLLEGE RECORD
- 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
- VIII
- 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
- 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
- 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,
- 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
- XIII
- “LITTLE MISS WARD”
- SHE MARRIED A REFORMER
- STORY OF THE “BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC”
- “EIGHTY YEARS YOUNG”
- THE IDEAL COLLEGE
- 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
- 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
- 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”
- 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
- XVIII
- VALUE OF BIBLICAL AND IMAGINATIVE LITERATURE
- RENUNCIATION.
- DELIGHTFUL STUDIES.
- FIFTEEN HOURS A DAY;
- AN ACCIDENT
- VOCATION;
- WORDS OF COUNSEL
- 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
- XX
- XXI
- 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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