Poise: How to Attain It
by D. Starke
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Chapters (188)
- POISE
- HOW TO ATTAIN IT
- TRANSLATED BY FRANCIS MEDHURST, D.LITT. AUTHORIZED EDITION "Poise is a power derived from the Mastery of Self"
- PREFACE
- CONTENTS
- PART I
- POISE: ITS NEED, ITS ENEMIES, ITS EFFECT
- CHAPTER I
- THE NEED OF POISE IN LIFE
- CHAPTER II
- THE ENEMIES OF POISE
- CHAPTER III
- WAR ON TIMIDITY
- PART II
- HOW TO ACQUIRE POISE
- CHAPTER I
- MODESTY AND EFFRONTERY CONTRASTED
- CHAPTER II
- PHYSICAL EXERCISES TO ACQUIRE POISE
- CHAPTER III
- FOUR SERIES OF PHYSICAL EXERCISES
- FIRST SERIES--BREATHING
- SECOND SERIES--TRAINING OF THE EYE
- THIRD SERIES--THE MOTIONS, THE CARRIAGE
- FOURTH SERIES--SPEAKING EXERCISES
- CHAPTER IV
- PRACTICAL EXERCISES FOR OBTAINING POISE
- COMPOSURE
- DAILY SELF-EXAMINATION
- RESOLUTION
- PREPARATION
- THE THOUGHT OF SUCCESS
- CHAPTER V
- THE SUPREME ACHIEVEMENT
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