"The Go-Getter" by Peter B. Kyne is a moving parable of determination and entrepreneurial spirit that has inspired many readers since it was originally published in 1921. This short little book is the story of Bill Peck, a veteran of WWI, who convinces Cappy Ricks, the founder of a logging and lumber company, to give him a job opportunity. «The Go-Getter» is the story of perseverance in the face of adversity that is essentially at the heart ...
Originally published in 1952, “The Power of Awareness” is one of the most important and influential books ever written on the power of human thought. Born in 1905 in Barbados in the British West Indies, Neville Goddard travelled to America in 1922 to study theater and found work as a dancer with a touring company. When touring England with his dance troupe, he met a Scotsman who introduced him to metaphysics and theories on the power of the mind ...
First published as a 24-week correspondence course in 1912, and then as a book in 1916, Charles F. Haanel’s “The Master Key System” is a classic work of self-empowerment. A principal text of the New Thought movement, “The Master Key System” describes how one can use the law of attraction to creatively visualize a better life for oneself. As Haanel describes in his introduction to the “The Master Key System”, “Nature compels us all to move throug ...
American Baptist minister and lawyer, Russell Conwell was the founder and first President of Temple University who is probably best remembered for his inspirational speech “Acres of Diamonds”, in which he puts forth the idea that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, but rather all the resources for achieving success exist in one’s own backyard. This idea is exemplified in the parable of a man who sells his farm and abandons his family in ...
Florence Scovel Shinn was an American artist and book illustrator by trade but she is probably best remembered for her inspirational works of self-empowerment. Shinn’s writings are classic examples of the New Thought movement, a philosophical movement which developed near the end of the 19th century which asserted that the power of God is in all things and that by correctly focusing one’s mind one can both heal oneself and attract success. Shinn ...
First published in 1910, “The Science of Getting Rich” is Wallace D. Wattle’s work of the New Thought movement which describes the process by which one can focus one’s mental energies towards the attraction of financial success. As Wattles begins in his preface: “This book is pragmatical, not philosophical; a practical manual, not a treatise upon theories. It is intended for the men and women whose most pressing need is for money; who wish to ge ...
Die meisten Menschen wissen mehr uber ihren Nachbarn, als uber sich selbst. Sie haben keine wirkliche Beziehung zu sich selbst und werden von ihrem eigenen Verstand, ohne dass es ihnen bewusst ist, tagtaglich durch ein Leben gefuhrt, welches in allen Lebenslagen nur ein Ziel kennt: nicht zu verlieren! Der Preis fur dieses Lebensmodell ist das, woran sich viele Menschen einfach gewohnt haben: Stress, Sorgen und die oft unterdruckte, empfundene Si ...
Ильгиз Валинуров, известный российский хедхантер, в этой книге щедро делится успехами и неудачами фрилансеров по всему миру. Эта книга для вас, если вы хотите начать новые карьерные треки, путешествовать по миру независимо от графика отпусков и зарабатывать, находясь в любой точке мира. В книге есть практические рекомендации и чек-листы.
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Книга Алексея Захарова, создателя и руководителя компании Superjob – одного из лидеров на рынке онлайн-рекрутмента России, представляет собой эффективный инструмент для тех, кто ищет высокооплачиваемую работу и стремится построить карьеру. Как сохранить работу, когда многие вокруг ее теряют? Как «продать» себя, когда никого «не покупают»? Как развивать карьеру, когда работодатель «оптимизирует расходы»? Все эти вопросы звучат сегодня особенно ак ...
