Personal Power E-Book

Keith J. Thomas

• Herausgeber: Keith J. Thomas
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2015

Beschreibung

Table of Contents

Part I - Power in the Making

Chapter I The Gift of Power

Chapter II Qualities that Make for Success

Chapter III Every Man his own Mind-Maker

Chapter IV Simple Ideas for Mental Training

Chapter V The Power of Sympathy

Chapter VI The Tyranny of Doubt

Chapter VII Study

Chapter VIII Culture and Charm

Chapter IX The Fear of Failure

Chapter X Keys to Happiness

Part II - Power in Use

Chapter XI The Knowledge of Power

Chapter XII Mental stock-Taking

Chapter XIII Planning for Success

Chapter XIV Using your Four Eyes

Chapter XV The Uses of Oratory and Conversation

Chapter XVI Generosity as a Mental Force

Chapter XVII The Greatness of little Things

Chapter XVIII The Active Mind

Chapter XIX How to get Good Luck

Chapter XX The Power of the Written Word

Chapter XXI The Habit of Power
Part III - The Joy of Labor
Chapter XXII The Joy of Labor

Chapter XXIII Achievement

Chapter XXIV The use of Books

Chapter XXV The riddle of Life

Chapter XXVI The Lessons of Art

Chapter XXVII The Secret Chamber

Chapter XXVIII Music and the Mind

Chapter XXIX Serenity

Chapter XXX Success

Chapter XXXI The Reward of Power

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Personal Power

by Keith J. Thomas

Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1917 1st Digital edition 2015

Table of Contents

Part I - Power in the Making

Chapter I The Gift of Power

Chapter II Qualities that Make for Success

Chapter III Every Man his own Mind-Maker

Chapter IV Simple Ideas for Mental Training

Chapter V The Power of Sympathy

Chapter VI The Tyranny of Doubt

Chapter VII Study

Chapter VIII Culture and Charm

Chapter IX The Fear of Failure

Chapter X Keys to Happiness

Part II - Power in Use

Chapter XI The Knowledge of Power

Chapter XII Mental stock-Taking

Chapter XIII Planning for Success

Chapter XIV Using your Four Eyes

Chapter XV The Uses of Oratory and Conversation

Chapter XVI Generosity as a Mental Force

Chapter XVII The Greatness of little Things

Chapter XVIII The Active Mind

Chapter XIX How to get Good Luck

Chapter XX The Power of the Written Word

Chapter XXI The Habit of Power

Part III - The Joy of Labor

Chapter XXII The Joy of Labor

Chapter XXIII Achievement

Chapter XXIV The use of Books

Chapter XXV The riddle of Life

Chapter XXVI The Lessons of Art

Chapter XXVII The Secret Chamber

Chapter XXVIII Music and the Mind

Chapter XXIX Serenity

Chapter XXX Success

Chapter XXXI The Reward of Power

To H. SIMONIS

MY DEAR SIMONIS,

You will find in these pages much of your own genial and kindly wisdom allied to a certain philosophy of my own. How much of this latter springs from the inspiration with which you have furnished me you may guess for yourself. Those who have such a friend as I have will appreciate his help and encouragement the more for reading this book, which, because you have thus helped me to write it, I inscribe with your name.

Your very sincere

KEITH J. THOMAS.

BROCKLEY,

October, 1912.

Part IPower in the Making

Chapter IThe Gift of Power

“Man is his own star, and the soul that can

Render an honest and a perfect man,

Commands all light, all influence, all fate."

JOHN FLETCHER.

“BE not afraid of greatness," says Shakespeare.

“ Some men are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." Which are you? I will tell you. You were born great ; you can achieve greatness if you will ; and if you go about it the right way, you will have greatness thrust upon you.

The mistake so many people make is to confuse greatness with riches. The great man can have all he wants, but he need not necessarily become rich. Carlyle was no more intended to be a millionaire than Andrew Carnegie was made to be a Milton. We cannot all be Nelsons, or Pitts, or Shakespeares, or Darwins, or Rockefellers, but we can all be great. If we want money we can get it, if we want power we can get it : the only condition being that we should want it badly enough. Whatever our desire is, we must be prepared to give up all pleasure and all ease to attain it. Fortune is a hard mistress and will brook no rivals, but to the man who is prepared to serve her whole-heartedly she offers the sure promise of his heart’s desire.

When we look back over the pages of history and scan the records of the world’s most successful men, we find that there is not so much wonder when a man rises from penury to supreme heights as when a man with wealth and influence does so. All the experience of the world goes to show that the lower down a man is on the ladder of fortune, the more likely is he to rise. The reason is that the rich man has so many distractions, and, more than this, does not have the same hard experiences which develop character and brain.

As soon as a man makes up his mind that he will do something with his life, he changes over from a state of drift to one of action. It is easy to drift, but it is better to struggle, for the current of life drags men on to the rocks and into shallows unless they map their course along the right channels where the deep waters are that will bear them to their harbor.