Cheerfulness As a Life Power

Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1899. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 7 x 5 x .6. Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good. Jacket Condition: No Jacket. Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1899. 79 pages. Thirty-ninth thousand. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Light general wear. Size: 7 x 5 x .6. Orison Swett Marden (1850-1924) was an American spiritual author in the New Thought Movement. He also held a degree in medicine, and was a successful hotel owner. Marden's first book, Pushing to the Front, was published in 1894. He followed this with several more volumes on the subjects of success, the cultivation of will-power, and positive thinking. He founded Success Magazine in 1897 and was also a regular contributor to Elizabeth Towne's New Thought magazine Nautilus during the first two decades of the 20th century. During this time he served as the first president of the early New York City-based New Thought organization League for the Larger Life. Like many proponents of the New Thought philosophy, Marden believed that our thoughts influence our lives and our life circumstances. He said, 'We make the world we live in and shape our own environment.' Yet although he is best known for his books on financial success, he always emphasized that this would come as a result of cultivating one's personal development: 'The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment; it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.' Humor::Humor Self-Help Business::Auxiliary Skills Psychology 7069 7069