Author: Orison Swett Marden

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Published: 2016-10-07

Total Pages: 149

ISBN-13: 9781519013958

The Optimistic Life (or in the Cheering Up Business) is a book about friends and the power of amiability. No person could have better capital than plenty of friends. an important component of living the good life. They will strengthen his credit, support him in every great effort, and make him what, unaided, he could never be. Friends of the right sort will help him more - to be happy and successful - than much money. It is also about the power of genius, the powder of success, and the ability to let go of life burdens. The author says: If you have had an unfortunate experience, forget it. If you have made a failure in speech, your song, your book, your article, if you have been placed in an embarrassing position, if you have fallen and hurt yourself by a false step, if you have been slandered and abused, do not dwell upon it. There is not a single redeeming feature in these memories, and the presence of their ghosts will rob you of many a happy hour. There is nothing in it. Drop them. Forget them. Wipe them out of your mind forever. If you have been indiscreet, imprudent, if you have been talked about, if your reputation has been injured so that you fear you can never outgrow it or redeem it, do not drag the hideous shadows, the rattling skeletons about with you Rub them off from the shite of memory. Wipe them out. Forget them. Start with a clean slate and spend all your energies in keeping it clean for the future." This, and other gems of wisdom is this book, will enable the reader to be more optimistic and positive. The author dedicated his life to gather the messages engraved in the wisdom of the ages, and to transfer them into dozens of volumes and thousands of pages, each and every one a true gem of the ages. In them, Marden is able to capture the essence of life, self-development and true success, and therefore, his books are considered 'the premiere self-help collection of all times'. Although they are one hundred years old, his books are so current that it seems to have been written precisely for our time. A time where, more than ever, we need values, we need achievers, we need happiness and we need love. The broadness of Marden's education in history, philosophy, spirituality and more, and his ability to condense and transmit knowledge with remarkable clarity -in an entertaining and engaging way, make these readings a requirement for whoever in this life is searching for success, or just looking for life's answers.