WAKE UP AND LIVE BY DOROTHEA BRANDE
First published in 1936, Wake Up and Live! is a result of its author’s experience. After evaluating her life, Dorothea Brand realizes that, like so many others, she is not living up to her true potential. She comes across a formula for success. It is act as if it were impossible to fail, which transforms her life
One of the greatest self-help books ever written. More than two million copies sold. ‘Wake Up and Live!’ is a practical handbook for every man and woman who wants to find success and happiness in life.
Simply written and easy to read, it shows you how to overcome the obstacles that are holding you down. It will prove to you that the USE, not the quantity, of your brains is what counts most toward successful living.
‘Wake Up and Live!’ has opened the eyes of thousands of readers to a whole new idea of living. Here is a book that can revolutionize your entire existence and put success within reach by teaching you to concentrate on the things that really matter.
CONTENTS:
I. Why Do We Fail?
II. The Will to FailIII. Victims of the Will to FailIV. The Rewards of FailureV. Righting the DirectionVI. The System in OperationVII. Warnings and QualificationsVIII. On Saving BreathIX. The Task of the ImaginationX. On Codes and StandardsXI. Twelve DisciplinesXII. And the Best of Luck!
Main Takeaway – The book introduces a very important principle: the drive to fail. In essence, many individuals appear to be taking steps toward success but in reality are heading straight to failure. Peers lavish them with praise and this keeps the mirage going in the mind of the individual. Yet they do eventually feel a growing uneasiness inside of them. This book teaches you exactly how to break from this terrible habit and achieve your goals. Her philosophy can be summed up in one sentence:
“All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is to — act as if it were impossible to fail.”
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