This annotated edition of the Mental Efficiency Series includes the complete and unabridged text of the ten classic self-help books in the series, a total of over a quarter of a million words, and an epilogue of historical context information.
* Opportunities: How To Make The Most Of Them, explains how to take advantage of opportunities that appear in everyday life, how to make your own opportunities, when to act audaciously to exploit opportunities, how to leverage different situations, how to understand the role luck plays, and more.
* Perseverance: How To Develop It, explains the nature of perseverance, shows how perseverance underlies, and interlocks with, other personal traits, how to develop perseverance and how to avoid indecision and procrastination. Learn how perseverance differs from obstinacy, how to exercise self-control and maintain enthusiasm, and more.
* Timidity: How To Overcome It, explains the symptoms of timidity, what timidity actually consists of, how to uproot the subconscious self-doubt that underlies timidity, how to identify and counteract timidity in your work and social life, how to enhance your self-confidence, how to develop the right attitude necessary to counteract timidity, and more.
* Influence: How To Exert It, explains how to influence other people through persuasion and how to project influence in an intelligent manner. Learn how to develop rational ambition, how to set a good example, how to develop the prestige and self-confidence necessary to influence individuals and groups, how to exert your influence most effectively, and more.
* Common Sense: How To Exercise It, defines what common sense it, explains the eight underlying components of common sense and tells how to develop common sense. This book explains how to decide what course of action to take, how to avoid being influenced by misguided emotions and maintain self-control, how to analyze evidence, how to make deductions, and more.
* Speech: How To Use It, Effectively explains how to acquire the art of speaking, how to size up an audience, and why achieving personal goals such as seeking employment hinge upon influencing others through effective speech. Learn how to speak with greater eloquence, how to use attitude and gestures to present your opinions to your advantage, how to appeal to the emotions of your audience, how to speak in business and your personal life, and more.
* Practicality: How To Acquire It, explains what constitutes practicality, how to acquire the practical sense, how to use it to find solutions to problems in everyday life, how to turn your thoughts and actions to your practical advantage, how to apply yourself to the task at hand, how to shake off counterproductive habits without needless difficulty, how to avoid errors in foresight, and more.
* Character: How To Develop It, explains what strength of character is, how to develop a forceful character, how to make the most of your strong points, how to see things clearly and make the best decisions in the face of pain or emotional distractions, how developing your powers of reasoning, analysis and creativity enhances your character, and more.
* Personality: How To Build It, explains the key qualities that constitute personality and the role personality plays in the major life activities. Learn how to cultivate traits that help you develop an effective personality, how to develop personal magnetism and how to develop rational self-confidence while avoiding a lack of balance in your life. Learn how to avoid unwarranted self-confidence, how to be original and keep the esteem of others, and more.
* Poise: How To Attain It, explains how will, reason, knowledge of one’s value and other factors contribute to poise, how to acquire self-confidence and promote ease in social sit
Language
English
Pages
887
Format
Kindle Edition
Mental Efficiency Series: Ten Complete Self-Help Books - Opportunities; Perseverance; Timidity; Influence; Common Sense; Speech; Practicality; Character; Personality; Poise [Annotated]
This annotated edition of the Mental Efficiency Series includes the complete and unabridged text of the ten classic self-help books in the series, a total of over a quarter of a million words, and an epilogue of historical context information.
* Opportunities: How To Make The Most Of Them, explains how to take advantage of opportunities that appear in everyday life, how to make your own opportunities, when to act audaciously to exploit opportunities, how to leverage different situations, how to understand the role luck plays, and more.
* Perseverance: How To Develop It, explains the nature of perseverance, shows how perseverance underlies, and interlocks with, other personal traits, how to develop perseverance and how to avoid indecision and procrastination. Learn how perseverance differs from obstinacy, how to exercise self-control and maintain enthusiasm, and more.
* Timidity: How To Overcome It, explains the symptoms of timidity, what timidity actually consists of, how to uproot the subconscious self-doubt that underlies timidity, how to identify and counteract timidity in your work and social life, how to enhance your self-confidence, how to develop the right attitude necessary to counteract timidity, and more.
* Influence: How To Exert It, explains how to influence other people through persuasion and how to project influence in an intelligent manner. Learn how to develop rational ambition, how to set a good example, how to develop the prestige and self-confidence necessary to influence individuals and groups, how to exert your influence most effectively, and more.
* Common Sense: How To Exercise It, defines what common sense it, explains the eight underlying components of common sense and tells how to develop common sense. This book explains how to decide what course of action to take, how to avoid being influenced by misguided emotions and maintain self-control, how to analyze evidence, how to make deductions, and more.
* Speech: How To Use It, Effectively explains how to acquire the art of speaking, how to size up an audience, and why achieving personal goals such as seeking employment hinge upon influencing others through effective speech. Learn how to speak with greater eloquence, how to use attitude and gestures to present your opinions to your advantage, how to appeal to the emotions of your audience, how to speak in business and your personal life, and more.
* Practicality: How To Acquire It, explains what constitutes practicality, how to acquire the practical sense, how to use it to find solutions to problems in everyday life, how to turn your thoughts and actions to your practical advantage, how to apply yourself to the task at hand, how to shake off counterproductive habits without needless difficulty, how to avoid errors in foresight, and more.
* Character: How To Develop It, explains what strength of character is, how to develop a forceful character, how to make the most of your strong points, how to see things clearly and make the best decisions in the face of pain or emotional distractions, how developing your powers of reasoning, analysis and creativity enhances your character, and more.
* Personality: How To Build It, explains the key qualities that constitute personality and the role personality plays in the major life activities. Learn how to cultivate traits that help you develop an effective personality, how to develop personal magnetism and how to develop rational self-confidence while avoiding a lack of balance in your life. Learn how to avoid unwarranted self-confidence, how to be original and keep the esteem of others, and more.
* Poise: How To Attain It, explains how will, reason, knowledge of one’s value and other factors contribute to poise, how to acquire self-confidence and promote ease in social sit