The purpose of this book is to inspire in men lofty ideals. It is
particularly for those who daily defraud themselves because of doubt,
fearthought, and foolish timidity.

Thousands of persons are held in physical and mental bondage, owing to
lack of self-confidence. Distrusting themselves, they live a life of
limited effort, and at last pass on without having realized more than a
small part of their rich possessions. It is believed that this book will
be of substantial service to those who wish to rise above mediocrity,
and who feel within them something of their divine inheritance. It is
commended with confidence to every ambitious man.


_CONTENTS_


Preliminary Steps--Building the Will--The Cure of
Self-Consciousness--The Power of Right Thinking--Sources of
Inspiration--Concentration--Physical Basis--Finding
Yourself--General Habits--The Man and the Manner--The Discouraged
Man--Daily Steps in Self-Culture--Imagination and
Initiative--Positive and Negative Thought--The Speaking
Voice--Confidence in Business--Confidence in Society--Confidence in
Public Speaking--Toward the Heights--Memory Passages that Build
Confidence.


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