A
Formula for Success that Works!
is part of the title for a reason.
This is a
practical
handbook
for
every man and woman
who wants to find
success and
happiness
in life.
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Simply
Written
and
Easy
to Read
Wake
Up and Live! 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.
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This book will help you
reach your goals and achieve success through:
- Profitable
thinking
- New
personal standards
- Energy
conservation
- New
speech habits
- Creative
self-discipline
- Revitalized
imagination
- Positive
action
You've heard the
saying, "Act
As If"? This is
the book it came from.
This book
gives you simple, down to earth answers to why you
react the way you do to everyday situations.
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"TWO YEARS ago I
came across a formula for success which
has revolutionized my life. It was so
simple, and so obvious once I had seen it,
that I could hardly believe it was
responsible for the magical results which
followed my putting it into
practice."
Dorothea
Brande
from The Introduction
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If you want to change how
you are reacting to a situation, then Wake Up
and Live! is the book to get to do just
that.
It will give you new
insights into yourself and make you accountable for
every step of your life. It is a life
changing, sensible book you can keep with you
all the time. It helps you whether your are just
getting started on improving your life or have
already started with whatever program you are
doing.
Wake Up and
Live! will
enhance your life.
Your life can be more
enjoyable, more peaceful, and more fulfilling if
you simply apply the simple wisdom of Dorothea
Brande.
Contents of Wake Up
and Live!
Introduction
Chapter 1 - Why Do We Fail?
Chapter 2 - The Will to Fail
Chapter 3 - Victims of The Will to
Fail
Chapter 4 - The Rewards of Failure
Chapter 5 - Righting the Direction
Chapter 6 - The System in Operation
Chapter 7 - Warnings and
Qualifications
Chapter 8 - On Saving Breath
Chapter 9 - The Task Of The
Imagination
Chapter 10 - On Codes and Standards
Chapter 11 - Twelve Disciplines
Chapter 12 - And The Best of
Luck!
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"Wake Up and
Live! is a practical handbook
for anybody who wants to escape from
futility, is willing to change habits, and
begin to live happily and well.
"
Laura
Hess
Master Certified Coach
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Foreword
(from the book)
Once in a while a book is
written that stands the test of time. I first heard
about Wake UP and Live! when I was listening to a
cassette tape by Earl Nightengale called, The
Strangest Secret. When I heard about the book, I
had to get my hands on it. I did a lot of searches
for the title and the author. All I could find were
used copies (not a surprise) and they were all
pretty costly. The original book was published in
1936 and has been out of print for a long time.
Some time later I heard
about Wake Up and Live! again and this time I broke
down, spent the money, and got myself of copy of
this little gem. It's not a very large book and has
large print on the pages so it was a fast and easy
read for me. What struck me was just how relevant
much of what Dorothea Brande wrote over 70 years
ago still was - from personal success to education.
Her book was packed with so
much wisdom and advice that I wanted it to be
available to more people. It may be the simplicity
of the lessons, or it may be that her process just
plain makes sense that has given the book the power
that it has.
I preparing the manuscript
of this book, I got to immerse myself in the
material again. With every reading, I am struck by
how much any person who reads Wake Up and Live!,
and who applies the Twelve Diciplines to their own
life, can change their circumstances with seemingly
little effort.
Dorothea Brande calls it
magical. It's not, though it may sem that way. The
process makes sense and produces results. It's as
simple as that.
Take the time to read the
book and, I encourage you to do exactly what
Dorothea Brande suggested – make this book
your own and write in the margins.
If you follow her advice, I
am sure you will see results in your
life.
About the Author:
Dorothea
Brande (1893-1948) was a
well respected writer and editor in New York. She
was born in Chicago and attended the University of
Chicago, the Lewis Institute in Chicago (later
merged with Armour Institute of Technology to
become Illinois Institute of Technology), and the
University of Michigan. Her book Becoming a Writer,
published in 1934, is still in print and offers
advice for beginning and sustaining any writing
enterprise. She also wrote Wake Up and Live,
published in 1936, which sold over two million
copies. It was made into a musical by Twentieth
Century Fox in 1937.
While she was serving as
associate editor of The American Review in 1936,
she married that journal's owner and editor, Seward
Collins. Collins was a prominent literary figure in
New York and a proponent of an American version of
fascism, which he explored in The American
Review.
Dorothea (Brande) Collins
died in New Hampshire.
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