How They Succeeded
Chapter 9 - Darius Ogden Mills - How They Succeeded by Orison Swett Marden
Born in New York in 1825, Darius Ogden Mills was asked a series of questions on success after 50 years as a leading banker, investor and philanthropist.
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How They Succeeded
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Frederick Ruckstull
Chapter 8 - Frederick Ruckstull - How They Succeeded by Orison Swett Marden
Frederick Wellington Ruckstuhl was one of America’s leading sculptors, but it was not until he was 32 years old that he started that particular...
John Wanamaker
Chapter 7 - John Wanamaker - How They Succeeded by Orison Swett Marden
Born into a poor family, John Wanamaker started work at the age of seven, helping his father in a brickyard. After his father passed away when he was 14,...
Jacob Gould Schurman
Chapter 6 - President Schurman - How They Succeeded by Orison Swett Marden
Jacob Gould Schurman was a self-made-man whose career began at ten years of age working for his father on the family farm on Prince Edward Island in what...
Mary E. Proctor
Chapter 5 - Mary E. Proctor - How They Succeeded by Orison Swett Marden
In 1893, Mary Proctor gave her first talk on astronomy. She had her doubts as to whether she would interest the audience but she overcame those doubts by...
Philip D. Armour
Chapter 4 - Philip D. Armour - How They Succeeded by Orison Swett Marden
Philip Danforth Armour began life growing up on a farm in New York. His parents were of Scottish and English ancestry and he was brought up in a strict...
Helen Gould
Chapter 3 - Helen Gould - How They Succeeded by Orison Swett Marden
Miss Helen Gould lived in a large country house overlooking the Hudson River. Despite being wealthy and upper class you would not know from her appearance...
Alexander Graham Bell
Chapter 2 - Alexander Graham Bell - How They Succeeded by Orison Swett Marden
He is most known for his pioneering work on developing the telephone, but Alexander Graham Bell’s interest in transmitting speech led him to experimenting...
Marshall Field
Chapter 1 - Marshall Fields - How They Succeeded by Orison Swett Marden
The entrepreneur and self-made millionaire from the 19th century Marshall Field, is perhaps best known for creating the modern department store as we now...