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Work InformationWake Up and Live! by Dorothea Brande (1936)
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Self-Improvement.
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HTML: Born in Chicago, Dorothea Brande (1893-1948) was a widely respected journalist, fiction writer, and writing instructor. Brande is widely known for her enduring guide to the creative process, Becoming a Writer, originally published in 1934 and still popular today. In 1936, Brande published a masterwork of practical psychology, Wake Up and Live! The book entered more than 34 printings and sold over 1,000,000 copies. For many years, Wake Up and Live!, with its simple and sound advice for personal excellence, rivaled the popularity of contemporaneous works such as Think and Grow Rich and How to Win Friends and Influence People. This classic of self-improvement is now available on audio with this new edition. .No library descriptions found. |
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The premise of this book is that if we adopt an attitude of expecting to succeed (or, at any rate, acting as if we cannot fail) then even if we don't achieve great wealth, fame or other symbols of success, we will achieve a great deal more than we would otherwise, and will feel far more fulfilled.
The author assumes that all procrastinators are alike, and didn't take into account the problem of chronic illness which makes so many unable to be productive in the sense she encourages. However, there are a lot of good points and some interesting case studies. The last chapter includes some ideas for helping to develop self-discipline in some diverse areas.
Overall, I thought this an excellent little book, one I’d recommend to anyone feeling ‘stuck’. It’s intended primarily for writers, but could be of interest to anyone feeling bogged down in procrastination. ( )