Self Development - A Handbook for the Ambitious

by H. Addington Bruce

All men and women of normal psychic constitution contain within themselves success-winning powers or faculties or attributes, utilized by the great majority to nothing like their possible maximum of use. How to draw upon these powers, and at the same time how to direct them to ends compatible with a wholesome philosophy of life, it is my endeavor to make clear. Observation, experience, and study of the findings of modern psychological and physiological science, provide the groundwork of this effort to assist in the charting of a truly successful career.

354 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 2, 2008

About the author

Henry Addington Bayley Bruce (1874–1959) was an American journalist and author, born in Toronto, Canada, and educated at Upper Canada College and Trinity College, Toronto. He was for a time on the Toronto Week, then came to the United States, was employed by the American Press Association between 1897 and 1903, and afterward contributed to many periodicals, notably The Outlook. In 1916 he resigned as staff contributor to The Outlook. In 1915 he became psychological adviser to the Associated Newspapers. Addington Bruce also wrote books. His most successful work was in American history and in popularizing modern psychology and psychical research.
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