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O.S.MARDEN - SUCCESS SECRETS OF GREAT AMERICANS 1: Success, Leadership & Perseverance of America’s Greatest Men - Orison Swett Marden
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- May 11, 2026
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(00:00:00) 0. Introduction (00:09:41) BOOK ONE - INSPIRATIONAL TALKS WITH FAMOUS AMERICANS. (00:11:44) I. Hard Work: the Secret of a Great Inventor’s Genius. (00:36:36) II. A “Down-east” Yankee who Dictates Peace to the Nations. (00:59:42) III. A Poor Boy Once Borrowed Books Now Gives Away Libraries. (01:26:50) IV. A Good Shoemaker Becomes Detroit’s Best Mayor and Michigan’s Greatest Governor. (01:38:39) V. Determined not to Remain Poor, a Farmer Boy Becomes a Merchant Prince (01:55:41) VI. Honesty, the Foundation of a Great Merchant’s Career (02:18:02) VII. A British Boy Wins Fortune and Title by American Business Methods. (02:30:25) VIII. A Self-made Man who Strives to Give others a Chance (02:40:47) 9. Thrift, the Secret of a Fortune Built in a Single Lifetime. (02:48:45) 10. Cut Out for a Banker, He Rose from Errand Boy to Secretary of the U. S. Treasury. (02:57:21) 11. Young Millionaire not Afraid to Work in Overalls. (03:05:17) 12. Messenger Boy’s Zeal Lifts Him to the Head of the World’s Greatest Telegraph System. (03:43:33) 15. A Puny Boy, by Physical Culture, Becomes the Most Vigorous of American Presidents. (04:04:16) 16. A Brave Volunteer Fights His Way to the Head of the American Army. (04:45:51) 19. A Chance-Found Book the Turning Point in a United States Senator’s Career. (05:05:23) 21. A Magnate, the Courage of His Convictions Make Him a Reformer. (05:29:34) 23. A “Jack of All Trades” Masters One and Becomes the Poet of the People. (05:55:16) 25. A Famous Authoress Tells Literary Aspirants the Story of Her Struggle for Recognition. (06:59:33) 30. A School Girl, Not Afraid of Drudgery, Becomes America’s Foremost Woman Illustrator. LITTLE VISITS WITH GREAT AMERICANS: Timeless Secrets of Success, Leadership & Perseverance from History’s Greatest Self-Ma…