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"Eminently sensible and practical."- The New York Times Book Review A true lost classic that can take your life to its fullest potential. What if you were promised a simple, 8-word formula that could turn your life around? Would you believe it? Would you try it? Here it is: Act as if it were impossible to fail This magic key is at the heart of one of the most persuasive self-improvement books ever published - a work that, while forgotten, rivaled the popularity of contemporaneous books by Napoleon Hill and Dale Carnegie. It was called Wake Up and Live , written by Dorothea Brande, an enterprising Chicago journalist. When Brande published Wake Up and Live in 1936, the book soared to popularity, selling over 1,000,000 copies in years ahead. The book won so much acclaim that it became the sole work of mind-power philosophy ever to make it to the movie screen - and as a musical, no less. In 1937, 20th Century Fox released Wake Up and Live, starring Walter Winchell. Brande was a journalist and writing instructor by trade, best known for her enduring and thoughtful instructional book, Becoming a Writer (1934). That book, Brande explained, grew out of a period of bounding productivity in her career, which began with her discovery of one basic law of success. Brande's formula was so simple and magical-seeming that it made people want to argue with her the moment she uttered it. But for many it worked. Act as if it were impossible to fail. Brande was a preternaturally sharp-eyed student of human nature. She detected among the vast majority of men and women a "will to fail." This damning wish grew from a little-seen foible of human nature. We are, Brande insisted, more frightened of suffering humiliation than desirous of achievement. When fear and ambition clash, she argued, fear inevitably prevails. "The Unconscious dreads pain, humiliation, fatigue" Brande wrote; "it bends its efforts even more ceaselessly to the end of avoiding pain than it does to the procuring of positive pleasures." Rather than risk rejection, people often self-sabotage: blowing deadlines, alienating allies, aimlessly procrastinating. Brande's grasp of the psychology of failure brought her a "eureka" moment. After a lifetime of searching she had found the answer. Act as if it were impossible to fail. In Wake Up and Live - a book that is as enjoyable as its formula is simple - Brande tells the story of her discovery and shows how her eight-word technique can be applied across different areas of life. With its observations about self-defeat, and its powerful idea for navigating around it, Wake Up and Live is one of the most keenly argued and carefully observant works of practical psychology ever written. Praise for Wake Up and Live "Eminently sensible and practical." - The New York Times Book Review "A simple and usable technique of living...All I want to do is to buttonhole each and every one of my friends and say, 'You must read Wake up and Live '" - Jean Starr Untermeyer "Fascinating and exactly the spring tonic that most of us need." - Chicago Tribune "She made her own test with sincerity and faith, and her entire life was changed to one of overwhelming success." - Earl Nightingale, The Strangest Secret

A reissue of a classic work published in 1934 on writing and the creative process, Becoming a Writer recaptures the excitement of Dorothea Brande's creative writing classroom of the 1920s. Decades before brain research "discovered" the role of the right and left brain in all human endeavor, Dorothea Brande was teaching students how to see again, how to hold their minds still, and how to call forth the inner writer.

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. Of course I was always looking for a way out of my impasse. But when I actually had the good fortune to find it, I hardly believed in my own luck. At first I did not try to analyze or explain it. But the main reason for my taking so little time to analyze or explain the effects of the formula after I once began to use it consistently was that I was much too busy and having far too much fun. It is in comparison with the hesitant lives we live that the full, normal life that is ours by right seems definitely super-normal. But this book is not the history of the growth of an idea. It is intended to be a practical handbook for those who would like to escape and begin to live happily and well. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Now.

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. Of course I was always looking for a way out of my impasse. But when I actually had the good fortune to find it, I hardly believed in my own luck. At first I did not try to analyze or explain it. But the main reason for my taking so little time to analyze or explain the effects of the formula after I once began to use it consistently was that I was much too busy and having far too much fun. It is in comparison with the hesitant lives we live that the full, normal life that is ours by right seems definitely super-normal. But this book is not the history of the growth of an idea. It is intended to be a practical handbook for those who would like to escape and begin to live happily and well. Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Now.

How to Quickly Learn the Magic of Writing Success For most of my adult life I have been engaged in the writing, the editing, or the criticizing of fiction. I took, and I still take, the writing of fiction seriously. So I make no apology for writing seriously about the problems of fiction writers. I have had firsthand experience with almost every current "approach" to the problems of writing. The difficulties of the average student or amateur writer begin long before he has come to the place where he can benefit by technical instruction in story writing. He had longed to hear that there was some magic about writing, and to be initiated into the brotherhood of authors. This book, I believe, will be unique; for I think he is right. I think there is such a magic, and that it is teachable. This book is all about the writer's magic. (From the Introduction.) Scroll Up and Get Your Copy Now.

Published in 1934 and still the best book available on practical psychology of creative writing and all related aspects. The author was herself a successful fiction writer, journalist and also authored a self-help bestseller "Wake Up and Live ". This book is a must for every practicing or aspiring writer.

Born in Chicago, Dorothea Brande (1893-1948) was a widely respected journalist, lecturer, editor, 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 an inspirational masterwork of practical psychology, Wake Up and Live which she wrote during the Great Depression. Wake Up and Live opened the eyes of thousands of people to a whole new idea of living, as it taught them how to concentrate on the things that really matter. Her most successful book, with more than 34 printings and over 1 million copies sold, it was an inspiration and lesson to all that success is within reach of everyone. For many years, Wake Up and Live , with its simple and sound advice for personal excellence, rivaled the popularity of popular works such as Think and Grow Rich and How to Win Friends and Influence People. It is considered one of the greatest success guides ever written. Now, this beautifully designed classic of self-improvement, can help you revolutionize your existence and lead you to find the success you desire and so rightly deserve. In this remarkable work you will learn: Why Do We Fail?The Will to FailVictims of the Will to FailThe Rewards of FailureRighting the DirectionThe System in OperationWarnings and QualificationsOn Saving BreathThe Task of the Imagination

Nachdem Dorothea Brande einer Hypnosesitzung beigewohnt hatte, war ihr Interesse geweckt. Kurze Zeit darauf war es ein einziger Satz des Psychologen F.M.H. Myers, dem sie eine v llige Ver nderung ihres Lebens zuschrieb. Myers erkl rte, dass sich die bei der Hypnose zum Vorschein kommenden Talente und F higkeiten deshalb zeigen w rden, weil die Erinnerung an bisherige Fehler "ausgeblendet" w rde. Dorothea Brande berlegte daraufhin, ob eine solche L uterung nicht auch im Wachzustand m glich w re. Falls ganz normale Leute Talente, F higkeiten und M glichkeiten in sich tr gen, die aber aufgrund von Fehlschl gen in der Vergangenheit nicht genutzt w rden, m sse es ihnen doch m glich sein, sich so zu verhalten, als ob ein Scheitern um glich w re. Genau das probierte sie aus. Sie ging von der Pr misse aus, dass diese F higkeiten und Talente vorhanden sind, und dass sie sie nutzen k nne, wenn sie sich so verhalten w rde "als ob dies der Fall sei". Innerhalb eines einzigen Jahres konnte sie als Schriftstellerin ein Vielfaches ihrer bisherigen Leistungen vorweisen Sie entdeckte auch ihr Talent als Vortragsrednerin, und wurde eine u erst gefragte Rednerin, obwohl sie immer gelaubt hatte, dass dies berhaupt nichts f r sie sei.

Nachdem Dorothea Brande einer Hypnosesitzung beigewohnt hatte, war ihr Interesse geweckt. Kurze Zeit darauf war es ein einziger Satz des Psychologen F.M.H. Myers, dem sie eine v llige Ver nderung ihres Lebens zuschrieb. Myers erkl rte, dass sich die bei der Hypnose zum Vorschein kommenden Talente und F higkeiten deshalb zeigen w rden, weil die Erinnerung an bisherige Fehler "ausgeblendet" w rde. Dorothea Brande berlegte daraufhin, ob eine solche L uterung nicht auch im Wachzustand m glich w re. Falls ganz normale Leute Talente, F higkeiten und M glichkeiten in sich tr gen, die aber aufgrund von Fehlschl gen in der Vergangenheit nicht genutzt w rden, m sse es ihnen doch m glich sein, sich so zu verhalten, als ob ein Scheitern um glich w re. Genau das probierte sie aus. Sie ging von der Pr misse aus, dass diese F higkeiten und Talente vorhanden sind, und dass sie sie nutzen k nne, wenn sie sich so verhalten w rde "als ob dies der Fall sei". Innerhalb eines einzigen Jahres konnte sie als Schriftstellerin ein Vielfaches ihrer bisherigen Leistungen vorweisen Sie entdeckte auch ihr Talent als Vortragsrednerin, und wurde eine u erst gefragte Rednerin, obwohl sie immer gelaubt hatte, dass dies berhaupt nichts f r sie sei.

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If he were able to discover for himself the reasons for his aridity the chances are that he would never be found enrolled in any class at all. But he only vaguely knows how that successful writers have overcome the difficulties which seem almost insuperable to him; he believes that accepted authors have some magic, or at the very lowest, some trade secret, which, if he is alert and attentive, he may surprise. He suspects, further, that the teacher who offers his services knows that magic, and may drop a word about it which will prove an Open Sesame to him. This book, I believe, will be unique; for I think he is right. I think there is such a magic, and that it is teachable. This book is about the writer's magic.-Excerpt from the Introduction.

One of the greatest self-help books ever written. More than two million copies sold. 'Wake Up and Live ' is a practical handbook for every man and woman who wants to find success and happiness in life. Simply written and easy to read, it 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. 'Wake Up and Live ' has opened the eyes of thousands of readers to a whole new idea of living. Here is a book that can revolutionize your entire existence and put success within reach by teaching you to concentrate on the things that really matter. CONTENTS: I. Why Do We Fail? II. The Will to Fail III. Victims of the Will to Fail IV. The Rewards of Failure V. Righting the Direction VI. The System in Operation VII. Warnings and Qualifications VIII. On Saving Breath IX. The Task of the Imagination X. On Codes and Standards XI. Twelve Disciplines XII. And the Best of Luck

One of the greatest self-help books ever written. More than two million copies sold. 'Wake Up and Live ' is a practical handbook for every man and woman who wants to find success and happiness in life. Simply written and easy to read, it 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. 'Wake Up and Live ' has opened the eyes of thousands of readers to a whole new idea of living. Here is a book that can revolutionize your entire existence and put success within reach by teaching you to concentrate on the things that really matter. CONTENTS: I. Why Do We Fail? II. The Will to Fail III. Victims of the Will to Fail IV. The Rewards of Failure V. Righting the Direction VI. The System in Operation VII. Warnings and Qualifications VIII. On Saving Breath IX. The Task of the Imagination X. On Codes and Standards XI. Twelve Disciplines XII. And the Best of Luck

Dorothea Brande's 'Becoming a Writer' remains evergreen decades after it was first written. Brande believed passionately that although people have varying amounts of talent, anyone can write. She also insists that writing can be both taught and learned. This is Dorothea Brande's legacy to all those who have ever wanted to express their ideas in written form. A sound, practical, inspirational and charming approach to writing, it fulfills on finding 'the writer's magic.'