Answers questions on Samuel Smiles's Self-Help: perseverance, energy, character and the lives of self-made people, quoting the 1859 text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“One way in which self-culture may be degraded is by regarding it too exclusively as a means of “getting on.” Viewed in this light, it is unquestionable that edu…”
Answers questions on James Allen's As a Man Thinketh, on how thought shapes character, circumstance, health and purpose, quoting the 1903 text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the section.
“There can be no progress, no achievement without sacrifice, and a man's worldly success will be in the measure that he sacrifices his confused animal thoughts, …”
Answers questions on Orison Swett Marden's Pushing to the Front: opportunity, perseverance, the value of time and character in a career, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“…on, and of which we make so little use. Self-improvement implies one essential feeling: the desire for improvement. If the desire exists, then improvement is us…”
Answers questions on Atkinson's The Psychology of Salesmanship: the stages of a sale, approaching a prospect, attention, interest and objections, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“…r everyone seeking self-development and self-improvement to awaken to a clear realization of this "I" within him, to which every faculty, every[Pg 30] quality, …”
Answers questions on Samuel Smiles's Thrift: saving, savings banks, debt, economy at home and independence, quoting the text from Project Gutenberg (public domain) and naming the chapter.
“"Self-love and social are the same," says one of our poets. The man who improves himself, improves the world. He adds one more true man to the mass. And the mas…”
Answers questions on starting, growing and maintaining open source projects: contributing, community, governance, funding and legal basics, citing the GitHub repo github/opensource.guide (CC BY 4.0). Not an official GitHub product.
“### Improve existing skills Whether it's coding, user interface design, graphic design, writing, or organizing, if you're looking for practice, there's a task f…”
Answers questions on The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: his life, work habits and the thirteen virtues, quoting the Harvard Classics edition from Project Gutenberg (public domain).
“It was about this time I conceiv’d the bold and arduous project of arriving at moral perfection. I wish’d to live without committing any fault at any time; I wo…”