Pushing to the Front

Samuel Smiles 1859 classic that defined the genre, built around hundreds of biographical sketches of inventors, artists, and self made figures who succeeded through perseverance.

Samuel Smiles

James Allens compact meditation on the idea that a person is literally what he thinks. Twenty pages on how thought shapes character, circumstance, and outcome.

James Allen

Wallace Wattles 1910 work argues that wealth follows from acting in a certain way: thinking with purpose, behaving with gratitude, and choosing the right work.

Wallace D. Wattles

A 24 part correspondence course written by Charles Haanel in 1912 that walks the reader through weekly mental exercises in concentration, visualization, and constructive thought.

Charles F. Haanel