Pushing to the Front

A collection of motivational essays and practical guidance advocating determination, persistence, and correct habits as pathways to success. It combines anecdotes of achievement, prescriptive chapters on choosing a vocation, punctuality, personality, self-improvement, thrift, public speaking, and overcoming obstacles, and practical methods for using spare moments, raising personal value, and cultivating will. Themes include moral character, purity, the power of suggestion, the curse of worry, and the role of home and education in forming habits. Emphasis is on ordinary individuals achieving success through steady effort, decision, enthusiasm, and disciplined living.