Written by Edward William Bok
Successward - A Young Man's Book for Young Men
by Edward William BokThe average young man is apt to think that success is not for him. To his mind it is a gift to the few, not to the many. "The rich, the fortunate—they are the only people who can be successful," is the way one young fellow recently expressed it to me, and he thought as many do. It is this wrong conception of success which this book aims to remove. ..
The Young Man in Business
by Edward William BokA well-known New York millionaire gave it as his opinion not long ago that any young man possessing a good constitution and a fair degree of intelligence might acquire riches. The statement was criticized—literally picked to pieces—and finally adjudged as being extravagant.Now, as every young man naturally desires to make a business success, it is ..
Why I Believe in Poverty as the Richest Experience That Can Come to a Boy
by Edward William BokTHE article in this little book was published in The Ladies’ Home Journal for April, 1915. Much to the surprise of the author, the call for copies was so insistent as to exhaust the edition of the magazine containing it. As the demand did not appear to be supplied, the article is now reprinted in this form. It is sent out with the hope of the autho..