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Acres of Diamonds: A Classic American Success and Self-Help Address
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ISBN13: 9781617202223
Publisher: Spire Books
Published: Jan 27 2011
Pages: 100
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Russell H. Conwell's Acres of Diamonds is one of the classic American statements on opportunity, self-reliance, enterprise, and the value hidden close at hand.
Based on a lecture Conwell delivered thousands of times, Acres of Diamonds argues that people often search the world for success while overlooking the resources, opportunities, duties, and possibilities already around them. Its central lesson is simple and enduring: the chance to build a useful and prosperous life may not lie in escape, fantasy, or distant fortune, but in seeing one's own circumstances clearly and acting with purpose.
Part inspirational address, part success classic, and part sermon on practical ambition, Acres of Diamonds has remained popular for generations because it joins moral seriousness with entrepreneurial energy. Conwell urges readers to cultivate industry, usefulness, alertness, service, and disciplined effort rather than envy or idle dreaming. This Thrifty Books edition is suited to readers of classic self-help, motivational literature, American success writing, personal development, business inspiration, and practical wisdom.
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