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  • Mar 25, 2020 LATEST EPISODE
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Becoming a Writer – Dorothea Brande

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 25, 2020 5:05


How to Quickly Learn the Magic of Writing Success For most of my adult life I have been engaged in the writing, the editing, or the criticizing of fiction. I took, and I still take, the writing of fiction seriously. The importance of novels and short stories in our society is great. Fiction supplies the […] The post Becoming a Writer – Dorothea Brande appeared first on Living Sensical.

Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2020 5:04


Some rules are bent, others are broken. Not knowing the rules is no excuse. Strunk writes about the laws which govern our language. “This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to give in a brief space the principal […] The post Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. appeared first on Living Sensical.

10 Easy Lessons in Cosmic Habitforce

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2020 5:04


How Your Habits Predict Your Success – Or Failure Every person is where they are and what they are just because of their established habits of thoughts and action. Habits have become an increasingly popular subject, as people find that changing small habits can result in big life-changes. The term Habitforce is self-explanatory. It is […] The post 10 Easy Lessons in Cosmic Habitforce appeared first on Living Sensical.

Secret of the Ages by Robert Collier

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2020 5:19


How to Face Death, Survive, and Find Your Fortune Robert Collier faced a slow, painful, and certain death due to illnesses which modern medicine had no remedy. Researching into the “miracle cures’ which faith healers of that period were routinely achieving, he studied and researched their materials – to not only resolve his original condition, but to […] The post Secret of the Ages by Robert Collier appeared first on Living Sensical.

Magic of Believing by Claude M. Bristol

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2020 5:36


How To Create Miracles From Your Own Mental Magic When my earlier brochure T.N.T. It Rocks the Earth was first published, I imagined that it would be easily understood since I had written it simply. But as the years went by, some readers protested that it was too much in digest form. Others said […] The post Magic of Believing by Claude M. Bristol appeared first on Living Sensical.

Tao Te Ching – LaoZi – Book of the Way

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 11, 2020


Tao Te Ching by LaoZi How to Find Your Own Way in a Chaotic and Confusing World “When the student is ready, the teacher appears.” So goes an ancient saying. And it is true about this classic, in all its versions. Lao-tzu’s Tao Te Ching, or Book of the Way, is the classic manual on […] The post Tao Te Ching – LaoZi – Book of the Way appeared first on Living Sensical.

Symposium – Plato – Reflections on Love and Romance

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2020 5:16


Symposium by Plato Do You Really Know Anything About Love? Unless you’ve studied the classics, you don’t know what you’ve been missing. These days there is a great deal of talk about diversity and equality, in both gender and preferences. A discussion held well over a thousand years ago can teach us more than we […] The post Symposium – Plato – Reflections on Love and Romance appeared first on Living Sensical.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James Joyce

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2020 5:23


A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce “Have Read Little and Understood Less.” Such is the average appreciation for James Joyce.This book could be your guidebook to his genius – if you dare. Joyce wrote with a huge vocabulary, poured into a stream-of-consciousness approach through his writing. Most readers are […] The post A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man – James Joyce appeared first on Living Sensical.

If You Can Count to Four James Breckenridge Jones

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2020 3:40


If You Can Count to Four… by James Breckenridge Jones You Can Get Everything You Want Out Of Life There are basic laws in this universe that will work for you if you know how to apply them. They work for anyone who knows they exist and how to use them. The law of electricity works […] The post If You Can Count to Four James Breckenridge Jones appeared first on Living Sensical.

Wake Up and Live by Dorothea Brande

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2020 5:00


Wake Up and Live! by Dorothea Brande TWO YEARS ago I came across a formula for success …which has revolutionized my life. It was so simple, and so obvious once I had seen it, that I could hardly believe it was responsible for the magical results which followed my putting it into practice. The first […] The post Wake Up and Live by Dorothea Brande appeared first on Living Sensical.

How to Get Everything You Want Out of Life

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 4, 2020 5:09


How to Get Everything You Want Out of Life by Dr. J. B. Jones and Earl Shoaff How To Get Everything You Want Out Of Life There are basic laws in this universe that will work for you if you know how to apply them. They work for anyone who knows they exist and how […] The post How to Get Everything You Want Out of Life appeared first on Living Sensical.

Get Rich In Spite Of Yourself Louis M. Grafe

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2020 3:11


Get Rich In Spite Of Yourself by Louis M. Grafe You re Already Rich You Just Have to Let it Show. Many rich and successful men and women, declares the author of this helpful book, have no more brains or energy than anyone else. They are usually driven to success. Frequently they are so helpless […] The post Get Rich In Spite Of Yourself Louis M. Grafe appeared first on Living Sensical.

Master Key to Riches Napoleon Hill

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2020 5:08


Master Key to Riches Napoleon Hill s Sequel to Think and Grow Rich Learn Simple, Easy Secrets of How to Get Rich This book is the sequel to Think and Grow Rich. This book was 40 years in the making, and went through two bestselling versions. But it doesn t replace Hill s earlier material. It is just […] The post Master Key to Riches Napoleon Hill appeared first on Living Sensical.

Letters From A Stoic – Seneca

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 29, 2020 5:09


Letters From a Stoic by Lucius Annaeus Seneca How to Live a Happy Life, One Stoic Moment at a Time It’s not how much you make, it’s how you live. Letters from a Stoic is a first-person look into how an experienced Stoic applies philosophy to ordinary life and the world around him. From it […] The post Letters From A Stoic – Seneca appeared first on Living Sensical.

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