The Young Man Entering Business Author:Orison Swett Marden 1907. The author has tried to show the young man that the difference between pretty good and excellent, between low and high ideals, often measures the difference between a mediocre career and a superb success. He has tried to show that it is an easy thing to be a nobody, but a very difficult thing to be somebody. He has urged that the greatest ... more »investment a young man can make is in himself, that an education and self-culture pay; that health, good manners, cheerfulness and a genuine interest in others are great success factors; that character is the best kind of capital, giving credit, confidence and happiness.« less