Personality in Action (Advanced ingenuity skills, Development, Executive Values, Charm, Strategy in Winning Promotion, Dfficiency, Speech, Appearance, How to Sell Your Services, Conduct, Grooming, Etc, Techniques, Methods, explained]

Hardcover clothbound edition with embossed titles, 404 pages including index, published in 1940 by The Knox Business Book Company, in clean, unmarked condition with a solid binding and firmly readable pages; a well-preserved and increasingly scarce copy of this early mid-20th-century business and self-development manual. Personality in Action by James Samuel Knox, with contributions by Mrs. Alice H. Horner and Mrs. Ruth Wade Ray, presents a structured and practical study of personality development as applied to business, executive advancement, and professional success. Written during an era when personal bearing, speech, conduct, and self-discipline were seen as central to career progress, the book blends psychology, etiquette, salesmanship, and leadership theory into a comprehensive guide for those seeking promotion, influence, and professional refinement. Topics include executive values, charm, strategy in winning promotion, efficiency, speech improvement, grooming, appearance, selling one's services, and the cultivation of disciplined habits and persuasive presence. Reflecting the motivational and character-building ethos of prewar American business culture, this volume serves both as a period document of early professional self-help philosophy and as a practical manual of enduring techniques in communication and self-presentation. A fascinating and substantial resource for researchers of business history, social mobility, early self-help literature, and personal development movements, and a desirable addition to collections focused on classic success literature and executive training manuals; it would also make a great gift, even if that gift is for yourself. …