Head of a family, street vendor, and amateur philosopher, Carmelo shares inspirational songs that have sustained him in his life voyage, as well as his strategies for realizing one’s dreams and leaving a good legacy in this world.

BIBLIOGRAPHY AND LINKS

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The Magic of Thinking Big, by David Schwartz (1959)

Simon & Schuster website: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Magic-of-Thinking-Big/David-Schwartz/9781501118210

• remember not to order through Amazon! Their labor practices are terrible ☺

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magic_of_Thinking_Big

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Dey

Studies of motivational literature and migrant identity:

• Woodstock, Louise. "Vying constructions of reality: religion, science, and ‘positive thinking’ in self-help literature." Journal of Media and Religion 4.3 (2005): 155-178.
• McLean, Scott. "The cultural logic of precariousness and the marginalization of the sociological imagination: Signs from Mexican self‐help books." Canadian Review of Sociology/Revue canadienne de sociologie (2022).
• Effing, Mercè Mur. "The Origin and Development of Self-help Literature in the United States: The Concept of Success and Happiness, an Overview/El Origen y Desarrollo de la Literatura de Auto-Ayuda en los Estados Unidos: El Concepto de Éxito y Felicidad. Vision General." Atlantis (2009): 125-141. (artículo bilingüe)

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The Script (band)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Script