Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-02-12
PERSONAL ATTENTION To BUSI.
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Personal ATTENTION To BusI.
MSS.
In order 10 make even a partial sue
cess At any bushes. a man mus, give IL
his whole attention. Nothing Is 30 i'm
poriant thatii must come between him and
his business. Whatever the business may
Be. itnecds a head Some one looking after
every detail. who 4. interested IN IL and
give. !, nj. whole thought.
Among the many causes q failure.
there !, none which does % much mis-
chief a. the lsck q proper supervision.
Whenever we sec a man who has made
a marked success Of any branch Of busi-
ness. We shall al~Ays End that be has
the faculty q putting bis mind, wholly
aud s,ssdhy. upon the work before him.
10 the utter exclusion Of all other thoughts
for the time.
The habit q concentrating thought
upon one objec, !. 20 valuable tina, !,
should b. studied by ell I, can be &C
quird, IN a great measure, by persistent
study and labor. u has been % acquired
BY many. some q our mos, suoosssful
business men have become 80 en~rappod
IN their business a. 10 LEI !, become the
ore leading thought Of their lives. They
work themselves into such a state q
mind that. a. az a. their business j.
concerned. they arc machines This
concentrated thought hes been carried too
hr IN many cases. no doubt. and has
done gteai harm. Ba, sill the fact re-
mains that Wiihoui i, no great under-
taking can be successfully c'uiod out.
II We could open up before Us The lives Of
men who have become distinguished In
art, IN the sciences. 90 10 literature, We
should see that they had sacrificed their
manhood 90 their profession and sOught
themselves into their work Years Of.
patient study have ohen been required %.
pcrfcc, a single pai, q d machine and
pat l. iaio successful operation 50 Of
,en,imct a lifetime has bcca given 10 =
single though, IN ihe Ai,ainmcn, u some
desired object. There arc many aimless
men 10 che world Men whose oaly ob-
jet h ih, aiiaiamsn, q ease. and who
sAow . pescyefarse ia The study u their
ia,oIiie pafiail worthy Of a better cause,
hat the honest. cafns,i worker i here.
,oo. ard secomrlshes much good. both
by example and pfccepi.
Noihiag 80 strengthens man and gives
him confidence ia himself and hs busi'
meas a. the determination. At the outset,
to make IL The objec, 4 his life and 70
pat an q the knovledge and power that
in him lies into ,hs prosecution ofit To
perform each asd every daiy a. Il comes
no matter Il ii Feqaires grsa, effort
A" Happy j. be Who has Earned 10 do the
duty n the present momsn, faithfully and
u.;hoaia murmur." There is gFea, lack
u This steady though, among farmers A.
a class. They arc 10 APT TO engage 10
some other pursuit iof = part Of the year
and % allow their minds 10 become en-
crossed with that. 10 the utter exclusion
q the farm. Others DO an extensive
~lambenng business and make their farms
become feeders 10 the lumber camps. 10
the evident injary q the farmer. We
believe 1, !. o. necessary Coz a farmer 10
at'ead 20 ,ha, o pursui, and no other.
as q would BE- ir him IN any other bush
ness. IL h not necessary TIA, he should
labor every day Of the year upon b..
farm. bat ,ha, bis mind shall be there
and everything else ,hA, may force itself
upon !, from time % time shall be only
Of secondary importance. And, Il he en-
gage in any other pursuit for = limited
time. that shall also be made help
e. q the farm resources.
nsvery Oxford County farmer will re-
to give biz farm with it. stock, etc
bis own undivided attention We shall see
IN improvement At onee manifest in our
and az they arc given more a,,en-
ton and care. they will begin TO produce
crops and 20 return more for the
labor performed. let everyone take this
into careful consideration aud resolve that
the coming year shall zee him give his
his whole. undivided attention -
sure that. II be will ba, do 20. he
will reap golden hArves,s and see his
and animals improving.
KINDNESS TO ANIMALS.
Them i M virtup more noble than