Wichita eagle., 1888-08-30
THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.
AL WAYS KEEP YOURSELF IN AN
ASPIRING STATE OF MIND.

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ASPIRING STATE OF MIND.
Acid the Thought q Self Depreciation.
IT. Il the Ambitious, Pushing Man Who
Succeeds In Life-Dare to Take EespoE-
sibiIfties-How to Push TosE Business
No matter what position you are u, be It
clerk, typewriter, porter, bookkseper, car
conductor, an eu,ploye in a factory or else
| where, if you make up your mind or 1au into
the way Of thinking that you are af"aJs 20
remain where you are, and never F1se any
hieher,tor receive more for your service, the
chances are very largely against your rlsrng.
You make those chances against you BY
keeping in that state Of mind IN which you
zee yourself IN the future as occupying that
same position. You make chances In your
favor by seeing yourself ID Wnas you eau
imagination on the rise. Inc state OF nlno
YOU are most in is a force pushing 1oF OF
against your business and welfare. Ons
permanent state of mind viii hrlax to.you
success and another failure
The pushing Of any kind OF business al
WAYS commences first in tine mind The nan
who is today controlling dozen railroads
commenced in some relatively humble posi-
ton But in mind he was always aiming
higher When ne gained astep ahead be did
not in mind stop there; in imagination be
was on the next STEP BIn the man who. for
wears ragpicker and sc.fyenger, has never
loosed or aimed any higher, sees himself
always a ragpcker. In his thoughts Ee
never gets beyond the ragpicsaT's limits He
may envy people who are better OK de
may wish for some OF the thingsNhey enjoy.
But be never says in thought, Lam gong
to get out Of this occupation l as1 going
into something higher, cleaner and more re-
munerative." So be remains always aAras-
picker.
If you keep always in low, unaspiriNg
state of mind, if you look on the best and
most beautiful things in this world as things
you never can have or enjoy, if you see your
self always at the foot Of the Ladder, grrun-
bling at those above you, then at the foot Of
the ladder you are very likely to stay. Any
state of mind you are in for any length OF
time will carry you to things in the material
world in conformity with that state. If you
are very fond of horses, and think of them q
great deal, you are very likely 70 go when
opportunity offers where you can see the
A-oN-N~
60. You are then the more likely to be led
to talk to some one about horses. You are
also more likely to become engaged in some
thing connected with the buying, or keep
ing. or caring for horses. But it was the
thought that led you first into the kingdom
of horss1esh.
If your fondness for horses goesno farther
than the desire to be among them, and you
are always saying in thought, II can-only be
a hostler or driver" and you hold yourself
aloof in mind from the wealthy owners OF
stock, then always q hostler you will be-
But if you say, II am going to get up in this
business, have as good right to own
stable as any one else" you are then very
likely to own stable.
Why's Because that very state OF mind
brings you nearer the men who do own sta
bles- They feel your thought unco1ecfon5iy,
and when you are alert and civil, and as
much interested in their business as If it we've
your own las you must be when you are ID
the pushing aspiring state of mind, they
begin to feel an interest in you You will
have more and more opportunities to talk
with them They find you useful They
find, probably, at last, that they cannot get
on without you. Out of this comes friend
ship Friendship sets you up in business, or
assists you in some way. There is great
deal of friendship in trade" Men are de-
pendent on each other for assistance In every
branch OF business.
If, when among people, You carry always
with you the thought Of self depreciation,
and think of yourself as of little value or
use, those about you will not treat you with
that Difference or respect as if you regarded
l. Goal u
posed to help you to any higher position
Now, are you fit for any higher position, so
long as you lower yourself in your oezr
mird9
You may find, on searching into yourself,
that there are positions in life now appar-
emily beyond your reach, in which you dare
not see yourself. Probably nine hotel scrub
bing women out of ten would not dare to en-
terrain seriously for moment the thought
that they might some day control the hotel
of which they are now the hunhlest part
But occasionally a person does rise from
some similar. position to one far higher.
That person dared to think Of him or herself
in such higher position. This was the I'M |
seen moving force that carried him there.
Wherever you put yourself IN mind, and |
persistently keep yourself, toward such posi- |
non you WILL De Carried LOU may uOI gam 7
the actual place aimed at, but you will stand |
somewhere near it, which is better than |
standing IN the gutter Of aimlessness and |
hopeiessness.
Dare then, and live nov in mind as tie /
head OF q business or the head of depart !
ulent for whose work you are entirely re-
sponsible. You are then attracting 20 you 4
the unseen forces which viii pat you IN such |
places. But If you viii not aspire above the /
place Of wage worker you put cut the force 4
which viii always keep you Q mere worker
for weekly wages Il you are afraid Of TAX
ing responsibilities, and desire only what 4
you think the safe corner Of cure aud steady /
wages, you viii always remain In that cor
ner, more or less. q machine moved at the /
pleasure Of others, and obliged, possibly, 70
zee the larger profits Of your skiu going to
others.
Il Is he OF size who dares 20 take response
biliries that best succeeds II you dare nos,
you must remain the poorer paid help OF I
those who Gare.-Prentace Milford IN |
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