The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-01-21
Young Men who Succeed.


In the January number of the Cosmo-
politan Magazine there is an article con-
tanning some excellent advice to young
men. It is an article that no young man
who is anxious to succeed in business can
read without profit. Among a number of
admirable suggestions there is one that is
certain to arrest attention and furnish
food for thought. 1t is that faithfulness
does not necessarily insure success. 1t is
the foundation of it and absolutely neces-
sary to it, but without something else it
is not likely to assist one materially in
getting on in the world.
A young man who is faithful in the
discharge of every duty, but who is not
anxious to perform other duties than
those assigned TO him, fills place that
almost any man of average intelligence
and good habits can fill. He is like a
machine that does, day after day, just
what is expected of it. a machine can
be quickly replaced by another when
worn out, and so can a man who does no
more than the work for which he is. en-
ployed.
The young iman who aims only to be
faithful and nothing more, soon makes
the impression upon his employers that
he can do nothing more than he is told to
do, and that, therefore, his services can
be dispensed with if an excuse for dis
pensing with them should arise. When
there are openings for promotion, he is
not thought Of, because he has shown no
capacity for nor willingness to
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even offer ed an increase of salary, be-
cause there are hundreds of others who
can fill his place, and fill it acceptably.
When he sees others preferred to him
self, and promoted over his head he is
apt to feel that he is unjustly treated and
bitter thoughts against his employer fill
his heart. He is conscious that he has
been faithful to every trust and conscien-
tious in the discharge of every duty and
he does not understand why it is that he
is not appreciated. 1t does
not occur to him that the
fault is in himself Moved by feeling
that he is the victim of injustice, he may
relax somewhat his faithfulness, and the
consequence is that if he does not lose his
position his prospects for getting better
one do not improve.
The young man who succeeds is the one
who makes himself indispensable. He
does this by not only being faithful, but
by doing more than is expected of him.
He does not allow himself to become
a machine, doing only what is ex-
pected of him, but he puts forth all his
energies, and does whatever else he
sees ought to be done to ad-
vance his employers interests. He
displays enthusiasm in his work
and aims to become master of all the de-
tails of the business in which he is en-
ployed. His mind responds to the de-
mands made upon it and new ideas sug-
gest themselves by which the business
can be made more profitable. 1t is not
long before his worth is recognized and
then it becomes a question with his en-
ployer, not whether his services can be
dispensed with, but how his services can
be retained. Such a man is certain to get
on in the world. He is always in demand
and at his own price, because an en-
ployer in any business is willing to pay
well the man who can point out ways
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There are as many opportunities in
business now for young men to earn big
salaries and command positions that are
the stepping stones to fortune as there
ever were. There are more, because
there is a steady increase in the kinds of
business that require the services of in
dustrious, faithful and INTEL igent men,
In every large city there are vacant posi-
tions that pay large salaries. They are not
filled, because the right kind of men can
not be obtained. Some of them may be
temporarily occupied, but their occupants
will be asked to step aside as soon as the
men wanted for them are found
Young men who are just beginning their
business careers could learn no more valua-
BILE lesson than that if they resolve to do
nothing they are not paid for, but to be
faithful in performing the duties to which
they are assigned, they are likely to re-
main all their lives in poorly paid places
They must make themselves valuable De-
yond the compensation they receive before
they can command higher salaries or
more responsible positions.