Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-06-24
ROAD TO SUCCESS.
FOR THE MONITOR. |

No infallible rules can he given
which insure success. Nature never
designed that all men should be sue
cessful or great, but there is little
doubt that every man has some ele-
ment, some particular faculty which
given fair opportunity, will lead to
success. This means, of course, that
man shall make the most of himself.
To those who insist on being lazy and
mean there is, and ought to be. no
chance for success in any line outside
the workhouse and the prison.
If the history of all great men, in
whatever line their success has been
obtained, is carefully studied, it will
be learned that they have climbed to
greatness from the foot of the ladder,
their progress oftentimes having been
arduous and slow. The young man
should be ambitious; unless he aspires
to something noble he is very liable
to be ignoble and small. Ambition
inspires to efficient and persistent la
Dor. Having decided, and that early
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the young man should bend all his eff
forts in that direction. Very few men
are great in all things; very many
succeed in one thing. To be a success
in any honest line is sure to bring
fame, if fame is sought after. To
succeed in obtaining riches-not the
highest success in the world - two
things always win, diligence and econ
omy. Without the first, little can be
earned; without the latter, little can
be saved. The history of wealth in
most instances is that it's possessor,
or some of his kindred, began poor,
but began to work and to save. These
accumulations gain slowly at first, but
they grow. The interest meanwhile be-
gins to increase earnings, with better
facilities, increased with little by little,
larger by larger, the sum swells up
till the man finds himself rich.
There may oe special faculties for
trade, business judgment that fore
sees the result of business undertake
ings, but the two things after all, al
ways, which win, are labor and saving.
Success in any sphere depends upon
honesty of purpose. No man who
grows rich by theft or unfair practices
has peace or security. Honesty is the
the policy. To succeed in literary di-
rections, nothing but study, long and
hard, patience, practice, will win.
Genius has something to do with the
few, but genius linked with Incidence
is more frequently in the rear than a
medium talent which is pushed on by
will, ambition and diligent toll.
To manage business successfully re-
quires hard study. Business men must
educate themselves in things of bust
ness, and they must give thought to
the affairs of their business. There is
90 much competition these days to
risk ones fortunes to slack energy,
random planning and haphazard
methods. The other fellow is right
on your track, and he is pushing right
up and will be on your ground if you
are stopping for the clover and the
daisies to grow. Get up, go ahead!
Study the methods successful men
and business parties use; learn how
they do it if you can. The great rail
railroad enterprises, the largest bust
ness concerns, the most successful in
surance companies, the smartest
drummers, the best tradesmen and
workers, each, all, are successful just
according to the diligence, thought
and really hard push used in each
line. Luck, to which some people
ascribe much of success, is a very
poor thing to trust in or wait for.
Barring accident, sickness, fire and a
few unavoidable misfortunes, luck has
little to do with ones success. The
road to success is up hill, but it is
passable, and there are many who are
working along that way. G. J. K.