The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-09-14

lose no time In consulting a specialist in
memopics. for his memory is failing him.
Why, my boy, you'd think, to hear
Of rules and make up a iine brand Of
Success, just as woman gets pie out
of a cook book; or you. could cit at the
feet of some great man and get the
recipe as 1t falls from his lips.
% 'Plod! says the great man. Go UP
the ladder Of Success one rung at
time.
"son! that sounds we'll, and it suits
some people. 1t has gained a., certain
seen fellows take a running jump and
land right on the plodder's fingers. Why.
once knew an establishment where the
slow and sure, one rung at time bus
mess was almost a bylaw. You would
have said that nothing could jar the
established system. But one day a. fel-
low came along who seemed to have
wings ON his shoes, and he went UP that
ladder like a fireman at a tournament.
Those plodders. didn't bother him at all.
They seemed to just naturally drop on
to make way for him, and there wasn't
one in ten could tell how his grip was
loosened. One rung year had been
about, the limit, but that fellow went up
eight rungs in ten months, and in year
and half he was accounted SUCCESS.
Now. II you went to him for rule, it's
gold watch to piece Of scrap iron
you wouldn't get the truth, and very
likely 1t wouldn't help you II you did.
Inc chances are IL WOulOnI turn OUT 10
be your kind of '.ule. You see. my
boy. avery fellow has to have his own
rule, and Success sometimes comes from
breaking the best of them. There's that
That's a highly Good ole in most cases,
too; but, son! some of the greatest sue.
ceSes in the worlds history have come
from disobedience of orders.
81 recall little case Of that kind. a
friend OF mine was detailed on a mis-
sion of great Importance, In which there
was a large element Of chance. He was
unsuccessful. and his employer teles
authority to incur still further expense
in the hopes of ultimate success, and
the answer was Deremptory order to
o Hs tore took SR the ssSl.r
chancS and won; he was rewarded imam
cialy and by promotion, 1t was a fool
thing to do. my boy. You and I couldnt
win by it one time in a thousand; but
you about 1t to show that no rule fits
all people and all occasions.
The plodder is all right-sometimes;
the hustler is all right-sometimes; the
schemer is all right-sometimes. But
more people have gone broke following
other peoples rules than you can count
on an eight column adding machine. And
don't forget that there are all kinds OF
opportunities. What is an opportunity
for one may be in no sense an opportun-
ity for another. On road to Success
that is dead easv for a neighbor yoa
might stumble and break your neck1
while he'd find his feet slipping on the
road that suits you. You've got to hunt
up your own road and make your own
set of rules. and It's a practical Ger.
tainty that you'll have a backyard fun
OF both rules and opportunities before
you hit 1t right. In the meantime .
lot of men who are either insincere or
fools will be tossing you out sets OF
rules all turned OUT of the same rae
tory, in spite of the diversity OF experi~
ences and methods.
'Just look them over. son. and pile
them up against the fence. Don't spurrA
up YOUR own individual set-just pile
them up nicely where they won't be In
your way. and then see what you can do
for yourself. There's a lot that's good
in them. and there's a lot that's tom
myrot. IL you can pick out which is
which in your case. you may be f1ying
with the birds before long"