The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1908-01-10
FINDING THE PIVOT
GOOD ADVICE FOR YOUNG MEN
WHO WOULD SUCCEED.
LOOK SQUARELY AT THINGS
IN Considering Business Proposi-
ton, Search for the Foundation
Upon Which II Rests-Cet
That and Win.

Are you a dreamer Do you look
squareIy al things. and make IL your
aim to find the meat OF the nut Have
you the tact 10 get al the point a
things. at the main object. and do you
make il a practice 10 aim squarely
at the bull'seye.
Decisiveness is one Of the essentials
TO success. The man who goes along
in a halfhearted. semi-conscions WAY,
his mind wandering from one phase Of
a subject TO another without the abil-
fly 10 sift out the chat Is not likely
10 get far TO the front Keep your
mind on the main point Get right
down to hard work. and probe every
proposition deep until you get 81 the
germ, the kernel that Is the life Of
the thing. There is q pivotal point 10
everything. Find the point and stick
to il. When there il a business
proposition for consideration. don (
20 around the outside looking al every
thing in connection with H. but search
for the foundation upon which i rests.
Find the pivot upon which II swings
In every task you have 10 perform
YOU will discover that there is Ger
tain way in which il can be better
performed than some other way fand
this way. The general in command o.
an army must have his mind trained
TO see the point OF vantage. The man
ager of a large industry that gives
employment 10 thousand OF men must
see the points that are so essential 10
success. The ability TO concentrate
energy. TO master things. 10 find he
main point. and 10 take advantage q
discoveries is an assurance Of success.
What ever you undertake TO do.
/ be sure that you use your brain. anc
\ use il rightly. One man viii fret and
stew over a task. and spend GAYS II
worrying about little things that are
unimportant. while another man VIII
notice the main point in al instant
and without apparent effort viii 90
what the slow and validating one per
haps could never do
Only a short time ago mininE en'
rineer conceived an idea q perfect.
ing a machine for washing gold de
applied 10 the government for patent
and IL was refused because theE
claimed that such a machine could not
be constructed according 10 his speci
fca,ions. Experts tried to work ou'
the problem. All gave il Up BY acc
dent the engineer met a mechanic an
EXPLAINED what he wanted. The me
chanic said. TN make IL for you
He started to work he did complies
the machine that government expert
claimed could not be made The fel
low discovered the main point u
was trained in the right way II
thinking apparatus was al right an'
his seeking the point" was the mean
OF making him a wealthy man, an
the mining engineer as well
A few years ago a young electrica
engineer was experimenting IN Pitts
burg steel works he noticed ina
certain substances when infensel
heated produced q substance that 2
was not familiar with. he keTt On -
perimenting. He got out patent O
the new product He named il curS6
rundum. a substance almost as har
as the diamond and now eKtensirel
used in polishing gems and steel an
used instead Of emery. The youn
man saw the point and to-day is SCI
eral times a millionaire. II is seem
the point discovering things ths
are essentials. that make the me-
The noted John d Rockefeller sewers
years ago had brains enough 10 Sc
the great future Of petroleum He =
about to get control Of the industr7
He succeeded. Had he not the cuaiit
Of getting al the meat Of the nut" I
would have done as hundreds an
thousands of others, let the oppurtu,
ity pass
There Is nothing ike keeping yor
brain focused on the main point Cor
centraie all your energies Oh what &C
have TO do. Sift out the chaf- @
rid OF the worthless. the immaterii
things. and get at the chief propos
ton Don't spend time and brai
power In little worthless rrospeciin
Bore right into the heart of thing
and discover where the point lie
Then work right. Don't lag Be-
every energy to win. and success "
be yours. Keep your eye on z