Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-03-09
Doing Things WELL
A.LADY WRITER SAYS CULTIVATE
A Love OF EXCELLENCE.
Some Excellent Advice Particularly
Applicable to Young People, But
Is Worthy the Consideration of
All. Avoid SIOvenIy Habits and
InCOmpIe tenesS in Your Work.

Written for the HERALD
1t is surprising how the mind and
character expand and grow upward by
the application OF this stimulus.
Nothing has more to do with forming
strong character and ability of high
order than constant cultivation of love
OF excellence, determination to do 20 a
finish Whatever we undertake.. 1t is not
enough to do thing pretty well; it
should be done as well as it can be done.
"Oh, that Is good enough" has been the
unsafe stone in the foundation of many q
life which has caused the building. to
topple.
"A habit of incompleteness formed when
young is the secret of innumerabie fail
ures. Culivating an upward tendency
in all that we do, and holding steadily a
high ideal in the mind, is perpetual
stimulus to do things better and better,
daily incentive to a love of excellence.
A habit of half doing things, or of do
ing them in ipshod manner, will soon
leave its demoralizing mark on the char
acter. The mind soon becomes accrs-
toned to low ideals, and little bv little
the fine edge of conscience is blunted,
The world wants your hest, and you
should resolve early in life never to give
anything but the best OF which you are
capable. Put your best thought, your
best energy into everything you do.
Your life is worth too much to be thrown
away in half doing things, or botching
anything you undertake.
There is great satisfaction in doing
things just right. 1t is perpetual tonic
to feel each night that you have not been
sighting things curing the day, that you
have done everything you attempted Just
as we'll as it could be done. This sense
OF completeness, of things we'll done, has
good influence in Strengthening the
character, and bringing all the faculties
into harmony. in qualifying US for better
and higher work.
If the character OF criminals, of tramps,
OF the great army Of unemployed and
side.tracked people were to be analyzed,
it would be found that most of them
have been accustomed to half do things.
1t Is very seldom that person who does
whatever he undertakes to do as we'll 40
it can be done, who does not slur over
his work, is out of situation, unless he
possesses some other serious character
defect.
When an employer wishes to promote
any OF his clerks he always looks for the
one who does his work in the most COM
plete and satisfactory manner. This is
usually the great test of fitness. Every
employer dislikes sipshod aud slovenly
methods. He wants orderly, systematic,
painstakipg employees.
Doing things as we'll as they can be
done is not only the quickest way to ad.
vancement. but it has very great influ-
ence upon ones character and self-
respect. We should never allow our
selves to get into habit of half doing
things.
If we were to ask employers all over
this country what, in their opinion, is
the greatest impediment to the advance
ment of young people, believe the ma
jority of them would say. 1.-THE habit of
half doing things"
The boy who half learns his lessons,
who skins through his examinations.
who is slovenly in his habits, lacks sys.
TEN and order, who does things in a half
hearted way, is almost sure to be fall
ure in life. The habits formed in boy.
hood char racterizes the man. 1t is the
accurate man, the painstaking man who
is exact, who attains the highest success.
Adopt this motto: Perfection to the
finishO N T. p