The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1908-04-24
MAKING A WINNING
ElF-coNFlDENcE IMPORTANT
u + FACTOR TO SUCCESS. !.
DANGER IN DIFFlDENcE
One Cannot Ignore Responsibility and
Gain Prominence In Any voea-
ton chosen-Taient and
ENERGY Essential.

In the struggle to succeed many
fall by the swayside. The goal Of sue
cess is not for the one who cares not
to assume responsibility. Neither Is
1t to be attained by him who ia i'll
equipped and recklessly plunges into
duties that he cannot perform.
Difdence in self IL a barrier to
many. A lack of confidence has been
the stumbling stone that has caused
brilliancy often to conceal its luster in
obscurity. How many do we find
filling subordinate positions in the
great commercial world who have all
the knowledge essential for a higher
place. and perhaps are playing second
fiddle to one who is inferior as to
training, but whose aggressiveness
and self confidence have been factors
In forcing barriers aside, and allowed
him to step into positions of honor
and aff1uence?
He who would forge to the front
must first know that he is mentally
equipped for the position he seeks.
1t is not years that ripen experience.
1t is not age that counts in the strug-
gle. It il brains well cultivated,
and energy. 1t is confidence, aud
the power to control. Few would
achieve greatness if they shirked
responsibility. The young man start
ing cnt in the world should learn that
If thsre is an opportunity offered him
to advance he should grasp 1t.
He should not be timid. Often older
heads are passed over. He must not
think that youthfulness is a bar to
the performance of duty or to as
Stunning positions that ripper years may
perhaps have been associated with.
Others may smile and deride, but re-
membea it is ability that counts, and
tenacity and perseverance that WING
Authority makes easy the work.
Among those of the present WI
have achieved nightly and who oc
cupy prominent places in the CONNER
cial world, and in the arts, are young
men Of talent and energy. The inclina-
ton of these later days is to seek
the young and the energetic to fill
places of responsibility. No longer is
age considered the chief requirement
for high places. At the heads Of the
corporations will be found men of no
advanced years. In the great bank
ing institutions young men will be
found to be the most active forces. In
the army no longer is age considered
worthy of high Office, but rather merit.
So it is with every profession or vo-
cation.
Accompanying other essentials
should be stability of character. Too
often it is found that of the ones who
60 t. the front, while all qualities
| necessary for the work are in EVIL
dence, weakness of character, the in
clination to soar socially and to seek
recreation in ways that are vain and
unworthy, causes downfall. Our peni-
tentiaries are filled with penitents,
with men whose careers were full Of
promise and brightness, and who had
responsibility placed upon them, but
had been unfaithful to their trusts.
Then it is not all in ability, in self
confidence and energy to accomplish,
but it is honesty and integrity and a
keen sense of right, and right doing.
that assures greatest success. With
out these qualities no one can expect
to attain greatness. Even some of
the greatest men, the ones who have
been honored by positions high in gov
ernmental affairs, have had their weak
nesses displayed before the world
after years of prominence, and are
passing declining years robbed of the
honor that a higher sense of morality
and justice assures.
Don't shirk responsibility; don't ig-
more the attainment of the knowledge
essential to success, and do not forget
that there is always more satisfaction
in knowing that we have abided by
honor and all it's precepts than that
We gain great fame in wealth.
D. M. CARR.
Our Common Protector.