Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-18
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In these times when work Is count
Ing more than it ever did before, when
men who do things are in demand,
there is a tendency to speak OF some
man who is trying to do his share OF
the work that he feels is necessary to
successful accomplishment, as that
man is putting in too many hours"
"that fellow is burning the candle at
both ends by working too hard" ne
is killing himself working" and other
remarks along that line.
That kind of talk is wrong.
Why is it that the man who Is work
Ing long hours attracts attention? In
nine cases out of ten it is because he
is making good on the work he is try
ing to do.
Why is it he is making good? Sim
ply because he is putting in his whole
thought, his entire effort, making his
work a part of himself and himself
q part of his work. That's why.
Few men are hurt by overwork, be-
cause it is hard to hurt ones self
working at a task at which he is &C
complishing something. Few men
make without hard work.
A man has to put in years of hard
WOIK dllo OAA 1ooAo oS
before he himself learns how to get
around him an organization that can
carry on the business at full swing
while the head Of the Institution is
away temporarily. Businesses do run
and run successfully while the pro-
prietor Is away, but it Is not because
he is await is because he has been
there, and when he Is there he is there
all over. He is there in body and in
influence. The proprietor who puts in
long hours is not, as a general rule,
q hard man to work for. AS an en-
ployer he does not expect brilliant per-
formanees, but he does have an inter-
est in the employee who wants to do
his share for the institution, and does
do it.
In NEST cases on this earth work is
the price of success. If a man will
rot pay the price, he will seldom get
the goods. If he does not want to
g the price he does not have to-
its up to him.
Some years ago a prominent gov
eminent official told his secretary to
arrange a date for him to see P. D.
Armour. Mr.. Armour set the date at
noon. The official found him in his
office eating his lunch and debating
letters, and as soon as he finished his
lunch he got shaved without leaving
the office. Some may think that gait
too much of q price to pay for Mr..
Armour's success. However, that is
the way he worked to make his name
known all over the civilized world.
Mr.. Armour didn't think he was
paying too much-he didn't think the
price was too high. At any rate, all
will admit that Mr.. Armour was a
success.
If n will just look around almost
any community and do a little hard
headed thinking, he will notice that
the men who are factors in that com
munity are those who are now or have
been hard workers, and hours cut no
figure with them.
In athletic events, the man who does
the hardest training generally wins.
He has paid the price for his success.
Some Of our greatest athletes train
good and hard for their first events
and win them. Then they are praised
by their admirers and neglect to
train. When that happens their down
ward career begins.
Remember, young man, h grand
stand Is only interested in you while
you are a winner-you pass out OF
notice when you begin to lose-and
you are sure to lose when you let up
in your training, whether it is for bust,
ness or athletics.