The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-02-12
WHEN SUCCESS is CERTAIN.


Does Success follow some people?
1t certainly does and there's a rea-
son."
Success is a highly self-respecting
quantity and never creeps about after
any one whining for admittance into
his life
The only way to succeed in the SUI
perlative degree,-to attract all that
you need to you-is to take a deep
and living interest in the work in
hand. There is as much difference
between a living interest and a duty
(dead) interest as there is between
the positive certain rapture of love
at first sight and the uncertain vi
tally of cultivated affection. Under
the latter conditions, success some
times takes on sufficient life to pre-
vent an entire demise, and in some
instances has managed by main
strength, even for years, to avoid
breathing the final breath. Such
success" Is not certain. 1t Is like
the artificial man mace by man. II
may not be depended upon. Or
like the pet goldfish that begins 70
waver and swim uncertainty in It's
combining globe 1t is only a matter
of time when the moribund fish WIN
float to the surface a lifeless corpse.
In just this manner does despised
business or occupation finally die an
unnatural death, Success cannot live
in such an atmosphere.
There is great deal said about
concentrated definite thought as a
means to success. Definite indeed,
must both thought and action be and
concentration is prime factor in
success. But concentration and def
mite thought and action are mere
ly the natural adjuncts of the atten-
tion that comes only with a vital
living interest in ones business. This
imperative demand upon the atten-
ton is secured only in conjunction
with definite loving interest in your
work.
One who is truly and intensely in
terested in his work will attract to
himself through the law of like at
tracing like, much valuable assist
, ance from others thinking along SIM
liar lines. He will connect up" as
it were, with that current of thought.
To succeed you must not let your
mind wander to other lines of work
during business hours 1t may read
lily be seen that this sort of vagrant
thinking would create chaos in the
mind and hamper the main issue. Va
!. riety may be the spice of life, but it
: is seldom the bread and butter.
' He who dislikes his work repels
the very forces that would make for
: his success. Hate of work, accom-
r physical efforts, can never hope for
r more than Indifferent results, for the
: reason that failure is it's natural
: goal
e If you have mistaken your work
/ and are on the wrong trail, turn
{ about if possible, and relocate your
v self, tremendously. If, for any rea-
g son, this is impossible, then apply
5 all your common sense, turn on all
g your will-power and philosophy, and
: say 81 will learn to love this hated
l. work. j will do this work better
|. than any one ever did it before. 1
J. will take pride in doing my work in
J. the most perfect manner possible"
l. But" you say my work is be-
s meath my dignity and capabilities.
# cannot love it."
S What is dignity? A mere myth of
d the imagination.
g What is capability? Why, the per-
p son who is capable of making an un-
4 lovely task a work of love and beauty
o by putting a beautiful mind back of
o it, is capable of anything he wishes
\. to undertake!
d No matter how ignoble the work
70 is classed, it becomes grand and
d noble in the hands of such a work
O. man. He knows that mind is master
# over matter. He transforms his
i, work; does not let it transform him
Happy he who earns his daily
bread by doing work that he natural
ly loves; but failing that, he may al
least rule his work and shine on. II
TX will in time serve as a stepping-stone
e. to something more 10 his taste.
A. Success hangs round such a per
* son Of this,-a sort of skillful, grown
lt1 up Cupid who aims and always hits
III the mark.
Is For such there is no failure, un
u happiness or poverty.
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