The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-08-13

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school days and left school lust as
soon as the law allowed them to do
so because the old school wasn't no
good nohow," or they have been boost
ed Through college by strenuous and
devious ways. They have been looking
Tor a soft snap ever since and have
not found 1T. They want what used to
De known as a sinecure, but which
mas been steadily becoming a dream
IN these strenuous days when business
methods are applied to public as well
as to private matters.
They have not been accustomed to
Selling opportunity by the tail feath-
ers as she gaily attempts to hon the
fence into the next yard. They have
looked on wonderingly and calculated
Run old bird!" while some more alert
youth grabbed the willy fowl even
though few of the feathers were sac
rificed in the struggle.
When the vacuous youth discovers
that he has let a bird go "as is a. bird. &"
ne never attempts to explain the mat
ter by rejecting on his own lack OF
| aiertness. He knows that he is not to
blame because he didn't know the
| bally old bird when he saw it. and
whose fault is that he would like to
know?"
! The ability to know an opportunity
| when one sees it is something better
than sixth sense. 1t Is an instinct
that may be classed with a woman's
intuition. 1t is regarded by theoso-
phists as the accumulation of wisdom
through experience made in other
lives, but what ever 1t is, it is given to
some and withheld from others. It can
In measure be cultivated, and where
it has not been bestowed by nature as
free gift it must be cultivated. Some
! failures will be marked down to mis-
taken estimates of opportunities, but
/ they will at least be reckoned as eff
forts, though not crowned with sue
cess. 1t Is something to have tried
but don't imagine that you have /. led
when you have but half -heartedly at
tempted something. ..r
Put your whole heart into what you
are doing. Don't try to do too many
things at once If you are not an expert
IN the games of life. Be sure that you
are doing your best and then, don't
whine If you fail. @
Just say I'll know better next time"
and hustle around, and IL the next time
Is not apparent to the eye. dig IL up!
The man who would succeed never
sits down and bewails his luck. He
isn't looking for something to drop
from the skies on him. He would not
wait long enough for such a soft gift
to fall on him. He really prefers the
things he creates. The Job he makes
out of what appears to be very un-
promising material is the one in which
he takes the greatest pride.
Do not be content to follow an old
rut in business. Strike out a new and
original path for the better. Don't
lose sight of that word better" If
your idea is not better than the old
one your originality becomes eccentric
ity. Don't be eccentric Be sure your
Ideas suit your superior in business.
If YOU think you can improve the bus
mess, and your chief is on of the old
fashioned kind that prefers a rut in
which to travel, don't jolt him out all
at once. P-y him loose gradually and
let him think that he enjoys the pros
poets OF a change. When you can
show results-when your work is no
longer an experiment-then compare
the present with the old way. 1t is
all right to take credit for work you
really do. Never take 1t for work that
you shirk.
And leave out all talk of luck. Make
your own luck by never allowing your
self to be counted out. You are never
down and out till you yourself ac-
knowledges it. Remember that!