The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1914-02-17
FIRST STEPS TO SUCCESS.

FIRST STEPS TO SUCCESS.
Icr-c Comments On The Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic of the Young
Peoples Societies - Christian En-
dcaSOr, etc.-fOr February IL
RULES for Young Business Men
and WOmen.-ProN. 22:1-29.
by William T. Ellis.p
Whatever be a persons calling,
whether hOuSeWOri- or banking. per-
soma, efficiency is the first quality
demanded This does not necessarily
mean experiences III a special field.
Efficiency is made up of certain basic
qualities, which should be taught TO
ali children. 1t includes reliability:
worth than the brilliant one. The
boy who can be ounted upon 70 do
his task and not come snivelling with
excuses, is wanted everywhere. Next,
n allied to reliability. is thorough
ness; the doing with ones might
what one undertakes, SO hat there
are no loose ends for anybody else TO
look after. Then underlying all
else, and crOwning every other quail
ity. is sheer industry. Work works
wonders. Its logged as does it."
Simple, steady labor all
things. Given a youth who knows
how to work with his own hands and
head, and who is dependable and
thorough-going and all the ills OF ad-
verSity cannot hinder him from sue
cess.
Business is more than the barter
Of commodities, or the exchange Of
labor for money; if is. first Of all
the means through which a person
expresses his life. That stored Irish
man was right who put a wheelbar-
row on his family crest. By h bar
row he had served the world; it was
his sign Of conquest.
], Mere business is always good
business. The putterer is as unpro-
ductive as the putter-off.
g To achieve a life Of integrity and
4 usefulness is the worlds biggest
y business. The size of the bank-ac-
count is entirely a secondary cdhsid-
p Grafton.
This is the day Of the vindicatio1
Of the honest man. n business
men who have tried to pry opel
pathways to prosperity between tn
Ten Commandments and the civil
statutes are being called sharply t,
book. Some AVE made vast fortunes
" only to find themselves gibbeted b.
the public judgment. The men VIII
have been
nave StOOU last by True pI1IlClpIe
st nave once more proved that honest
is the best of policy There are me
alive today who would gladly Civ
= millions if only they could thereb
purchase the respect of their fello'
men. So the counsel will not toda
be scoffed at if we admonish youn
people to write integrity at the bas
Of their business careers. Hone
work, honest output, honest dealing
.. and high principles beyond all puI
chase-these are the bedrock foul
W dations Of commercial success.
g Amos r. Wells once gave a recil
for signal success In literature, whio
s0 applies to all other callings: #
born with brains, and use them"
e A sound and far-sighted busine
=; policy is 70 cultivate friends, 4
IN friends are rungs in the ladder
success.
ny Before the world owes anybody
ny living, he owes the world a life.
lis Broad intentions and minute {
by ~tention-v:~'on and painstaking
al z the twin screws Of the ship
success.
) Cicero said, Economy is itself
great
There IS g great deal Of unreal
and cant talked in connection Wi
3 success. A habit OF Weighing adv
ay: before taking il needed. The We
ability to look upon both sides Of
proposition and to test it's reaSc
ableness is in itself a quality of s,
cess. Sanity and sagacity are par
acquired traits and partly natu
en- endowment.
nds =
nat Money in the hands OF q prllds
'irit person can always make money; |
bly, money alone cannot make manic
And it is better to win charac
all than cash.
0In- -
cry British wares are f~anlOuSly .ei
BILE. n national distinction
( il been worth millions Of pounds