The Washington herald., 1915-12-04
The Attitude That Wins.
d, oRISoN SWEET MARDEN.

It IS vciY difficult to get very far
away fi"m people cstimate of US.
had fr-t impression often creates a
preiddic" that il is impossible after
ward wholly 70 remove Hence the
i'crCrtancc Of a!waSS radiating a
,l""rUl. uplifting atmosphere, an at
~ sp.CrH that will be 4 Commendation
il. toad Of 4 condemnation. Not that
y" EhnUid deceive hy trying to ap-
n.'- haJ VIC cTc not. but We should
" "'"G!" Tre? cIr best side out, not
D." second best {. oar worst. our
l.. -sOnal appearance is our show win
rcv' wn'~. We insert what we have
f: s"'c. and We are judged by what
y. unr :h.~"
- YOU don't l"ol cheerful and ap-
pcs" AMI ~; iik" y winner nobody
viii WIZ YOU. Every man will turn
deaf car % YOU" plea for work. No
natter if you are jniless and have
hs"1 on "f work for u long time you
must keep up = winning appearance
Or you will lose rEa very thing you
are GfteI. The world has little use
for winners or lonE-faced failures.
Never sly or do anything which
will show the carmarks Of Il weak
ling. - nobody. of failure. Never
permit Yourself to assume poverty
STRICKEN attitude. Never show the
world gloomy. pessimistic face.
Which is an admission that life has
lecn - disappointment to you instead
"f q glorious triumph. Never admit
hy your speech, your appearance. your
gait. your manner. that there is any
thing wrong with you. Hold up your
head. Walk erect. Look everybody
In the face. No matter how poor you
may he. or how shabby your clothes.
whether you are jObless. homeless.
friendI"ss even. show the world that
IL, hnlf
in yourself. and that no matter how
hard IN" way you are marching on
to victory.
In other words. you should be
good advertisement Of the winner you
are trying to bc. Doubts. fears. de-
spondenCy. lack of Confidence. will not
only give YOU away in the estimation
of others and brand you as "A weak
ling. n proba BILE failure. but they will
react upon your mentality and destroy
YOUR confidence. your initiative, your
efficiency. They are telltales, pro-
claiming 10 every ono you meet that
YOU are losing out in the game of life
a triumphant expression inspires con-
fdcnce A respondent discouraged
expression creates distrust, makes an
unfavorablc impression.
The triumphant attitude. will put
You in command of resources which a
iimid. self-depreciating, failure atti-
tudc will drive from you. This was
recently illustrated by lady in the
Athenaeum Library in Boston. Igno-
rant of the fact that members only
were entitled to Its special privileges.
she entered the place with a confident
hearing seated herself in a comfort
able window scat. and spent a delight
ful morning reading and writing let
tiers. In the evening she called on a
friend and in the course of conversa-
tion referred to her morning at the
Athenacum.
Why. didn't know you were a
member" exclaimed the friend.
"A member, No. said the lady. Il
am not a member But what differ
ence does that maker
The friend. who held an Athenaeum
card of membership. smiled and re-
piled:
Only this. that none but members
are supposed to enjoy the privileges
Of which you availed yourself this
morning"
Our manner and our appearance are
determined by our mental outlook. II
we see only failure ahead We will act
and look like failures. We have al
ready failed. If we expect success.
see IL waiting for us a little bit up
the road. we will act and look like
successes We have already succeed
ed The failure attitude loses; the
victorious attitude wins.
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