The Washington herald., 1916-06-05
Didn't Dare Take a Chance. y
BY oRIsoN swET'r MARDEN.

This is clog hindering tens of thousands from
getting on IN hfe-"Didn't dare to take chance.
today working for somebody else with ordinary pay,
with ability and training which would enable them
to do big things independent of others if they only
had the courage to branch out, to take chances If
they only had little more dare in their natures.
There is more or less gambling in every success
tul career just there is gambling in marriage No
two young people who come to the altar are ever
sure that they are going to have harmonious and
happy future. But they must take their chances
There are occasions in life when we must take
chances or lose everything
know young man of excellent character and
good ability he is so afraid Of losing the money he
has saved by rigid economy that he never makes a
venture: He has weighed and considered and bal
anced things so long in his mind that however prom
isng the outlook he is afraid to take the least risk
in anything. His bump of precauton has become so
aonormay large that no matter what enterprises you
may suggest to him, he raises many objections,
sees so many chances for loss or failure that he
does not dare venture it. He simply grips his little
savings tighter and tighter and grows narrower and
narrower all the time. With the exception of few
thousand dollars in bank, he is Just where he was
dozen years ago.
Instead of managing business OF his which
he is perfectly competent do, this works along
on small salary, pinching his clothing and on
his TODD, and living in poor room IN cheap neigh
borhood in order to save a little money. He has
been doing this long that he has fallen into rut,
out Of which there is little hope now of his ever
lifting himself.
Most of us prefer mediocre career with GER
talnty to possibly distinctive the condi-
uon OF taking chances-which always Precede great
achievements.
The men who stand at the top of their line of
endeavor stand there because they have the courage
of their convictions They had the courage enter
the contest for big prizes; they had the nerve to
undertake greatly even against the advice of others.
Young talk about the luck OF the Wanna
makers the Marshall Fields, the James J. Hills and
other successful men. They envy those who have
made great strides in the world but they do not
seem to realize that these had to take chances
early in their careers, chances which those about
them afraid to take These who have
forged ahead had broader vision; they dared to
ture against odds, and they won out.
II does not matter how well educated you may
be, or how good a training you may have had for
your vocation, if you hesitater, if you lack
that courage which dares risk all your Judgment,
you will never get above medocrity
When do you expect to do anything distinctive
in life if not now? When how do YOU expect to
get Of the ranks of mediocrty if not now, and
through your own initiative: Remember that the
men who do original things fearless. There is
lot OF dare in their makeup great deal of bold
ness They afraid to start in business, TO
shoulder responsibility, to endure inconvenience and
prvation for the sake of an independent career.
OF course, many take chances who do not win
out. But there is possibility of winning in
any large way without taking some risk. If YOU
want dead thing, don't take the chances don't
do the things which the daring soul undertakes His
course is not for the tmid weakling Stick to your
present Job, and be to do Your work lust we'll
/ enough to avoid being discharged You will thus
will be at rest. There is doubt but you can get
an ordinary living by ordinary industry but if YOU
expect to have a career which will rank among those
Of the successful men and women of the world YOU
must have some dare IN your nature, you be
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