The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-07-04
Meeting Success Half Way
The Necessity of Fully Understanding Your Own
Handicaps.

AuAlS "n2N CuAnke may mean 70 hlIn'
Examine yourself thoroughly: Are
you one of those very humble" per-
sons who 70 through life in fear Of
making enemies? Are you = per-
petuAl acceptor of other people 8
theories weakened oonformer
to ideas which might be Abhorrsnt
TO you IL you had the courage to
acknowledge II to yourself? Be-
tween the dsvil-may-carS gambler
and the timid soul who wouldn't
buy q Liberty Bond there IL plenty
Of room for sane. clear-eyed pioneers
achieves much.
Now then. are you . coward? No!
Good. Then on to the next bit Of
self examination. Are you sure you
are not lazy7 Do you come TO work on
on the stroke Of nine and leave on
the stroke OF Eve and dawdls
through the day without energy or
vim? Do you get out Of any assign
ment you can possibly avoid1 Do
you hunt for the soft Snapsr
In 4 certain Women'G college the
minimum requirement for Q years
work IL sixteen points per week. A
very difficult philosophy course,
which required hard work and real
mental concentration. gave only
three points. A friend Of mine who
actually liked philosophy avoided
that course and managed to get four
points by taking some French
(which she really didn't need. since
che had been well grounded in
French from babyhood up) and an
other course In shakespSrian read
ing, which bored her to death
Twelve hours of hard work .
week Is enough for any girl to car
~" she declared. Are you surprised
to hear that although she was grad
uated from college eight years ago
and has been doing work In the
world OF business ever since. she has
never made any real advance?
Now. rhen-are you laIy7 No? II
honest study Of yourself proves that
neither on account Of timidity nor
lazineEs can yoI be marked zero Cor
rather l00D, turn to q consideration
Of your own reliability. Are you
steady? IL headache good
eonugh excuse for you to demand .
day on? Do you work In IpurtS-
showing energy and Initiative and
real creative power one day and In
ertis the next?
Are You Prompt?
Are you prompt about finishing up
your work? Do you jump from one
thing to another without any real
concentration. or do you forge ahead
steadily from point to point, achiev-
ing all you can at every stage of the
game? II you are given q responsi-
bility, do you sec IL through?
l know q young woman reporter
who won her spurs on q great daily
by staying out from In the morn
ing until 9 at night in her efforts
to get an interview which was prao-
tically unattainable- That failure
did not daunt her. and when she
found she was not needed on any
other assignment she kept at the
hopeless task for three days. She
did wearying detective work; went
lunchless daily: trAmped about: met
any numbers OF rebuffs and finally
brought In an interview.
1t could not be used because every
word contained in II was directly
contradictory to the principles for
which her paper stood. But the girl
had been reliable. She had been
neither a coward nor lazy. and q
failure actually brought her promo
tion.
Does your stocktaking reveal you
as brave, free from laziness and re-
liable? II II does and you are in .
business rut, the only logical infer
ence IL that your failure TO advance
IL because you are dealing with q
firm OF old fogies or of unfair ty-
rants. And since you are brave and
energetic and reliable you are prop
srly equipped TO sell yourself in .
better market