The Washington herald., 1917-09-09

nate disposition, idiosyncracies, Pc
culiarities. How many of us are
dragging along the fearful load of
ignorance! All these things are
hinderers and stand in the way of
our advancement.
1t is a curious fact that we may
have a superb ambition to get on
in the world and yet me may let
lot OF little things constantly trip
us up, block our advance, and
| thwart our great life purpose. with
out ever realizing what 1t is that
keeps us back.
How many humiliating experiences
We could escape if we were only able
to see ourselves as others see us, size
ourselves up as others size us up,
measure ourselves as others measure
US!
What hindering peculiarities have
: you which are keeping you back,
which make you unpopular? Are you
snObbish? Are you envious? Have
you a sour, bitter, revengeful DISPOSE
/ ton? Are you hard to get along with?
Are you untruthful? Are you deceit
| full? Are you a misChief-maker? Are
you unreliable, so that people cannot
depend upon you? What is your han
dicap? Are you sure you have not
one? II may be one so Objectionable
as seriously to retard your progress.
As it is a good thing for business
men to employ business doctors to
! diagnose their business malady, to see
! what is interfering with its healthful.
prosperous condition, to show where
/ TO cut out the dry rot, cancerous or
other diseased conditions, where the
! proprietors have been trying to
/ remedy the ills by palliative measures,
why is it not also a good thing for
( human being to be overhauled. to be
periodically inspected. studied, ad-
vised. set in order. reorganized by spe-
! cialists who make a life study of hui
man defects and deficiencies in indi-
| viduals, by men who have become eX-
perts in studying the causes OF sue
/ cess and failure?
OF what untold advantage It would
| be to US thus to know our weak
| points and how TO remedy them! Per
| haps no one has ever said a word
\ about our faults, or anything to our
! disadvantage since we left school or
j home. Since we set out for ourselves
no one has ever given US a hint Of the
| reasons why We have failed to get on.
All is silence as to our defects when
we approach others, although perhaps
moment before in our absence they
were saying things about our weak
nesses, discussing the reasons why We
/ have failed to get on in the world,
| knowledge OF which would have been
1 Of priceless value had they been frank
with us. But they say nothing to our
faces for fear of wounding US. There
fore, let US be honest with ourselves
and search ourselves, discover our de-
fects and rectify them.
| How many people there are in the
| great failure army today who would
never have been there had they been
under the supervision of the success
/ doctor, a personal efficiency director,
some one who would make a study Of
their natures, dispositions, tendencies,
their strength and weakness, and
guide and advise them accordingly.
Many a man has gone to his grave
failure and the reason has been a
| great enigma. He may have tried
with all his might all his life to make
his life count, but he failed and never
knew why.
! You may have done everything pos
sible in the way of health building
I You may be robust and strong, care
/ full Of your habits, of your sleep, of
| your food. You may have a good
| brain, good education, and still you
may be conscious that you are not
winning out, that you are not express
! ing half of your ability in your ca
reer, and you may not know why.
| There is no sentiment in efficiency.
| If you expect to win out in life YOU
must examine yourself carefully, take
count of your stock and see where
your strength lies. Find out your
strong points and your weak ones,
then get rid Of the handicaps to your
success.
| tCoryrisht, 1917