The Washington times., 1918-04-12

l Household DomeStIcS, For All VINO Are Hired 10
| Work For Others, This Article Is Intended.
There is no greater mistake than smping your work
BECAUSE YOU ARE WORKING FOR ANOTHER, AND
FEAR YOU MAY DO TOO MUCH
For your sake remember that whatever you do in
the way honest concentrated you do FIRST OF ALL
FOR YOURSELF.
Only thing the world improve you and better
your condition and that thing is your effort
You begin life with certain mental faculties and with
certain muscular faculties Their development decay de-
pends entirely yourself
No work that you do is worthless It will NEVER pay
you neglect slur the task that you have undertaken
You may be ide in the thought that you indugng
yourself the expense Of your employer It is dishonest
thought and it is a stupid thought at the time.
You may rob your employer Of the time that he pays
for but when you shk your work you rob yourself first
of all
You may say that your employer pays you too little
Perhaps he does but that for hurting your moral
character through dishonesty It is for failing to
develop yourself.
The store factory or office in which you work is to
your mind what gymnasium is to your muscles.
You enter gymnasium AND PAY FOR THE PRIv1-
LEGE OF WORKING THERE.
You do not say to yourself: "Ths gymnasium belongs
to another The profits go to him. and I'll not work
hard
On the contrary you realize that the owner of gym
naum gives you the chance develop your muscles and
you thank him. although he makes you pay for the privilege
And you do your very best the rapeEe rings parallel
bars, or in any other direction
Act in your work you do in your gymnasium hours
There is kind Of work that fail to make you a
better and successful you work at it honestly
and Loyalty.
If you sweep an oice sweep it well And begin punctu-
ally each day, remembering that punctuaty acquired in
sweeping Office may be used later in governing city
Train your mind through your work, whatever it is.
succeeded.
that they did whatever they did well they could
Edison ordinary telegraph operator; but he was
worked very hard devised to make valuable the
instruments of his employers Soon he employer
himself and what far better than being an employer he
creator Of ideas and benefactor of the world
that they should oVERWoRK themselves, work
regardless of their physical welfare.
The right course is this:
Do much you can In the present without drawing
on your future reserves.
Don't work all night and then go on the day Such
effort mpair permanently your store Of vitality and that
But form the habit of negecting work. of sham
ming and lying instead Of achieving honestly.
You may deceive employer, or ten but you can't
deceive nature, and you can't deceive yourself.
You can form good habits only through regular work
You develop your faculties only through exercising them
honestly and systematically.
MERELY WORKING FAIRLY WELL" IS NOT
ENOUGH
If you want to run mile fast you do not merely jog
You day TO the mile faster than you did the day
before you want to learn to jump high you strain your
muscles and try and to do what you can't do U
mately you achieve it.
Keep that in mind when you work Remember that
you must wind yourself up The most watchful employer
may discharge you; but he cannot wind you up.
Be self winding machine and keep yourself wound up
Your hardest effort may fail to achieve greatness but
honest work will at least make impossible for you be
failure.
Train your BRAIN and muscles to regular steady
conscientious effort Make up your mind that FOR YOUR
OWN SAKE you will make every effort your best effort.
You will soon find yourself successful more self
respecting ADLER man woman.
And here is argument that should be powerful
with you than elf-interest:
Remember that the world needs honest conscientious
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