The Washington times., 1920-11-28

Every SUCCESSFUL business man KNOWS th41 onoe IN
80 often he must take stock" He must 60 through
his sstabshmsnt. nnd just what he has hand esti
mate it, worth and actually KNOW WHERE HE
STANDS, In goods, in money in trash and ''stiskers
The end Of year Il the most important stock
taking time, for business that check up their
chandise, profits and prospects and for young men
that check up themselves, their strong and their
weak spots.
Mr.. Hoyt made . valuable suggestion to almost
every young man The first thing for nineteen twenty
one, BEGINNING THE WORK NOW, is to got rid Of
sorTNEss. mental and physical, by determined systs
matte training.
Forget about bad luck; there is no such thing
Forget also about not having had " as good q start
somebody else What is called good start usually
means rich father, comfort without effort As q mat
ter Of fact rich father and luxury not earned by hard
work constitute most unfortunate start in Ife For
almost anybody may succeed in spite Of poverty Not
more than one in . thousand succeeds in spite Of
wealth.
What makes q watch go7 It ism the gold case, the
fancy chain, the many jewels within It is that MAIN
SPRING constantly and evenly applying PRESSURE,
keeping the hands going around.
The trouble with the boy sitting on this trunk Tin
the pictur and complaining instead of getting up and
going on, is lack of mainspring which is the will.
Without that handspring you can't go ahead With it,
NOTHING can keep you back.
But don't mistake conceit for ambition, and don't
imagine that the DESIRE to have something without
working for it, constitutes willpower
In every group Of hundred young men there is At
least one to whom the o her ninety nine will point o.
day Is 1.-The man that succeeded, did not seem 10
amount to much, seemed just like the rest Of u.s. when
we first knew him.
1t is fact that among hundred youngsters, tle
destined for success SEEMS very much like al IL
others. Il
When Lincoln was q young man splitting rail-
when Edison an underpaid telegraph clerk, sittn
at his instrument; when Napoleon thinking in tn
military school in Paris, they all seemed much hk
other youngsters around them.
Lincoln was homely and ungainly; young Bonaparte
was morose and unsociable Edison, except for the
bgness Of his head looked like any average telegraph
clerk. The difference in the MAINSPRNG
Bonapsrte remained petty officer for years, but he
was never Satisfied with himself or with anything
else. That's why HE went ahead.
Edison wasn't SATISFIED to send one message
one wire. That is why HE invented scheme 70,
making one wire carry than message and in
vented many other things
Young men, don't be SATISFIED. Be forever file
with DISSATISFACTION
But be dissatisfied with YOURSELVES not witt
luck fate or your job your boss your start in
life
Every man is double. There is the soft little msn
that sits down on his job complaining. His Job WOE
carry him anywhere, HE MUST CARRY HIS JOB.
And there is in every one bigger man-ths greater
personality shown by Mr. McCay in this picture.
Be dissatisfied with yourself while you are young
and you will find the world will become more and more
a satisfactory place as you grow older.
1921 is coming; it is to be year Of few big sue.