The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-10
You Must Do Your OlDn
Climbing

man like Lincoln who had only few books and few
chances but made the best OF them ne could the
complicated recipes for succeeding that are gwen out by
the gentlemen of the insurance companies and the gech
schemes.
Certain men whom we call successful, by which
that they got MONEY have succeeded without the
quality of industry. They the gamblers, the Wall
Street genuses others who with tricks have got better
of their fellow men, BUT THEY ARE NOT SUCCESSFUL.
: Men of the stamp have succeeded, even without
sobriety honesty.
To tell young that he NEEDS certain qualities
is wasting his time and ownexcep as you may direct
his attention TO THE POSSIBILITY OF DEVELOPING
IN HIMSELF the essentials of success.
Coils P. Huntington, asked to advise young man, said:
Take thousand dollars and go into the business Of
raising rubber trees" The young didn't have ten
thousand dollars
Mr.. Huntington said: "well go and get it before YOU
come to for advice
The great railroad attitude is very much like that
of the ORDINARY adviser of the young He says, "Be
honest be industrious, be self denying be courageous.
patient, sober"but he does not tell him how he CAN BE
these things. e.ra
To make real you must have first Of ALL IN
DUSTRY--the faculty of hard work AND YOU CAN
CULTIVATE THAT QUALITY IN YOURSELF.
Map out what you going to do each day. AND DO IT.
Never let yourself get into the habit of leaving thing
UNFINISHED 1t is hard; for some time it is almost
impossible But if you WILL 1T, you make yourself
hard worker eventually You must do that-that the
FIRST step to the real success .r....-..
l. SELF-DENIAL is especially matter of selfeducation.
Instead of putting your mind the question, Glow
myself dress myself" say to yourself, WHAT
CAN DO WITHOUTi"
Self denial not important simply because it your
money-it is especially important because 1T SAVES
YOUR TIME AND YOUR VITALITY. Sobriety u.s. of
part of denial you don't smoke excessively
at ALL if You don't drink excessively at a-you
money and you vitality. you don't pay foolish
attention to dress-only neatness and
necessary to the time and the thought
that many men put worthless worrying about their
personal appearance.
The most important in the line of elfdena perhaps
TO MAKE YOURSELF NOT WORRY ABOUT WHAT
OTHERS THINK OF YOU. Try to earn the approval Of
those who worth while and dismiss from your mind the
opinion of the crowd that nothing to you and
do nothing for you. More men waste enough time and
energy and the opinions of others to make them
successful if they could be Indifferent to public opinion
ENTHUSIASM is one of the great factors in success 1t
is important especially BECAUSE 1T HELPS A MAN TO
GET A START
Unfortunately enthusiasm of the qualities
difficult to cultivate. 1t is almost part of mans
SELF like his dark hair regular features wide shout
ders. Yet even enthusiasm CAN be cultivated, and it
should be cultivated Begin by getting out of your mind
the critical complaining, dissatisfied feelings. That is
like pulling the weeds out of field.
Enthusiasm is largely matter of vitality, health and
strength. -. .
Get up the morning after eight hours good sleep and
you will be enthusiastically to attack any proposition
Get up with five hours sleep and night foolishy spent
and you will have strength for enthusiasm Cultivate
your strength it, and train yourself to look enthusiast
cay and hopefully at the world scornng it's difficulties
Honesty has been talked Of necessarily since the
writing of the Ten Commandments and long before There
many false regulations and not few big fortunes
built ON DISHONESTY. There are some men who might
have been rich if they had been dishonest but who
poor But be that REAL success comes only to
the honest man, to the who thinks and works AND
| TREATS OTHER MEN HONESTLY
| Whatever you do HAS TO BE DONE ABSOLUTELY
BY THE EXERCISE OF YOUR OWN WILL POWER;
| IF YOU DECEIVE YOURSELF, BLAMING OTHERS
| INSTEAD OF YOURSELF, YOU WILL NEVER GET
AHEAD. YOU MUST BE YOUR OWN MOST SEVERE
JUDGE. Remember that it is not sufficient to WISH for