The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-02-12
Your Work Is Your Bain'S
Gymnasium
Exercise Thoroughly and Honestly
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For buyers in big stores.
For clerks in little stores
For office boys.
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tics for all who hired work for Others tbs article
intended.
There is greater mistake than skimpng BUR work.
BECAUSE YOU ARE WORKING FOR ANoHER AND
FEAR YOU MAY DO TOO MUCH.
For sake remember that whatever va do the
way of honest concentrated work do FIRST ALL FOR
YOURSELF
Only thing in the world improve youand
your condition and that thing is your effort
You begin life with certain mental faculties an with
tain muscular faculties Their development deay depends
entirely on yourself.
No work that you do is worthless will NEvlR pay you
to neglect sur the task that you have undertake
You may be idle in the thought that ar ndulging
yourself at the of your employer It dishonest
thought and it is a stupid thought at the tins
You may rob your employer Of the time that pays for
but when shirk your work you rob yourself ft of ALL
You may say that your employer pays you title Per
haps he does But that hurting moral
character through dishonesty is 70 failing to
develop yourself.
The store factory office in which you to your
mind what gymnasium is to your muscles
You enter gymnasium AND PAY FOR THE RIVILEGEI
OF WORKING THERE.
You do not say Yourself This gymnasium belongs to
another The profits him. and I'll york hard
On the contrary, you realize that the gym
nasum gives the chance develop your mus and YOU
thank him. although he makes you pay for the prege And
you do best the rapeze rings parallel bars or
In any other direction
Act in your work you do in your gymnasium hours.
There kind of work that fail make pu better
and successful you work honestly nd loyalty
you office sweep it WELL and beginpunctualiy
an Office may be used later in governing city.
Train your mind through your work, whatever il
Study the lives of those Yu will see
that they did whatever they did well they coud
+a intelligent readers will mot msnerpret this adyie to mean
OF their own physical welfare.
The right course is this
Do much you the without drawing on
your future
Don't work all night go on the next ay Such
efforts impair permanently store of vitality that
vitality is your capital
form the hdeous habit of neglecng work. of
shammng and lying instead of achieving honestly. /
You may deceive one employer, ten. But you can't
deceive nature, and you can't deceive yourself
YOU form good habits only through regular work You
can develop your faculties only through exercising hem hon
esty and systematically.
Remember this Also since this is to be column of
MERELY WORKING FAIRLY WELL" Is NOT rNoUcH
you want to run mile fast do not merely pg. You
before you want learn to umu p Vou u Stain ;ne vo
muscles and try over and over to do what 'an't do
Keep that in mind you work Remember that you must
wind yourself The most watchful employer may discharge
a selfwnding machine, and keep yourself wouni up
lou naroes. eo1t may fa to achieve GREATNESS But
failure. " r 'O ' " "
Train your BRAIN nerves. muscles to regular
wake up your MIND that FOE YOUR
OWN SAKE you will make every effort your best effrt
You Will soon find yourself successful more self
respecting ADLER woman.
And here an argument that should be powerful
you than self interest.
Remember that the world needs honest conscientious men
ana women able to do good work themselves and people
earth with children born of honest parents.
Make up your mind to be Of the worlds HONEST
citizens.
To improve the world begin by improving yourself
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