Evening star., 1924-04-27

| larger than they arc able to handle.
| 1t is as much a pleasure 20 drive
business as 1t is to drive Il horse or
an automobile. However, when the
business gets so demanding that H.
| drives the man, then il becomes
| burden rather than a pleasure Too
many business men-both large and
small-are in this position today
The world calls them successful, but
they are not successful
Logic But 10 Per Cent.
In an entire business life. sixty per
cent of all we do is the result of in
stinct, inheritance and environment.
and 30 per cent is the result Of re-.
ligion. The other 10 per cent is given
to the forming of habits and is called
reason or intellect. The accompanying
table summarizes these fundamentals
Instinct 60 per cent
1. Integrity
| Decision and perseverance,
Purpose and courtesy.
>. Health and industry.
Cleanliness and general ap-
pearancc.
Good nature and sense of
| humor
Religion 80 per cent.
:. Intelligence and judgment
-mindedneSs and fore
| sight.
Ability TO organize and CO
operate.
4. Initiative.
! Imagination and originality.
AggressivencSs and courage.
| Reason 10 Per cent.
| .. Concentration and thrift
Control of emotions.
! Training and judgment.
6 Interest in ones work.
Character of friends.
General considerations.
| The carly portion-say from twenty
| to thirty-five years OF age-deteT-
mines usually the amount Of religion
mans religion really determines his
habits His ha bits of doing business
and of living really determine wbeth-
or or not he is to be truly successful
These habits arc formed during youth,
! largely before the age of thirty-f1vc.
Motives and desires give the direc
| tion to our habits. Hence the great
| Importance of being thoroughly in
spired with the right motives and de
sires that We may get headed IN the
! right direction Motives and desires
do even more than direct habits They
determine the port which is to be our
| goal of success.
Chart Your Life.
! Never sail without carefully pre-
pared sailing papers. Stop now and
chart your life. Determine the port
you are really desirous of reaching,
| and then chart the best way of reach
| ing it. Analyze yourself and honestly
admit the direction YOU want to be
successful. and your friends want to
help you succeed. However, you
want real success, not counterfeit
| success. Therefore study to get a
clear understanding of what this real
success is. This is not a reference to
any Sunday school variety, but rather
| to real, satisfying success, the kind
! that active red-blooded he-nen real
| ly want when they stop to think. This
| kind of success is happiness. If you
! want to enjoy a truly successful life
you must lead truly happy life
Wealth, power and popularity are not
! indications of true success because
! they of themselves do not cause hap
| piness: but there is such thing as
true success and this is synonymous
| with happiness.
Granted this. then let US chart our
lives SO that what we do will:
% Perform needed service and
make the world "a better place in
| which to live.
(2) Make ourselves. and also
others, so far as we can, healthier
and stronger physically.
much as possible, from worry, care
and mental stress.
These three rules should be our
sailing orders Whether selecting q
should keep these definite ends in
view.
stick to Your Course!
We should make our investments,
hire our employees Cor select our en-
pioyer il we work for others) and
choose our associates with these
three rules in view. Constantly keep
in mind that We are sailing for the
port of true success and happiness.
Let US not be put off our course by
temptations. Other ports may tenn
porarily seem more attractive, and
other ships may be headed in what
seem to be pleasanter directions, but
let US keep our port clearly and con-
stantly in mind. This is the way to
form business habits which are truly
worth while--habitS which will de
clare real dividends. 1t is these hab-
its which will make us truly success
full men or women.
At a great meeting OF employment
managers the question was once
| Spicuous defect evident in men and
women applying for positions. Their
unanimous conclusion was their lack
of a fixed purpose or definite goal in
life. This was said to be true of all
ages and all classes. 1t was the one
outstanding difficulty with most per-
sons examined by this group and
their assistants.
When one considers that these men
had charge of the employment for
the greatest industrial concerns of
America, the importance of this con-
clusion is impressive. Said one of
| these men: THE greatest obstacle TO
success with which most applicants
contend is their lack of any definite
goal in life. Success comes from
striving at a worthwhile goal and
keeping ones aim. This is an age
of specialists-both in character and
| in occupation"
Copyright 1923 Fleming II. Reveu Com
| arrangement with Babsou Institute, Babson
| Park, Mass.l