Evening star., 1924-04-27
WHAT is SUCCESS?
The Fundamentals of Success
By ROGER w. BABsON.

bh RULER W. BAbSON.
wv YHAT is this something
| which we all desire and
| " v are striving so hard to at
| tain? The answer again is
True Happiness. This Is the real
goal. Every one who does not con-
slider himself happy envies the sue
cessful' man or woman. There may
be cases where parents themselves
have given up the struggle; but they
still are envious of others. and they
all have hopes for their children
All want to be happy and all want
their children to succeed and be
happy.
| Success means different things to
differenet people and different groups
Of people. They day laborer who is
employed by others hopes for the day
when be can be boss and have man
working for him. The woman with
motherly instincts looks forward to a
family of healthy and good children
as her idea of success. Many young
| girl Is said to be successful when she
LANDS" successful man for her hus-
band. So 1t goes. Here again human
| nature is the same in us all. II
| simply precipitates in various forms
as different chemicals are applied
AS coal tar can be changed into any
| one of hundred colorS, SO human
| nature expresses itself in a hundred
I different ways. 1t is all the same hu-
poor. men or women, white or black.
All are seeking their own port OF
! success.
Where Motives Come From.
/ Newspaper men travel extensively
and spend large sums of money
studying localities and conditions.
The results of such travel and study
lead conciusivcly TO this same opin-
ion. Judge, jury and criminal are
! seeking what each believes is
success. OF course, they differ in
their definition of success and their
means of securing it. However,
each is striving for that goal.
| This is true of the buyer and the
seller in every trade. 1t is true of
| the candidate and the voter in every
election. 1t is true of the boosters
and the knockers in every town. HUI
man nature is the same in US all.
All strive for success. Many OF us,
however, differ in what we call sue
cess" and in our understanding of
what is the best means of acquir-
ing it.
You ask, 'If success is our common
goal, why do not our public schools
teach the best way of acquiring it?''
The answer is that real success is
! most intimately bound up with mo-
tive. and motive is determined by
religion. A person cannot be truly
successful without right motives
purposes and ambitions. which quail
ties are solely the products Of reli-
gion. By religion is not meant theol-
ogy or creeds, but rather a belief in
Divine Being as guide, in prayer
as power, and in service as a goal
Successful Criminals.
To ii burglar success means to
make big haul without detection. He
may succeed in making the haul and
not be found out, but he is not truly
! successful because he was directed
by the wrong motive. To a certain
business man success may mean to
| make as much money as possible, no
matter whom he may injure in the
process. He may succeed in piline
up millions, but he is not truly sue.
cessful because he has been directed
by the wrong motive. The man who
has made far less money. but has
conducted his business with the mo-
tive Of service is the more truly sue.
ccSSful man.
To a politician success may NEAR
to obtain a high office where he caT
have popularity and to use his Office
10 aggrandise himself and his politi
cal friends. He may succeed in Sc
curing the desired Office. but he is no
truly successful because he is di
rected by a motive of selfishnes.
rather than by spirit of service. 4
humble public servant in a country
town who is conscientiously serving
the people is far more successful be-
cause he is actuated by the spirit OF