Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-06-18
GETTING SET FOR
SUCCESS
A Doctors Prescription for
Health. Happiness. Pro-
gress and Contentment.
ny ID. Frank Crane.

A good deal OF advice Is too general
The reader wants to know exactly
what to dc. and the writer tells him
everything but that. So this time
am going TO tell you precisely what to
Do In order 10 make a success OF
your life.
Oi course. the list Is incomplete.
No one can tell another person exact
~ how 10 manage htmself My par
pose. therefore. Is TO give yoa . cata-
logue from which you can select.
possibly. something that may stima-
late your effort or clear up your
ideas.
10 were yoaag person. therefore.
I would SEE before myself these thir-
teen principles
I. WILL do the next thing. I will
not walt for the ideal employment
under ideal eonditioRs. which hardly
ever cones 10 anyone. Hut I will DO
something 10 earn ray living anS 10
keep from being a barden upon
shers. And whatever that some
thing b. I viii DO Il the very best
can. will never think myself above
my ob.
~ | will keep stimulants 0e every
Kind cat ~ nv body will learn how
o. have good fellowship without
drtaks or drugs. I know that every
thing ot this nature that tones me up
lets me down stllt farther afterwards.
I will also eat nasat spaFingly In
fact. Ia all eating and drinking I
Win be as simple as I can
III | will never speak unkindly
OF any person who Is not present.
will form the habit Of expressing only
charitable Judgments. rhis for my
own sake as well as eor the sake u
other people with whom come in
contact
~. I will cultivate my thought
life. ! know that an conduct. and
most Feelings. have their origin In
the thoughts. Therefore. I viii try 10
control my thoughts and FORM
thought habits deliberately. and not |
helplesSlS yield myself up TO my ima-
gtnati0n.
And 10 this end I viii encourage
thoughts ~ power. I will never
think % myself As being weak or In |
eomPstsRt or dssplsed I viii steaai- |
~ resist the entrance into my mind |
% any despair. selfpity. torebodings or
any such thing thAk can destroy my
consciousness " power.
second. with cultivate thoughts OF
by. I will noe allow my mind b
dWelt apon sorrVw flll unpleasant or
depressing things. le IL Is my duty to
eater into sad affairs. will study 10
approach them IN some way that viii
bring pleasure and hslpfalaess to
others.
Third I will cultivate Thoughts Of
cleanliness. I will resist the msidi-
GUS entrance of anelean visions tnto
my consciousness.
v. with cultivate the habit Of de-
cision. I know that I can never sx-
actly tell what Is best Eals also
know that In almost every Instance
We have 20 weigh probabilities and
dcide according 10 what seems the
best. I wtiL therefore. think over the
matter carefully and. once having
arrived at a conclusion. Z will decide
Instantly.
VI I will live NV own life. do
noe mean this In any selfish egotiSticai
way. 0at I mean that I will WORK az
that calling wAich Is suited to my
nature. viii develop those tastes
which have been implanted in me.
and viii not allow myself 10 be sway
esl By the opinions of ether people into
doing what I feel I cannot DO we'll
I viii try 10 make my life work cor
FORM to my natural born tastes
VII I will let others live their
own lives I viii not try to impose
mS ee0victtons upon them I viii not
regulate the conduct Of other people.
I will respect other peoples opinions,
and I viii try 10 sse how one can De
right and SINCERE and vet think tn an
exactly opposite way 10 my own
thoughts. I Will recognize that this
Is the secret Of triendship---psrf
freedom and diversity 0f opinion. with
unity ina hove and service. There can
be no 10Y and frankness o. communion
between two people when they are not
willing 10 allow each other the fullest
liberty VI Judgment
VII Will practice instant ODE
dienee to my convictions. Whenever
7 feel = thing 10 be right. I will do
"a Instantly. I Will not allow myself
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