BUSINESS LIFE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVII, Issue 14302, 23 February 1910, Page 9

BUSINESS LIFE.

A'SUCCESSFUL MAN.

"BE SURE OF YOUR VALUE."

A man may have, imagination and courage, and all the other, gifts 1 , or ; qualities guaranteed to assure success, aud yet miss it. . One may marshal all the various components necessary for the mysterious compound, yet it may obstinately refuse to result; just as two men may take materials and tools of the same kind, and the one turn out a'', product correct ■ to ' a.fraction, and the other : ; make ;. a. dismal failure -by many places of decimals. There must have been something in the blending, or sleight of hand, some ; knack of which the successful man is probably as unconscious as the unsuccessful. ;:' Of course; there must, and, alas!* it is just that mysterious something or other which makes success. '--'-'.'

However, whatever -may-be tho qualities necessary .to command success,' and whatever may be tho secret of their combination, there is certainly" .one quality that the would-be successful; will do ; well -to cultivate. I might call it -an optimistic fatalism. In a real sense, wo'get all we deservo: and deserve all we / g'et. I am sure that; the successful man always believes this ■with all ''his heart. ; ' -: -

... Unsuccessful persons are usually those who ; are not sure of ; their own value. The successful man never doubts his for a moment. .1- don't mean that ho is arrogantly sure of himself. He is scientifically sure of himself. "If you possess a fine diamond, and know how fine it is," you have no misgivings as to its being marketable. You may, • indeed, should . you offer it for sale, be offered .' less than its worth, or there will be those who, from ignorance, may honestly wider-estimate its value; but you know well, enough what it can bring you, and know that the.world will give you honest value for it, ;if you offer it in .the right market.

~' So a man with the jewel of brains knows that it rests with him to get his value for it from the world. He must, of course,, use tact and skill in offering his mental goods,' and not foul his chances;., or, if at first: he doesn't succeed, he laughingly tries, tries, and tries again.—Richard Le Gallienne, in Great Thoughts.

;./; SOME WISDOM. .._ Success in life is not due to luck; it requires a good deal of steady and persistent application.Sir James Roberts.. .-I am inclined to think that a great many of the respectable unemployed are men who have missed the opportunities of saving in the past.—Mayor '. of Salford. ;/ '.'■' The great- surgeon requires the hand of a lady and the heart of a lion.—Lord Rosebery. . '■ * ; : "" ■;" ',"Life is a serious matter. Yet the world viewed in a healthy way is a cheery place. —Mr. Gilson. / "/

SUCCESS IN LIFE. Success in.life—however we like to*define depends upon . our relations with . our fellow-creatures, and those relations depend for each individual -upon his ability to judge character. . We all begin life surrounded by ; sealed : books, '; by' human 'documents'; which, wo, must learn to read. It is every man's business, and .nearly,.'every, man's pleasure, to get.at their contents as fast as lie may. If a man docs not know how to skip, ,ho will never be well, read ; ho will be always studying, and never attaining to ; knowledge. If a man has learnt how to tear the heart.out of a book, he has had a liberal education. There is no limit to what he can learn. I 'lf a man knows how to distinguish the ; essence of character ; from its accidents, he is, .whatever his position in life, a man of the : world.

HOW PIERPONT MORGAN MAKES V MILLIONS. .'Regularly every day Mr. Piarpont Morgan rises at eight, reaches the bank at 11, and drives away at 4.30. The door of his private Office is always "open, and from the public room of the- bank every movement of the famous' financier can be observed through.the plate-glass windows. Hence it has been noted that' he talks with his partner "and secretary in short, • sharp sentences quite. in the traditional stylo of the stage financier ; while, ■= further,. it 1 has been. observed (hat most of the time- he seems to be only " lounging.about." And yet ho controls £500,000,000.

Painless Corn ' Cure: This 'preparation completely euros the- most painful corns; hard or soft. A few Applications only required to deaden the pain. : It is also most useful in removing any, thickening of the epidermis, -or horny-portion of tho skin. Full: directions : attached to each bottle. Price, }&, —J. Edson, chemist, Auckland.