SUCCESS IN BUSINESS.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIC, Issue 13369, 20 August 1907, Page 7

SUCCESS IN BUSINESS.

BE A PLODDER. Superficiality and shallowness characterise the! age. Yet it .is an age when the General desire is to get rich quick and 10 get on at all costs. Everything must be accomplished at a rapid rate. Teople who patiently plod are in a minority. Short cuts to" learning and to success are the great things to-day. Money and success without working for them. That's the game. Millions are on the alert,, and falsehood, dishonesty, and heartletsness are creeping in. But there aie no short cuts of the kind, and. as the multitude will rind, barriers of disappointment lie right ahead of those paths. No, the men and women who want to get on in life and who will get on, too, are those.who have terrific determination and a grim purpose, who are enthused by ambition, and who are prepared to devote their nights as well as their days to it over a long-comse of years. You >will have a. - real object in life an dthrefore something worth living for, and your work will keep'you- happy. But you must be a plodder. Have a definite aim. Be guide din this by inclination and adaptability. Follow tnat ben as far as possible in which you feel your ability lies. Pre"-pure for your opportunities.. These corns to ev-ciy man, but only these grasp 'the mwho -are ready to.do so. The present is the time wor acquiring and accumulating knowledge and experience. Tt is in time of peace that one should prepare for. war." Determine not to feel rebuffs, but convert them into means of -self-discipline arid advancement. Cultivate a sympathetic feeling .with your fellow-workers. Put your own personality into your work. Make it instinct with the vitality and keenees which you yourself bring to it. Originality of method and execution must always win recognition. Be an optimist. Enthusiasm makes preparation easy, buoys up determination, creates personality, ensures continuity of purpose, and is the predominant factor in the achievement of success. But let your optimism be tempered with caution and foresight. *