THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7723, 5 June 1903, Page 2

THE ROAD TO SUCCESS.

MAXIMS OF A FAMOUS AMERICAN MILLIONAIRE.

Mr G. F. Swift, the millionaire porkpacker of Chicago, whose- death' was reported recently, was the author of a number of interesting maxims on how to succeed in life. '

His own early struggles with poverty aifd the determination and grit whereby he won hi» way to great wealth make his aphorisms of considerable interest. •

The following are a few of the most interesting of Mr Swig's hints to ambitious young mtn : — . Don't drink. No man, however rrch, has enough' money to waste in putting on style.^ ,. The richer a man gets the more careful he should be to keep his head level. The man that doesn't know his business from the top clean down to the bottom isn't any kind of a business man.

Business, religion, and pleasure of the right kind should be the only things in life for any man. .

A big head and a big bank account were never found ipgetheii to the credit, of anyone, and fee vet wiU- be. ' No ., young man is- rich enough to smoke I shilling* cigars. . * Every time a man loses fiis temper he loses his head, and when he loses his head he loses several chances. „ Next to knowing your own business it's a mighty good thing, to knpw as mkich, about your neighbour's as possible", especially if he's in tie same line.' i

The beet a roan ever did shouldn't be his standard for the rest of his life. The successful men of to-day worked •mighty hard for what.. they have got; the men of to-morrow will have to work harder to get it away. ■ You can never make a big success working for anybody else.