SECRETS OF SUCCESS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 17159, 1 October 1923, Page 4

SECRETS OF SUCCESS.

FOR BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN. It is the ambition of the majority of girls who take up a career to succeed in it. That trite saying, “There is always room at the top,” continues, however, to be perfectly true, shewing that success is the exception

rather than the rule. Lack of interest, impatience. discouragement, all help to put thoughts of success aside, and cause many a girl to fall into a groove of mediocrity from which she never raises herself. NECESSARY QUALIFICATIONS. In various careers different qualifications are essential to success, but it is necessary for a girl to possess commoiLsense, patience, perseverance, a well-balanced mind, self-confidence and enthusiasm in order to rise above the average in whatever profession or business she may have adopted. The professional woman, to be successful, needs to cultivate in particular tact, a good memory, a willing disposition, thoroughness and amiability, while the business woman requires initiative, self-control, good judgment, and the ability to make important decisions quickly.

A girl who has entered upon a career and does not seem to be taking the shortest road to success should mentally examine herself and see in what qualifications she is lacking. Once she realises what these are it rests with herself to make the effort to cultivate them. SEIZING OPPORTUNITIES. Some girls may maintain that those who are particularly brililant are the women who have the most chance of success, but this is not necessarily so. Success is often nothing more than the realisation of opportunities and the grasping of them; and every girl should be awake to such possibilities. The secrets of success may revealed to any girl who has the sincere desire to “make good.” and who takes the trouble to discover and rectify whatever difficulties are holding her back.