WILL-POWER IN BUSINESS oo
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If you are studying civilization, begin with
your own home. Of what use is it that you
should read Lecky and Buckle, when your own
home is in a state of barbaric disorder. Charity
begins at home. So does Efficiency. So does
Education. So does Morality. So do Ambition
and Will-Power.
Once that a true Ambition springs up in a
man’s mind, he knows that the doing of his
present job will prepare him to do a harder
one. One success leads on to another. Before
Lindbergh made his famous flight by aero-
plane from New York to Paris, he had made
hundreds of smaller flights.
In order to shape an ambition that will suit
his abilities and his temperament, a young man
must study himself. He must ask himself—
‘¢ What is my strong point ? ”’

To begin with, his record at school will tell
him much. A boy who is good at mathematics
and bad at literature should not try to become
a writer. A boy who was not a leader in the
school playground is not likely to become a
good executive. He will not be good at handling
men.
A boy who was expelled from school is likely
to have an adventurous career. He was not
meant for an office or a shop. The boy who

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