AMBITION PLUS WILL-POWER
was the most popular at school is likely to make
the best salesman. The reserved boy, who sat
by himself and drew pictures, is likely to
become an architect or a designer. And so on.
Take note of what you can do well and of
what you like to do best. If there is nothing
that you like to do, except to go to the pictures
or smoke cigarettes, then the fact is, very
likely, that you have no strong point at all.
Every keen, ambitious young man has a
strong point. But it may take him years to find
the right position—the one in which he can
do his best work.
He must take note of his successes and his
failures. He must first find his strong point
and then set out to develop it by the reading
of books and by learning from some older man
who has similar abilities. He should ask:
*“ What man is nearest to my ideal ? Who is
now doing what I want to do? ”
He must have a Teacher—a Leader. Many
young men discover their strong point by
carrying out a process of self-education. While
they are learning, they discover their own
pOWers.
Also, a young man may find out what he is
best at, by making a study of his job. He learns
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