SECRETS OF SUCCESS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 677, 13 June 1914, Page 3

SECRETS OF SUCCESS.

THE WAY TO FAME AND FORTUNE. 'Good advice is beyend. price," says an old proverb, and that is Ihe reason why "Success Secrets " by O. S. Mardtn (Fisher Unwin) is rcorth more than its weight in gold. Ihe book only costs Is., but is filled with maxims which, if allowed to sink into the mind and acted upon, are a guarantee of wealth to everyone 6i fair ability arid perseverance. Here are a few hints on the art of taking the drudgery out of your occur a tion : Respect your work ; take pleasure in it ; never feel above it ; put your heart in it ; make it a means of character-building : do it in a spirit of an artist, not an artisan ; endea-' vour to do it better than it has ever been done before. See how much you can put into it, instead of how much you can take out if it. Remember that it is only through your work that you can grow to your full height. WHY " HE " DID NOT ' SUCCEED. And this is how you lose your luck : In indecision ; in magnifying difficulties ; in trying to get rich quickly ; in making a business of pleasure ; in waiting for something to turn up: in not working to plan or programme ; in confidence bom of a first easy victory ; in choosing a silly, extravagant girl for a wife ; in dreaming of great things instead of doing the little ones at hand. Some of the reasons why "he" did not succeed are thus given by the author of "'Success Secrets."- c He had low rldeals,; he did not dare to take chances ; he had tco many irons in the fire ; he thought a good business should run itself. He could not concentrate all his powers on his task ; he blamed circumstances or other people for his failures. He would not change fairly good methods for better ones ; he did things over and over again because he lacked system ;he could do a little of everything and not much of any- ( thing ; he thought he knew all there was to know about his business. He was for ever wishing that he had done something else instead of the thing he had done.

WHAT THE WORLD WANTS. Those who are, dissatisfied with their lot and are ambitious for greater things will find comfort in the following observations on "Where are the good chances to-day ?" : In the worker who takes the troutle to go to the bottom of everything; in the man who' puts faith in hard work and stick-to-it-ive-ness rather than in luck ; in the one who takes the thorns in his occupation with as good a grace as the roses :, in the man who can do things with force and originality, and not simply dream about them ; in the employe who does not measure the quality and quantity of his work by the amount of his salary ,• in the man or woman who always faces toward the sum, who acts, thinks, and lives in expectation of success. What the world wants are. men who can put character above wealth,; men who will make no compromise with wrong; men who will not lose their individuality in a crowd ; men who will not say they do it '•' because everybody else does dt;" men who give thirty-six inches to the yard and thirty-two quarts to the bushel ; men who , will not have one brand of honesty for business purposes and another - for private life. Clergymen who can hear a louder call than that of public applause, a larger salary, or ' a fashionable church. Statesmen who cannot be intimidated or bought, who will not pack caucuses, pull wires, or be. influenced in their policy by personal motives. Lawyers who will not persuade clients to bring suits merely to squeeze fees out of them, whan they know very well that there is no chance of winning. Physicians who will not pretend to know the nature of a disease when they do not, or experiment on patients with drugs with which they are not familiar. —"Tit Bits." "■ '