DR. FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 103, 22 July 1927, Page 14

DR. FRANK CRANE’S DAILY EDITORIAL

KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL (Copyright, 1027.) THE first rule in golf is to keep you eye on the ball. More broadly stated, tlie maxim may be applied to every affair of life. Keep your eye on the main issue; do not be led away by affairs that are not important. One of the most important distinctions between a successful man and one who has not succeeded is that the successful man makes his every act count. He has a purpose in life, and to that purpose all other things must bend. If you are a wife, the most important thing for you is to retain the affections and loyalty of your husband. Do not let unimportant matters divert you from this end. You know that every time you nag him or pick at him you are gnawing away the foundations of your happiness. Keep your eye on the ball. Let the main issue of your existence always be kept in mind. If you are a business man, do not let the passions of a moment divert you from the main object of your business. It may be flattering to your vanity, and it may appeal to your self-conceit, to indulge in vituperation once in a while, but all such outbreaks have a tendency to weaken your main purpose, which is to succeed in life. Many a man who might have been successful has ruined himself by some little act that was unimportant. Keep your eye ori the b&ll. Always hold in mind the main thing that you have to do, and do not allow exterior matters to interfere. The man who allows himself to be diverted by passion or prejudice is like a sailor who guides his course by the shifting waves instead of by the ever-fixed star. You have a course to pursue, you have an end in view. Make everything subservient to that, and do not allow yourself to be turned away from the main issue. Keep your eye on the ball. If you are tempted to do anything that you may regard as unimportant, ask yourself what effect your act will have upon the main issue that you have in mind. Let every minor thing subordinate itself to the main issue. The chief trouble with us is that we are led astray into bypaths, and hence we do not reach our destination. Keep your eye on the ball.