DR. FRANK CRANE'S DAILY EDITORIAL

Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 207, 21 November 1927, Page 5

DR. FRANK CRANE'S DAILY EDITORIAL

GARY’S TEN COMMANDMENTS (Copyright, 1927 } rj’Hki death of Judge Elbert Gary attracted attention to a most picturesque figure. From a poor boy working for a few shillings a week he rose to a multi-millionaire and the head of probably the largest corporation in the world. Surely what a man like Judge Gary has formulated in the way of philosophy of life is worth listening to. tVhat he said may sound like platitude and they probably are. The difference between a platitude and a so-called “wise-crack” is that a platitude is merely a wise crack that has stood the test, of time. It has had the benefit of experience and practice. A man will be much safer guiding his conduct by platitudes than he will by new saying perked up by those who would attract attention. Gary's Ten Commandments of Success which he formulated for a man with a reasonably healthy constitution and average mentality, are as follow: 1. Be honest, truthful, sincere and serious. Being slippery and tricky may gain you temporary advantage, but in the long run it will be your undoing. 2. Be considerate of others. Don’t try to get ahead by pulling somebody else down. The more progress you make the less you will want to take advantage of others. 3. Guard your health, both morally and physically. The main thing to rely upon in a crisis or an emergency is being in fit condition. 4. Get an education. Know the fundamentals, such as arithmetic, spelling, grammar, geography and history. Also get all the technical education you can. 5. No matter how much natural ability you have, it must be stimulated by persistent efforts to improve the mind and store it with useful information. A good memory is of incalculable benefit. 6. Have clean habits of life and select the right companions. You should know men of experience and higher rank than yourself. Nothing saps character like undesirable companions who are only bent on self-indulgence rather than self-improvement. 7. Be ambitious honourably and back this ambition up with energy, persistence and thoughtfulness. “I have had to fight steadily against laziness all my life,” he says. 8. Be loyal to employers, friends and country. A reputation for loyalty induces people to give you positions of trust and responsibility. 9. Cultivate stability. Don’t be a rolling stone. 10. Most important of all: Observe the Golden Rule. This gets you further in the long run than any other maxim of life. Thus we see that the philosophy of the latest man of success turns back to the same philosophy as was preached thousands of years ago.