THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 158, 25 June 1908, Page 4

THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS

If you ask the average man why he made a failure of any given undertaking, he will almost invariably put the blame 011 some one 4 dse. it is, of course, true that we must often depend on others to earry out certain parts of the work for which we are responsible, iind if they fail us we cannot properly blame ourselves. except where there was a laxity 011 our part in giving them the responsibility. liut. leaving such instances out of tin' question, nearly every mail lias a i tendency to put 011 another the blame that rightly belongs to himself. 1 This trait is detrimental to the success of the individual, and every man who I clin"s to it is harboring au enemy a"ainst bis own progress. If he is to blame, and yet blames another, he is looking away from the real cause of the trouble and is not correcting it. lie i; throwing sand in his own eyes, making it harder and harder for him to see where the trouble lies and how to correct it.^ Everv person may do well to examine his own case and ask himself these questions:—Am I one of the few who can see my own fault, or am I one uf the many wiio are always rend.v to put the blame on another! 'Wherein am 1 to blame? Am I sure I shall not do the same thing again? Have I made another take the hhme? What shall I do about it? Answer yourself to yourself honestly, and von may eain some valuable informa- | tion.