Success Maxims 1. Have a definite aim. 3. Master all details. 4. Always know more than you are expected to know. 5. Remember that difficulties are made only to be overcome. 6. Treat failures as stepping stones to further effort. 7. Never put your hand out farther than you can draw it back. 8. At times be bold; always be prudent. 9. The minority often beats the majority in the end. 10. Make good use of other men's brains. 11. Listen well, answer cautiously, decide promptly. 12. Preserve, by all means in your power, "a sound mind in a sound body." INTRODUCTION TO CHAPTER I BY ROBERT J. BURDETTE YOU can make yourself look an inch taller by neat, well-fitting dress. You can actually make your You self taller by an erect, manly carriage. Slovenliness is contagious. It communicates itself from the dress to the character. The boy who slouches and slumps in figure and gait, is dangerously apt to slump morally. The dust and grime on your clothes are liable to get into your brain. The dirt under your finger-nails is likely to work into your thoughts. Grease spots down the front of your coat will destroy self-respect almost as quickly as a habit of lying. Tidiness is one of the cheapest luxuries in the world. It is also one of the most comfortable. When you know, when you are "dead sure" that you are just right-"perfectly correct"-from hat to shoe-tie, the King of England couldn't stare you out of countenance; he couldn't embarrass you, and, he wouldn't if he could. Yours sincerely |