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The prime condition great secrets of success |
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It is well that young men should begin at the |
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beginning and occupy the most subordinate |
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positions. Many of the leading businessmen of |
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Pittsburgh had a serious responsibility thrust |
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upon them at the very threshold of their |
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career. They were introduced to the broom, and |
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spent the first hours of their business lives |
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sweeping out the office. I notice we have |
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janitors and janitresses now in offices, and |
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our young men unfortunately miss that salutary |
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branch of business education. But if by chance |
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the professional sweeper is absent any |
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morning, the boy who has the genius of the |
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future partner in him will not hesitate to try |
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his hand at the broom. The other day a fond |
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fashionable mother in Michigan asked a young |
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man whether he had ever seen a lady sweep in a |
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room so grandly as her Priscilla. He said no, |
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he never had , and the mother was gratified |
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beyond measure, but then said he , after a |
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pause," What I should like to see her do is |
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sweep out a room " It does not hurt the newest |
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comer to sweep out the office if necessary. I |
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was one of those sweepers myself. |
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that you have all obtained employment and are |
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fairly started, my advice to you is " aim high |
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". I would not give a fig for the young man |
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who does not already see himself the partner |
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or the head of an important firm. Do not rest |
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content for a moment in your thoughts as head |
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clerk, or foreman, or general manager in any |
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concern, no matter how extensive. Say to |
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yourself ," My place is at the top." Be king |
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in your dreams. |
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condition of success, the great secret: |
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concentrate your energy, thought, and capital |
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exclusively upon the business in which you are |
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engaged. Having begun in one line, resolve to |
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fight it out on that line, to lead in it, |
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adopt every improvement, have the best |
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machinery, and know the most about it. |
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concerns which fail are those which have |
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scattered their capital, which means that they |
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have scattered their brains also. They have |
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investments in this, or that, or the other, |
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here there, and everywhere." Don ' t put all |
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your eggs in one basket." is all wrong. I |
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tell you to " put all your eggs in one basket, |
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and then watch that basket." Look round you |
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and take notice, men who do that not often |
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fail. It is easy to watch and carry the one |
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basket. It is trying to carry too many baskets |
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, which break most eggs in this country. He |
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who carries three baskets must put one on his |
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head, which is apt to tumble and trip him up. |
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One fault of the American businessman is lack |
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of concentration. |
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said: aim for the highest never enter a bar |
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room do not touch liquor, or if at all only |
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at meals never speculate never indorse |
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beyond your surplus cash fund make the firm ' |
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s interest yours break orders always to save |
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owners concentrate put all your eggs in one |
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basket, and watch that basket expenditure |
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always within revenue lastly, be not |
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impatient, for as Emerson says," no one can |
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cheat you out of ultimate success but |
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yourselves. |