--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Success collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 4 number: 12 published: 1901-10 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Success, "Worry as a Success-Killer," *Improvement Era* 4, no. 12 (October 1901): 882.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0412unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera0412unse start_page: 882 end_page: 882 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1901-10) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera0412unse publication_year: 1901 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1901, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Worry as a Success-Killer — 882 IMPROVEMENT ERA. of Mrs. Charles Durkee and Ellen Alexander of Kenosha, Wiscon- sin;Hon. George W. Emery, Sea View, Massachusetts; Hon. Caleb W. West, Niagara Falls, New York; D. S. Murray, Esq., Hon. Ar- thur L. Thomas, Governor Heber M. Wells, Hon. Junius F. Wells, Salt Lake City; and the Johnson Company and Fox and Symons, photographers, Salt Lake City. The sketch and portrait of the first state governor, Hon. Heber M. Wells, will appear in November. WORRY AS A SUCCESS-KILLER. Perhaps there is nothing else so utterly foolish and unprofit- able as a habit of worrying. It saps the nervous energy and robs us of the strength and vitality necessary for the real work of life. It makes existence a burden and weariness, instead of a perpetual joy and blessing, as it should be. Poise and serenity are necessary to the complete development of character and true success. The man who worries is never self-centered, never perfectly balanced, never at his best; for every moment of mental anxiety takes away vitality and push, and robs him of manhood and power. Worrying indicates a lack of confidence in our strength; it shows that we are unbalanced, that we do not lay hold of the universal energy which leaves no doubt, no uncertainty. The man who does not worry, who believes in himself, touches the wires of infinite power. Never doubting, never hesitating, he is constantly reinforced from the Omnipotence that creates planets and suns. The habit of worry is largely a physical infirmity; it is an evidence of lack of harmony in the mental system. The well- poised soul, the self-centered man, never wabbles or hesitates. The infinite balance wheel preserves him from all shocks, and all accident or uncertainty. Enough vital energy has been wasted in useless worry to run all the affairs of the world. Success.