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Advice on How to Succeed

Improvement Era, vol. 10, no. 11, September 1907, pp. 888 to 889

Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations

ADVICE ON HOW TO SUCCEED. Here are some good sentiments for the young man who wishes to get on. We found them pinned on the wall in a successful business house, and printed in large type so that all who passed could read: If you would get ahead, stop looking behind. Nobody cares what you have done, but what you are doing. The man who does things makes mistakes, but he never makes the biggest mistake of all— doing nothing. Talk happiness. The world is sad enough without your woes. Don't duck when responsibility comes your way, except to get a firmer grip on it — you must throw it, or it will throw you.

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