ASchoolforFailures
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Themanthatischosenatthecrucialtimeisnotusuallyagenius;hedoesnotpossessanymoretalentthanothers,buthehaslearnedthatresultscanonlybeproducedbyuntiringconcentratedeffort.That「miracles」inbusinessdonotjust「happen」.Heknowsthattheonlywaytheywillhappenisbystickingtoapropositionandseeingitthrough.Thatistheonlysecretofwhysomesucceedandothersfail.Thesuccessfulmangetsusedtoseeingthingsaccomplishedandalwaysfeelssureofsuccess.Themanthatisafailuregetsusedtoseeingfailure,expectsitandattractsittohim.
Itismyopinionthatwiththerightkindoftrainingeverymancouldbeasuccess.Itisreallyashamethatsomanymenandwomen,richinabilityandtalent,areallowedtogotowaste,sotospeak.SomedayIhopetoseeamillionairephilanthropiststartaschoolforthetrainingoffailures.Iamsurehecouldnotputhismoneytoabetteruse.Inayear』stimethescienceofpracticalpsychologycoulddowondersforhim.Hecouldhaveagenciesonthelookoutformenthathadlosttheirgriponthemselves;thathadthroughindispositionweakenedtheirwill;thatthroughsomesorrowormisfortunehadbecomediscouraged.
Atfirstalltheyneedisalittlehelptogetthembackontheirfeet,butusuallytheygetaknockdownwardsinstead.Theresultisthattheirlatentpowersneverdevelopandboththeyandtheworldarethelosers.Itrustthatinthenearfuture,someonewillheedtheopportunityofusingsomeofhismillionsinarousingmenthathavebeguntofalter.Alltheyneedtobeshownisthatthereiswithinthemanomnipotentsourcethatisreadytoaidthem,providingtheywillmakeuseofit.Theirmindsonlyhavetobeturnedfromdespairtohopetomakethemregaintheirhold.
Whenamanloseshisgriptoday,hemustwinhisredemptionbyhisownwill.Hewillgetlittleencouragementoradviceofaninspiringnature.Hemustusuallyregaintherightroadalone.Hemuststopdissipatinghisenergiesandturnhisattentiontobuildingausefulcareer.Todaywemustconquerourweakeningtendenciesalone.Don』texpectanyonetohelpyou.Justtakeonebigbrace,makefirmresolutions,andresolvetoconqueryourweaknessesandvices.Reallynonecandothisforyou.Theycanencourageyou;thatisall.
Icanthinkofnothing,butlackofhealth,thatshouldinterferewithonebecomingsuccessful.Thereisnootherhandicapthatyoushouldnotbeabletoovercome.Toovercomeahandicap,allthatitisnecessarytodoistousemoredeterminationandgritandwill.
Themanwithgritandwill,maybepoortodayandwealthyinafewyears.Willpowerisabetterassetthanmoney.Willwillcarryyouoverchasmsoffailure,ifyougiveitthechance.
Thementhathaverisentothehighestpositionshaveusuallyhadtogaintheirvictoriesagainstbigodds.Thinkofthehardshipsmanyofourinventorshavegonethroughbeforetheybecameasuccess.Usuallytheyhavebeenverymuchmisunderstoodbyrelativesandfriends.Veryoftentheydidnothavethebarenecessitiesoflife,yet,bysheerdeterminationandresolutecourage,theymanagedtoexistsomehowuntiltheyperfectedtheirinventions,whichafterwardsgreatlyhelpedinbetteringtheconditionofothers.