Show introduction on memory concentration and diplomacy is more 0 o paste into and help you make good u e of a blank book for the ret of your life aad then pass it al ng to some oung person than to furnish any didactic information keep the blank book alive by e ther adding a written or printed idea or rereading a paragraph every day week or month the most useful in formation is that which you discover for yourself and systematic effort in the interest of better methods is a dally source of ong nal thought try to ga n an idea at least every mon day to put to use in our work you can secure them by ob con kersat on reading and determined ing memory is that power by which we reproduce past impressions some are born rich and lose it some are born poor and acquire it our mem ory increases best unconsciously by exercise due to intense interest in some abject A man who wanted to retain the names of those people to whom he was introduced took pa ns to hear the name and get an impression it is impossible to reproduce no im it is d to reproduce poor impress ons memory exercises are useful when the memory is not naturally good it is not wise to try to work and exercise at the same time select a few minutes a day to do some small self appointed task which will cause your memory to work people use enough time in useless worry to solve all their per if only devoted to dyste matic thought or genuine intelligence concentration is a mental power due to health habit and desire notice how much people near ou know about things that appeal to them many men know more about some side line subject than the r regu ar work because their interest in it enables them to concentrate I 1 have a people look ten years younger in two minutes because the r pet subject hap bened to come up and some one ex habited an intel est in it if we have strength and the habit of hard work and want to do a certain thing we can concentrate our minds on it D includes special knowl edge of people customs and requirements to be diplomatic one must have dexterity sk 11 and tact there are places and times when voice and manners are more important than words to know people and respect them Is the begian ng of diplomacy some very good people are very ig borant on these things and they have much trouble because they do not in form themselves as they might by seeking ing and knocking on the door of wisdom D requires a knowledge of personal peculiarities some people have stud ed people all their in a way to be able to manage others without the use ot force to be diplomatic means that one is polite kind patient but de term ned ne diplomacy Is hon arable and desirable but artificial dl is the trickery of weakness some would like to class fy all cipio macy as trickery and then put desir able personal forces under the sub eject of executive ability which is a of powers |