OCR Text |
Show , wewwweeeww ! The Friendly Path By WALTER I. ROBINSON i THE FUTURE T EAIIN to stand on your own feet. " A few make headway by depend lug on others, but the majority must hoe their own path. Unless one, therefore, there-fore, has confidence In himself and Is able to cause others to trust and believe be-lieve In him as he deserves, he is not likely to make much headway and his pathway will in all probability, ha hedged with thorny briars. Day after duy, as he plods onward toward his uncertain goal, his life is likely to be disturbed ulld his huppIuCSa uoii'0t?ii by the thorn pricks every time lie halts to reflect on the best way to gain bla desires. In the sorlttl world introductions are necessary. Those who push themselves Into the midst of a formal party unannounced unan-nounced could expect nothing else but Icy stares and an unpleasant departure depar-ture through a rear door. Rut In tha world of business, Industry and finance Introductions are not essential to success. suc-cess. Those who bemoan their misfortunes mis-fortunes In not being able to have sumo one of high standing help shove them ahead are themselves their own worst handicaps. A vice president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, etlll actively managing a big manufacturing busl-ness, busl-ness, though he Is up in the eighties, recently declared that he didn't consider con-sider Introductions of much value to those seeking business or industrial success, lie tells a story to illustrate his reason for confidence that big men trust others Just as quickly without Introductions In-troductions as with them, providing those seeking recognition believe In themselves and have the proper sort of personality, lie declared that when banks In his own city wero too small to extend to his business sufficient credit, ho went to New York, without Introduction and. by stating his situation situa-tion frankly, obtained the Hue of credit he required for his shops. Greater frankness would lesscu L'usl ness worries today. ! by the Wbesler Srnlleate, Ins,) 1 |