The Chemawa American, December 01, 1912, Image 3

THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
H. E. WADSWORTH, Superintendent
VOLUME 15
DECEMBER, 1912
NUMBER 3
AN ASSET FOR SUCCESS
S E L F -C O N F ID E N C E
A
GOOD
T H IN G
G raham H ood, w ritin g in the O regon Jo u rn al, “ hits the nail on the
h e a d ” in m any of his declarations on the assets of a successful man
An article of recent date is as follows and is well w orthy of the serious
consideration of our bovs:
H a\ e \ on e\ er noticed w hat a differance th ere is in the appearance of
men? I do not mean a m a n ’s physical appearance or the clothes he
wears. I mean the air of in d iv id u ality he ex h ib its in his association
w ith men.
In this way th e appearance of two men will differ as widely as
th eir size, or th eir features, or the way they trim th eir beard. M ore­
over, in m ost cases, th is differance in appearance is a trait of which th e
m an him self is unconscious.
T here are those who pose—who try to m ake others believe that they
are som ething w hich they are no t. All such efforts usually fail in th e
end. A pose is like a lie or a th e ft— it is certain to be found out some
tim e, and, when the tru th is discovered, the man who has been d ep en d ­
in g upon these false pretenses to aid him in building a career loses all
the advantage he m ay have gained. No, the traits to which I refer
are those w hich cannot be im itated. T hey are the natural exhibitions
of the sterlin g qualities w hich som e men possess more than others.
Look closely at the really successful man and see w hat von can see.
If you are observant, you will discover th at he actually radiates self-
confidence. As he w alks the streets you can tell by the wav lie holds
his head and th e sw ing of his body th at he is a man who can be trusted
to come pretty near to doing w hat he u ndertakes to do. It is n ’t a pose
with him . It ins t an air of self-assum ed superiority, donned for the
purpose of advertising his capabilities to th e world. T he chances are
he would be very m uch surprised were you to tell him th at he carried
about the evidences of his ability as a producer as conspicuously dis-