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Mindset
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| Theodore N. Vail. |
Men are very unevenly endowed by nature, both physically and mentally. It is upon their inherited capacity in any direction that their possibilities depend, and upon the training and education they receive that their “probabilities” depend.
The result of every man’s life is at best the difference between assets and liabilities, the balance between his favourable and unfavourable natural endowments, as affected by training, education, or preparation.
All favourable qualities or natural gifts can be strengthened,, and all unfavourable ones , if not minimized or completely absorbed, can be subordinated. Everything depends upon the proper appreciation, by the man himself or by others, of his possibilities , and upon the highest development of them, through proper training or education.
The only limits to any man’s achievements are his natural endowments as they may be developed, but fortunately for the world and for the individual, there is in the pyramid of our great social organization a place for every man, one is which he shall be at his best both for himself and for others.
Under general conditions, all that a man receives depends upon himself. He can be helped or shoved into a position but he must hold that position by own efforts.
If he fails, it is because the estimate made of his capacity or of his possibilities has been wrong, and the impossible has been attempted, or because those qualities that work for good have been weakened by inaction and repression, and negative qualities have become strengthened by indulgence or lack of control.
There are many men who have made one success and never another. The failure to make any other has been due to personal indulgence, or neglect to employ the essential means to successful accomplishment that were employed in the earlier efforts.
This is a review of the book: The Making of a successful Businessman by Theodore N. Vail.
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