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OME years ago I was in the office of a business man while he was interviewing" some appli-
cants for a clerical position which he had then vacant.
The first young man was somewhat timid and shrinking in his manner and displayed
an utter lack of confidence in his own ability to perform the duties which would be his if the
position were given to him.
The next young man was almost a duplicate of the first.
The third applicant immediately displayed confidence in his own ability.
If he had any doubt in his own mind as to his ability to perform the required duties it was not
displayed, for fearlessness and assurance were dominant in his characteristics.
He was engaged on the spot.
I became interested in this case, and have watched the career of this young man.
He was young at that time, and to-day he is one of the partners in the business, makes a splen-
did income and has a brilliant future, and 1 believe if I could obtain knowledge of the career of the
other applicants it would be shown that they have always remained well down the line, as they lacked
confidence in their own ability.
A man to succeed must be fearless and must have courage.
Fear is for children.
It is not for grown-ups.
Fear is an abnormal mental process and blights one's self-confidence, strangles ambition and
confuses the faculties.
It is, after all, purely a mental picture—a bogie of the imagination.
The moment we realize this it ceases to have any power over us, and, whatever your vocation
or condition may be, be sure that you get fear out of your system.
There are many people who waste much of their valuable time in useless worry and anxiety.
Fear kills confidence and causes indecision—hence business failures.
Many of our financial worries through fear cause unhappiness, and when worry steps in abil-
ity steps out.
Fear is a mighty good thing to leave out of one's mental make-up as well as business vocabu-
lary.
Cut it out.
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