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“What do you want more than anything else in the world?”
I have asked that question many, many times during the last fifteen years, from friend and stranger alike, during extensive business and speaking trips from coast to coast.
And invariably the answer has been the same: “I want more than anything else in the world to be successful in my work!”
Well, there you have it in a nutshell. Men and women everywhere want, more than anything else in the world, to be successful in their work. Nothing else seems quite so important as that. And nothing else can fill the void that settles in one’s heart when success is unattained.
Fortunately, success is within the grasp of everyone. God has blessed every human being on earth with a certain measure of ability. And that talent is sufficient, if intelligently developed and utilized, to guarantee success in accordance with one’s ability, training and developed skill — in the words of the Biblical parable: “to every man according to his several ability.”
You Have The Talents
Remember the parable from the twenty-fifth chapter of the gospel of Saint Matthew — the story of a master, who, planning a long journey into a far country, called his servants together and divided his goods among them. One received five talents, another two, and another one.
After a long time, the master returned, and calling his servants together, asked for an account of their work in his absence.
The one who had received the five talents reported that he had put his talents to work and had gained five more; likewise, the servant who had received two talents reported doubling of his gift; but the third servant who had received but a single talent, berated the master for his modest gift. The master lost patience with this slothful servant for his failure to put his talent to work, and commanded that the single talent which he had given him be now taken from him.
The world is made up of people just like that — some with five talents, some with two, and others with only one. There are those who are using their God-given talents to the fullest; others are using only a small measure of their abilities; and far too many are slothful and negligent, foolishly frittering away their precious God-given assets.
God will hold every human being on earth accountable for his stewardship of the talents with which he has been endowed. They are a sacred trust!
And those who do not use and develop their abilities shall surely lose them — that is the law of God; and the slothful shall taste the bitter dregs of frustration, and mediocrity, and failure.
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Whilst major disasters are a terrible thing they can teach us a great deal about many things. One of the most important of the many lessons we have learned from the past was the incalculable and many-sided value of efficiency — the increased effectiveness of men and machines; the saving of man-hours of work, of energy, of materials, of money costs, and above all the conservation of life, and the strengthening of the human spirit.
Seventy years ago, in the business world, for example, most things were done by habit and guess. Today businessmen want to know the reason “why.” To know the reason “why” is to increase efficiency enormously. Efficiency is the watchword, and efficiency means getting maximum results with minimum effort.
Our problem as human beings is, then, to find out what we must do in order to attain maximum efficiency—what we must do to get out the best that is in us!
I suppose there is hardly a truer lesson in all science and philosophy than the unity of man. Man has a threefold nature, a physical, a mental, and a spiritual nature. This being true, no man can attain maximum efficiency — get out the best that is in him — unless he attains a healthy and harmonious development of all three of his natures.
During my senior year in college I studied and trained as an extracurricular activity to become a book salesman during the summer vacation months in order to earn additional funds to enter Harvard University Law School in the fall.
One day my instructor made a statement that impressed me profoundly, and it has been in my mind ever since. Discussing the rugged career of a book salesman, he stressed the importance of personal efficiency, of being a “whole” man, a fully developed person — physically, mentally, and spiritually. Then he added with great seriousness: “Mr. Gravengaard, it is going to make a tremendous difference to you what sort of a man you take to your prospect.”
Later on during the summer when I went from house to house, and office to office, and from field to field to find the farmer at his work, I came to a full realization of the real and broader meaning of those words. And on the basis of that summer’s gruelling experience, and the experience of over thirty-five years in business, I want to emphasize to you this vital truth: It makes a tremendous difference what sort of a man you take to your job in this hotly competitive world in which we live and work.
Your body must be healthy and efficient — the instrument and not the tyrant of your mind. Your mind must be sharp and alert, educated and trained — knowledge and culture must be its power. And your spiritual nature must be developed and utilized, to insure spiritual power, strength of character, emotional balance, and breadth of vision — without which there can be no fullness of life, no feeling of worthwhileness.
To be deficient in any of these parts is to be only in part a man. To develop your three natures to the fullest, into a harmonious and vital oneness, to be a whole man, to get out the very best that is in you — that is life’s great purpose, life’s ringing challenge.
The celebrated English poet, Alexander Pope, once said: “The proper study of mankind is man.” This being true, let us study man — the whole man — by examining each one of his three component parts, the physical, the mental, and the spiritual natures; and find out how these great natural resources of man can be developed to a maximum of efficiency, and brought into a harmonious and powerful oneness in order that you may achieve a full measure of success and happiness.
Psychologists tell us that, on the average, people generate less than ten percent of their potential powers. Dr. Nathan S. Kline, director of research at a New York State Hospital, says: “Most humans are ambling along at probably no more than five or six percent of their possible efficiency.” And J. C. Penny, the founder of the great chain of retail stores that bears his name, has said: “In my business life I have been privileged to know many men of outstanding ability, and my conviction is that in every one of us there are untold possibilities for increase of ability and skill that will lead to opportunities.”
Think of it, on the average over nine-tenths of human talents and powers are dormant and unused. What a tragic and shameful waste!
It has been told that Gutzon Borglum, the great sculptor, when nearing the finish of his famous head of Abraham Lincoln, was asked by a servant who had watched with amazement the gradual shaping of the great emancipator’s face: “Master Borglum, how did you know Mr. Lincoln was in dat stone?”
Well, you too are like the raw stone out of which the sculptor chiselled the image of the great and immortal Lincoln — potent with unimagined possibilities, and powers, and beauty of spirit. Yes, there are untold resources within you, waiting to be discovered, and revealed, and brought into full fruition.
Success is a personal challenge. It is something to be desired, something to be achieved — the glorious realization of your God-given talents. To be successful, you must want success earnestly, for it must be earned through tough self-discipline, continuous self-development, endless hard work, courageous perseverance, and complete dedication. It is within your reach, if you will but pay this austere price. Remember always that nothing of great value is ever acquired at a cheap price.
Psychologists say that all men and women, except morons, are able to achieve. Many fail to achieve, however, because their hidden talents are never brought to light and developed and utilized. To get out the best that is in you, to succeed according to your God-given talents that is life’s greatest challenge, life’s highest attainment, and life’s most satisfying reward!
To help you find and uncover, vitalize and develop, marshal and use the talents and powers latent within you; to help you give your life direction and inspiring purpose that is the dedicated purpose of this book.
No matter what your age, man or women, you can achieve greater success and happiness — a life truly worthwhile — if you will let this book be your guide.
Your future is in your hands!