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19. Can you say you are thoroughly sound, physically and mentally? If so, why is it that some other men, not quite so “sound,” are forging ahead of you?

Is “soundness” the right element to look for in bodies and minds? Or is there something more?

What were the most successful periods of your life? And to what do you attribute that success?

Can you reproduce the conditions in order to obtain similar results?

What does experience prove is the best hour for thought in your own case?

Enumerate your bad and good qualities. (Get a friend to check the list with you; be prepared for objections.)

What is your special aim in life?

Have you any secondary aims?

Are you too sensitive—too retiring?

Do your best and most progressive periods synchronise with your best health periods?

Do you welcome responsibility or shirk it?

Do you realise to the full how the acceptance of responsibility is the making of a man?

“DON’TS”

1.Don’t be a grumbler. The man with an everlasting grievance generally grieves his chances out of existence.

2.Don’t aim too high, but aim high enough. Adjust your ambition to your abilities, and your ambition will grow accordingly.

3.Don’t bewail your lot. Instead of thus wasting your energy, use it to find a better position, or in other ways to enlarge your interests.

4.Don’t shirk the need of defining your aim in life. Avoid drifting.

5.Don’t be afraid of being laughed at.

6.Don’t fail to sec that the “Don’ts” just urged upon you are directly concerned with the development of mental efficiency.