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Poise is a large phase of Success already worked out. Pot there can be little of Success without Poise. Poise is keeping your head when everybody else loses theirs.

Poise is Power — square jawed and firm set.

When Blame all seems to come your way; when the fingers of Fault-finders all seem centered in front of your face; when Failure after Failure files into your door; when former Friends form into foes; when Clouds creep onward, black and threatening — then’s the time for Poise!

Then’s the time to face the Crowd and cut the air with your command of Confidence and — Poise.

The Cool heads are the Battle winners.

And you who are ruling and conserving through the art of Poise, you are preserving Peace by being prepared for War.

The Strong Man always Listens — and Thinks. In such an attitude he can consider and weigh with Justice and rare Freedom the most puzzling problems. Poise to such a man is like a Bank full of funds.

Poise put into your Character will balance and proportion it — make it fit and formidable.

How many times you have seen the Man of Action at his desk, calm and collected — with plenty of time for anything important — while about him is confusion and an atmosphere of importance that is, after all, charged with very little importance.

Study out and apply to yourself — Poise. Poise starts when you begin to eliminate Fear and Disorder.