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THEORY OF FATIGUE A famous psychologist has evolved a theory of fatigue which lias won wide support In simple terms his belief is that when the average person is tired out it means nothing more than that he has exhaused the top layer of his strength aiid come to his second wind of resistance resistanceThis This man says the weary worker if he keeps on at his job will soon strike a new vein of vim vigor and vitality and forget all about being tired tiredI I believe the same is true of what we call our best I think most of us fool ourselves in this We reach some height from which wo can see the promised land and without any real intention of fooling ourselves or any one else we proceed as if we were in the promised land landWe We feed ourselves on mirages We are apt to work on a fiftyfifty basis taking it for granted that those for whom we work like substitutes substitutesXobody Xobody likes substitutes They may be neccstsary in food or wearing apparel in war times but they never are necessary in work And they never help any one to succeed succeedOf Of course there are varying degrees of ability But ability is not so much a deciding factor in suc ¬ cess tin application A comparatively stuiid person who applies himself will win every time from the brilliant person who doesnt apply himself himselfSo So far as I know the surest way to success to keep everlastingly at it and try constantly to better your best bestPurpose Purpose perspiration and patience form a combi ¬ nation that is hard to beat Philadelphia North American
