PLANNING

One great secret of success in life is careful, wise and prudent planning of our labors in advance. Perhaps in no one thing does the successful man surpass the unsuccessful more than in the ability to foresee the future, prepare and arrange his plans to meet its exigencies and to so direct his labors to avoid loss of time, money and energy, and make all his work bear directly on the attainment of his great purpose in life.

All great generals Caesar, Hannibal, Napoleon, Wellington, Grant have excelled in ability to lay out practical plans of campaign and, in a multitude of great battles, the victory has been won more largely by skillful, bold and decisive planning than by the use of superior force. What is the chief thing in good Planning We answer that the first essential is knowledge. Take the general about to engage the enemy's forces in battle.

What does he need especially for the formation of his plans of battle Chiefly knowledge. He needs to know fully the forces arrayed against him; he needs to know accurately the forces at his command; he needs to know the weak and strong points of both armies ; he needs to know every foot of the ground over which the battle may rage; and, in short, the more complete and accurate his knowledge, the better plan of battle can he lay out and the greater his prospect of success.

PLANNING One great secret of success in life is careful, wise and prudent planning of our la- bors in advance. Perhaps in no one thing does the successful man surpass the unsuccessful more than in the ability to foresee the future, prepare and arrange his plans to meet its exigencies and to so direct his la- bors to avoid loss of time, money and energy, and make all his work bear directly on the attainment of his great purpose in life. All great generals Caesar, Hannibal, Napoleon, Wellington, Grant have excelled in ability to lay out practical plans of campaign and, in a multitude of great battles, the victory has been won more largely by skillful, bold and decisive planning than by the use of superior force. What is the chief thing in good Planning We answer that the first essential is knowledge. Take the general about to engage the enemy's forces in battle. What does he need especially for the formation of his plans of battle Chiefly knowledge. He needs to know fully the forces arrayed against him; he needs to know accurately the forces at his command; he needs to know the weak and strong points of both armies ; he needs to know every foot of the ground over which the battle may rage; and, in short, the more complete and accurate his knowledge, the better plan of battle can he lay out and the greater his prospect of success. The architect before building must know the nature of the site, quality of material, figure out the cost, take into account the element of time and weather, and, in short, build his structure completely in mind before he builds it in mortar, as the successful general must fight out in the mental arena his battle before he successfully fights the enemy. So every young person in planning his life work needs, especially, knowledge. First, he needs to know himself, physically, intellectually and morally, his strength and weaknesses, his tastes, inclinations and special talents. The next essential in successful planning is such a scheme as will recognize all the great facts and factors entering into the life. Every young man should study himself know his own ability, find out his own tal- ent and special inclinations, and then lay out, as a general does his order of battle, as an architect does his building, his life plan. A large class of young men seem to have formulated no plans, schemes, purposes, beyond the present and the immediate future. Not long since I heard a distinguished man giving one great reason for his success and he had risen under very adverse influences from ignorance and poverty to wide knowledge and a position of great honor and power in these words When as a country lad I entered college in my 'teens, I laid out carefully in advance a course of five years in Arts and four following years in Theology. I was poor and had to earn my money during the vacations, by editorial work during the college year, and labored under great disadvantages in other respects. Yet my carefully matured plans I followed out through nine years without deviation, and if I have met with success in life it has been largely owing to my ability to plan my work carefully and then stick to my plans until I had completed them.

The architect before building must know the nature of the site, quality of material, figure out the cost, take into account the element of time and weather, and, in short, build his structure completely in mind before he builds it in mortar, as the successful general must fight out in the mental arena his battle before he successfully fights the enemy.

So every young person in planning his life work needs, especially, knowledge. First, he needs to know himself, physically, intellectually and morally, his strength and weaknesses, his tastes, inclinations and special talents. The next essential in successful planning is such a scheme as will recognize all the great facts and factors entering into the life.

Every young man should study himself know his own ability, find out his own talent and special inclinations, and then lay out, as a general does his order of battle, as an architect does his building, his life plan.

A large class of young men seem to have formulated no plans, schemes, purposes, beyond the present and the immediate future. Not long since I heard a distinguished man giving one great reason for his success and he had risen under very adverse influences from ignorance and poverty to wide knowledge and a position of great honour and power in these words When as a country lad I entered college in my 'teens, I laid out carefully in advance a course of five years in Arts and four following years in Theology.

I was poor and had to earn my money during the vacations, by editorial work during the college year, and labored under great disadvantages in other respects. Yet my carefully matured plans I followed out through nine years without deviation, and if I have met with success in life it has been largely owing to my ability to plan my work carefully and then stick to my plans until I had completed them.