Since the age of ten years he has been upon his own resources and the 32 years since then have been years of study, working and playing, all blended into a happy life.
The jolts, set backs, sorrows, worries, fears and discouragements are the things which made him strong. They were experiences.
Smooth sailing doesn't bring out the stuff one is made of. It takes shadows to make sunlight appreciated.
It takes reverses to make success. It takes hard knocks to polish you. This is a book of experiences, not one of theories.
There is no attempt to make this a literary effort. All the writer hopes for or cares to do is to truthfully state facts and experiences in plain language. Study the thought rather than the expression.
It is Sense the writer wants to express rather than nonsense.
The writer is happy to say that the previous editions sold rapidly and his friends not only read, but pass the word along.
The way to get happiness is to make others happy and the present of one of these books to a friend or employe is a quick way to get happiness.
Let us go along together and consider some of the problems which we all have to face in our business as well as our social life. A volume could be written on each chapter. But volumes are tiresome and herein you will find net values which are the result of boiling down.
So now we have the groundwork of this book. We understand each other. Simply take these truths for their evident worth. You won't agree with the writer in all things, of course not. If, however, you get one truth that will help you, then you have been repaid for reading this book and the writer has been repaid for writing it.