Now, by praising
you, he is, somehow or other,
"TAKING STOCK IN YOU."
If he "keeps you down," he shows his poor judgment, and he is not going
to do that if he can help it. On the other hand, your comrade is put in
the vacant place. The duties are hard and perplexing. He is compelled to
go and ask a man for some money. The man is mean. He not only refuses
the money, but addresses some personal considerations to your comrade
which sicken him to the heart. He returns to your employer with a tale
of failure well tinged with his own morbid feelings and wounded vanity.
Your employer is irritated, and attributes the fiasco to the ambassador.
To satisfy his own views of things, he prophesies that your comrade
never will amount to anything, anyhow. Now, to see this prediction
verified is, unfortunately for your comrade, just as necessary to your
employer's self-love as to see you succeed. The point of the first
opportunity, the first impression on your employer, is really central,
pivotal. If you get a big iron safe on such a spot, you can turn it with
extraordinary ease.
There is no road to practical business so good as practice.
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