Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 234, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 October 1911 — FOES TO SUCCESS. [ARTICLE]

FOES TO SUCCESS.

Ddn’t Be a Victim of Timidity, Shyness Or Self Consciousness. Timidity, shyness and self consciousfiess belong tq th* same family. We usually find all where we find any one, and they are all enemies ofpeace of mind, happiness and achievement No one has ever done a great thing while hie mind was centered' upon himself. We must lose ourselves before we can find ourselves. Self anal/sis is valuable only to learn our strength; it la fatal if it makes us dwell upon our weaknesses. Timid, shy people are morbidly self conscious. They think too much about themselves. Their thoughts are turned inward; they are always analyzing, dissecting themselves, wondering bow they appear and what people think of them. If these people could only forget themselves and think of others they would be surprised to see what freedom, ease and grace they would gain, what success In life they would achieve. Thousands of yqung people are held back from undertaking what they long to do and are kept from trying to make real their great life dreams because they are afraid to jostle with the world. They shrink from exposing their sore spots and sensitive points which smart from the lightest touch. Their supersenslbvenesg "makes cowards of them.—O. S. Marden in’Success Magazine.