You know life would be easy if once we've proven
Ourselves, we never had to prove ourselves again.
Well, unfortunately, it just isn't so.
We all have to keep doing our best
Over and over again as long as we live.
And sometimes it's hard to keep on going because life seems so unfair.
I was reminded of this a few months ago when a
Friend of mine Sally Kramer, drop by to see me.
Sally is a secretary in a large steel
Company and she was having a problem with her job.
Her former boss had left the company and his
Replacement was a lot younger less experience man.
Sally's problem was a very real one.
She has proven to her former boss and to
Herself that she was a hard and conscientious worker.
But her new employer anxious no doubt about his own new job.
Had no way of knowing whether she's capable or not.
I Talked to Sally for a long time and I'm sure
She thought that I was the meanest man on earth.
But she promised to do what I suggested and let me know the results.
Just yesterday afternoon, she came down to see me with her news.
Well doctor Peale,
When I left here that day I went home and cried, I was so upset.
But I did what you recommended,
I set the alarm clock an hour earlier the next
Morning and got to work a long time before Mr.
Hicks arrived.
So that I would have plenty of time and
Check over everything I've done the night before.
I stayed late that night too,
Just so he couldn't catch me up on the tiniest mistake.
And I did it day after day.
Getting there with birds in the morning,
And staying later than anyone else every single night.
The girls in the office thought I
Was absolutely crazy to work so hard.
But you know I got to meet a lot of the
Other executives by the hour I was keeping.
And I just about decided to ask for a job working for
One of them when about a week ago, something happened.
It was right after the meeting I
Attended because they needed a girl to take note.
Mr.
Hicks ask me to stay on after the minute left,
But he said to me Sally what's your opinion about
This new research project we're about to undertake.
It's going to be an extremely expensive and difficult project but
It's really important to the future of the company,
But if you're interested I would like you to be responsible for it.
You're the best worker I have ever seen.
Most of us are intelligent enough to get the things we want and need,
When we fail it's usually not a lack of brain or talent,
Rather it's a lack of willingness to keep on trying in
Circumstances it seem unfair or just plain impossible.
But if we wanna succeed, if we want to accomplish our goals in life,
The only way to do it is keep on working,
Keep on trying, keep on proving we're worth success.