MUST and OUGHT
By GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS
The inspiration of Accomplishment is first the inspiration of Necessity. We do things and we do our best things when we are driven to because-we Must. Back of every Fighter and back of every Achiever is this silent little Commander. To cultivate the feeling that you Must do what you Ought to do is to develop the sense of duty-to get habit on your side.
Make yourself Feel that you Must do what you Ought to do.
Cultivate the Must and Ought spirit and you eventually if not immediately call to your side one of the greatest factors in success-Willingness to Act and to Do.
Make yourself Feel that you Must do what you Ought to do.
If you cultivate this feeling you will never canker our Soul nor rot away your initiative. Mixed with the dire necessity will come a dominant feeling of Love for what you do and the dream of a Glory that shall Radiate with Joy and Helpfulness not alone your own life, but that willl give to your Work itself a luster that cannot fail to countless other people.
Make yourself Feel that you Must do what you Ought to do.
Personal satisfaction, even, is little worth while unless cumulative. The man does not live who is wholly selfish. Must drives a man to his job or to his idea, but the fastbreeding germ of Compensation, massing before his eyes, vitalizes a Purpouse and makes it come out to all the world as something for everyone.
Make yourself Feel that you Must do what you Ought to do.
But cultivate a Foundation Must as well as a Superstructure Must. You Must give a certain numberof hours to yourself or your Employer today, but make them hours of Service, not clock watching and the telling off of time to no Results.
