YOUR OWN BOSS | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Sep 26, 1906

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 32, No. 37.

YOUR OWN BOSS.

Now and then I hear a boy say: "If I could only be my own boss, then I would be happy." Did you ever know any one who amounted to anything who was his own boss? The only one I ever read about was Robinson Crusoe, and he was glad to quit.

You have heard of the "independent farmer." He is dependent upon wind, water, and frost; he must be at home every morning and night to milk the cows. The physician must buy his clothes and groceries of his patients. Do you think that Marshall Field, the great merchant, was independent? Not a bit. He carried two great stores around on his back. He would have been unhappy if he had not been doing something for the thousands in his great army.

No one can be his own "boss," unless he goes out of the world into the wilderness, and then he will find himself dependent upon the berries and animals.

There is, however, one way of becoming your own boss. Let me tell you. It is to stay right where you are, and begin by ruling yourself. That is the first step. Then begin to help other people, and after awhile you will find them willing to do anything for you. Your workshop will become a throne.

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