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capacity to succeed. Had they stopped to analyze the situation they would
have advised him to go ahead by all means. The fact that there were so many
newspapers made the opportunity for a better newspaper that much greater!
As a rule most of the advice to those contemplating a business venture is
“don’t.” If you ask the advice of enough people you are almost sure to end up
by doing nothing.

The only person really qualified to advise you as to what you can do is
yourself. You know yourself better than any one else does. You, and you
alone, know how determined you are to make a success of the undertaking.
And in the last analysis, about 90 per cent of being successful in business is
that indefinable thing which for lack of a better name we call “guts.” If you
have the “guts” to work eighteen hours a day if need be; if you have the
“guts” to go without pocket money in order to carry your business over the
rough spots; if you have the “guts” to stick when others say you are just
wasting your time, it is a pretty good bet that you will succeed, because that
is the stuff from which success is made.

So do not be overconcerned with the real and imaginary difficulties that loom
up so large at the outset. It is not necessary that you see the harbor at the
other end of your course before setting sail. If you sail straight, and keep
moving, you will get to your destination. But you won’t get there, or
anywhere, unless you start. Once you have started, most of the difficulties
will give way before your enthusiasm and determination to succeed. You
may end up in an entirely different business from the one you started. You
may have to change your plans a number of times. But what does that matter?
The all-important thing is that you have started.

In the following pages you will read about hundreds of people who, like
yourself, had the urge to make a thousand dollars. Some earned it making
things, and others selling things. Some made it quickly and others slowly. But
you will find one thing true of every story in this book. Each person began
making money when he or she started. Had these people not come to a
decision, and started in a business of their own, they would never have made
any money. Their success began with their decision to start— and so will
yours.