Sooner or later a man, if he is wise, discovers that life is a mixture of good days and bad, victory and defeat, give and take.
He learns that it doesn't pay to be a too sensitive soul; that he should let some things go over his head like water off a duck's back.
He learns that he who loses his temper usually loses out.
He learns that all men have burnt toast for breakfast now and then, and that he shouldn't take the other fellow's grouch too seriously.
He learns that carrying a chip on his shoulder is the easiest way to get into a fight.
He learns that the quickest way to become unpopular is to carry tales and gossip about others.
He learns that buck passing always turns out to be a boomerrang, and that it never pays.
He learns that the business could run along perfectly well without him.
He learns that it doesn't matter so much who gets the credit so long as the business benefits.
He learns that even the janitor is human and that it does no harm to smile and say"Good Morning" even if it is raining.
He learns that most everyone else is as ambitious as he is, that they have brains as good or better, and that hard work, not cleverness, is the secret of success.
He learns not to worry when he loses an argument, because experience has shown that if he always gives his best, his average will break pretty well.
He learns that no man ever got to first base alone, and that it is only through cooperative effort that we move on to better things.
He learns that bosses are not monsters, trying to get the last ounce of work out of him for the least amount of pay, but that they are usually pretty good fellows who have succeeded through hard work and who want to do the right thing.
He learns that folks are not any harder to get along with in one place than another, and that the "getting along" depends about ninety-eight percent on his own behaviour.