I’ve been experiencing the mid-semester blues lately, especially leading up to the completion of my master’s thesis. Success and failure have been looming themes in my life recently, and as if the Chaffey Brothers could read my mind I came across this letter:
“We notice that it is your deposition always to lean on others and we say in all kindness that if you are going to make a success especially in this country you must stand alone and depend upon your own judgement and rely upon your own strong hand to make business go.
We do not feel it to be our duty to you or to outsiders to omit & point out the fact that if a man wants or expects success he must take hold of the plow and never look back, bending all his efforts and energy towards the land in view.
We will adhere strictly to a guarantee up to this time, but beyond it you must decide to act for yourself.
We shall always take pleasure in affording you every possible assistance in either a friendly or a business way, but all your decisions must be from yourself & for yourself.”
It’s a good reminder that I have a lot of work to do to finish my degree. My fate is in my own hands and my commitment to complete my work can’t falter at the finish-line. If you are also struggling to find the motivation to work I encourage you to take hold of the plow and never look back!