The fellow who said that there's "no sure road to success"
must have been the world's worst pessimist. It's true we can't
all get on the same road, but there are hundreds of different
roads for each of us.
Take the case of the factory worker in Detroit. He was a
skilled worker on a mile-long assembly line. He was con-
tented with his job wasn't even looking for a boost when
success struck like lightning. All because he made one little
move.
One day walking through the plant, he slipped on a bolt
that had fallen ofi the line; that started him to thinking. He
was a good worker himself, and yet every day he lost plenty
of time stopping for parts that dropped to the floor.
At lunch he sketched a crude little drawing of a cloth
hammock that could be hung beneath the edge of the
assembly table to catch parts dropped by the workers. His
supervisors were enthusiastic when he showed his idea. He
got a raise and a promotion within days.
That was all it took.
He began to search for new ideas and soon came up with
two other timesavers. He was advanced again.
Today he's the manager of a whole division of the great
company. He made the grade in less than ten years. And all
because he slipped on a bolt.
Success is there for all of us if we just take the trouble to
look and think.
