Evening star. [volume], November 15, 1953, Page 25, Image 140

About Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972

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WHAT ARE YOUR CHANCES OF SUCCESS?
Continued from preceding page
in his climb toward the top that
he develops neurotic tendencies
or even suffers a full-scale emo
tional crack-up. There are few
psychiatrists who haven’t num
bered highly successful men among
their clients. But and this is
very significant—studies show
that the incidence of neurosis and
nervous disorders is a great deal
higher among men who fail to suc
ceed, or whose success is only medi
ocre.
Wide-scale studies conducted at
Penn State and other leading re
search centers have shown that the
more successful you are, the less
you are apt to be subject to mental
and emotional disturbances. The
Penn State study, which surveyed
over 12,000 persons, showed that
the lowest rates for mental break
downs are among those who have
achieved high prestige and high
income; and the highest rates were
found for those who had low pres
tige and low income.
Other investigations bear out the
fact that successful endeavor
the achievement of personal goals
tends to have a beneficial effect
on mental health, while failure and
frustration are apt to have the
opposite effect.
Q: Is if true that you're likely
to live longer if you're suc
cessful?
.4: Yes. Despite the oft-cited cases
of successful men who overtax
themselves to the point where they
die in their prime, evidence indi
cates that success, in most cases,
tends to lengthen your life, while
failure and frustration shorten it.
A study of the life spans of 10,000
persons conducted at Westminster
College showed that those who
had distinguished themselves in
their field of endeavor averaged
appreciably longer lives than those
who had not.
As to why this should be. psy
chologists point out that morale is
an important factor so far as our
physical well-being is concerned.
And our morale is strongly influ
enced by the degree to which our
efforts are crowned with success.
Medical studies all bear out the
fact that, all other factors being
equal, the more a man has to live
for, the longer he’s likely to live.
Q: Is it true that success tends
to make people materialistic
and forgetful of spiritual
considerations?
A: This has frequently been
charged. But impartial evidence
strongly suggests that the oppo
site is true. Four nationwide sur
veys have been undertaken to
settle this point. Each was con
ducted by a leading public-opinion
research organization. All of them
reported identical findings; that
the percentage of church members
is highest among that group of
Americans who are the most suc
cessful; and that the lowest per
centage is found among those who
are the least successful.
That man cannot live by bread
alone, seems to be far morepbvious
to the man who has made his mark
in the world than to the one who
hasn’t. The End
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