"I'll tell you something," said father. "I believe there 41 reasons why some people receive promotions and some don't. ( course, sometimes unfair things are done, but as a rule there's reason why a boyar girl gets to be top of the class or captain, the hockey team. There are certain secrets of success, and to apply whether you are in school, at work, or at play."
''I'd like to know what they are."
"I'll tell you," said father. "There are five of them. Five of all there is faithfulness in little things. By that I mean doing everything well, being faithful in the duty of the moment, whatever it happens to be. You remember the saying, 'He that is faithful in that which is least will also be faithful in much: And also remember the story of the king who gave a hundred rupees each of his servants and told them to trade with it until he should return from a far country to which he was going. On the king's return one man brought Rs. 5,000 and the king said to him, 'Well done, my faithful servant. You have been faithful in this little matter. I will make you headman over ten villages. ' You must be faithful in little matters if you want to become the proprietor and of big things."
Anand looked sober. He knew his weakness well.
"Once upon a time," his father went on, "a sculptor was making a statue that was to stand in a niche in a wall. As he was making the thought came to him, 'If the back of this statue is never seen by anyone why should I take the trouble to finish it off fully?' Then he remembered that God would see it, contill his work until the statue, both back and front, was as perfect as he could make it.
"So if you want to get an award, if you want to be get best jobs, you must do everything well. You must study and as if God were watching you all the time. Those who are faithful in little things cannot be trusted to do greater things."
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