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Subj: B.-P.'S OUTLOOK (PART 13)
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Discipline
IN a small camp so very much can be done by example. You are living among
your boys and are watched by each of them, and imitated unconsciously by
them, and probably unobserved by yourself.
If you are lazy they will be lazy; if you make cleanliness a hobby it will
become theirs; if you are clever at devising camp accessories, they will
become rival inventors, and so on.
But don't do too much of what should be done by the boys themselves, see
that they do it -- "when you want a thing done don't do it yourself" is
the right motto. When it is necessary to give orders, the secret for obtaining
obedience is to know exactly what you want done and to express it very simply
and very clearly. If you add to the order an explanation of the reason for it,
it will be carried out with greater willingness and much greater intelligence.
If you add to the order and its explanation a smile, you will get it carried
out with enthusiasm -- or, remember, "a smile will carry twice as far as a
snarl."
A pat on the back is a stronger stimulus than a prick with a pin.
EXPECT a great deal of your boys and you will generally get it.
September, 1911.
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