Every "Stradivarius" now in existence is worth from three to ten thousand dollars, or several times its weight in gold.
Think of the value such a reputation for thoroughness as that of Stradivarius or Tampion, such a passion to give quality to your work, would give you! There is nothing like being enamored of accuracy, being grounded in thoroughness as a life-principle, of always striving for excellence.
No other characteristic makes such a strong impression upon an employer as the habit of painstaking, carefulness, accuracy.

He knows that if a youth puts his conscience into his work from principle, not from the standpoint of salary or what he can get for it, but because there is something in him which refuses to accept anything from himself but the best, that he is honest and made of good material.
I have known many instances where advancement hinged upon the little overplus of interest, of painstaking an employee put into his work, on his doing a little better than was expected of him.

Employers do not say all they think, but they detect very quickly the earmarks of superiority.

They keep their eye on the employee who has the stamp of excellence upon him, who takes pains with his work, who does it to a finish.

They know he has a future.
John D.Rockefeller, Jr., says that the "secret of success is to do the common duty uncommonly well." The majority of young people do not see that the steps which lead to the position above them are constructed, little by little, by the faithful performance of the common, humble, every-day duties of the position they are now filling.