Alan Searing

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I am your constant companion 

I am your greatest helper or your heaviest burden                         

I will push you onward or drag you down to failure                       

I am completely at your command                                               

Half the things you do, you might just as well turn them over to me,                 

and I will be able to do them quickly and correctly                        

I am easily managed; you must be firm with me                            

Show me exactly how you want something done, and after a         

few lessons I will do it automatically                                            

I am the servant of all great men                                                 

And, alas, of all failures as well                                                    

Those who are great, I have made great                                      

Those who are failures, I have made failures                                 

I am not a machine, though I work with all the precision               

of a machine. Plus, the intelligence of a man                                 

You may run me for profit, or run me for ruin; it makes no             

difference to me.                                                                       

Take me, train me, be firm with me and I will put the world           

at your feet                                                                                        

Who am I?                                                                                

                     I am a HABIT!