The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1889-10-05
WASTE BY FRICTION.

WASTE BY FRICTION.
Mutual Respect and Confidence Essential
10 AL Great Undertaking
Undoubtedly great many people over
work, but there are great nasEy a;'s ND
on the shoulders of work which ought to
be bound on the back of frici ion. Fricti' n,
says the Christian Union, kills ten men
where overwork kills one; friction DESTROYS
freshness, wastes energy, spends courage
and induces failure. Exceptin cases where
personal adjustments are absolutely neces-
sary, friction is pure waste. serves no pur-
pose, accomplishes no result, and is 80 much
capital Of health, strength, high spirit and
good working power thrown away. It is
safe to say that no great enterprise ever
succeeded in which friction was not re-
duced to the minimum. because friction in
wolves necessarily defective organization or
antagonistic methods and plans. The home
in which friction is permanent element is
a ca"icature Of a real home 1t is home
without reposc. without cheerfuiness, with
out that atmosphere Of confidence, sweet
ness and sacrifice which is 10 all the best
and noblest IN erests of the family what
the air is to plants and men. Incidental
friction and occasional friction are inevita-
be; continuous friction means bad organ
ization, unsympathetic workers, or the
presence OF obstinacy, stupidity or willful-
ness. Wherever it exists it ought to be
taken as an indication that there is some
thing wrong, and as suggestion that 1t is
lime 10 examine The situation and remove
the obstacles. In most cases the observ-
ance of a few simple principles will eliminate
LIS exasperating source Of WEAKNESS and
failure.
1tisuseless for people to try to accomplish
acommon result without mutual confidence
il each other If man lacks confidence In his
par ners, he would better dissolve the part
nership and form new business connec-
lions; II q man lacks confidence In his
friends, he would better examine himselfto
see whether he is worthy of association
with them, and II hecan satisfy his mind on
that point he would better cease intercourse
with them rather than carry it on at the ex-
pense of that good understanding which Is
the basis of all true friendship A .f-tena-
ship accompanied by incessnnt irritatio-'
will sooner or later come to an end, and the
sooner that end Is reached the better. Mu-
tual confidence Is the only sound and
healthy basis for cooperation in any enter.
prise. When we cease to have confidence
in each other, IL is time that the connection
should be broken. The other method Of
keeping up relationship out Of which tho
heartis gone, and so producing continual
friction, is u slow torture to which death Is
far preferable.
Thoroughgoing sympathy makes friction
impossible, and Is at the same time the
foundation rock on which all great success
Is builded. No man can cooperate, heart
with ho ,V,1o hn ~.
pathy with his aims and spirit. He can not
even understand what those aims and
spirit are without the power to put himself
ii the others place and see things from his
point Of view. Great enterprises e,
through to success when men come into full
sympathy with each other in their devotion
to great purpose. Such a sympathy is a
silent but infallible interpreter between
men who may differ in many points, urge
diverse methods, even possesses antago.
nistic temperaments, and yet be perfectly
harmonious through their harmony in some
central purpose.
Every great work is, in certain sense, .
compromise. No man is able to achieve q
great thing with his own unaided hand. At
some point or another he needs the help Of
others, and when he needs that help he
must concede something to it. It is only
under despotism or under some form OF
slavery that one man arbitrarily imposes
his will on another. In that case there Ia
no friction because there Is no individual v,
no consciousness Of manhood, none Of tho
barriers OF self-respect. Mutual conces.
sions are the price which men must pay for
cooperation, and In the end they gain more
than they lose, for many a man who has
genius for ideas is helpless without the
practlcal skill which can give them shape
and form. In the shaping and forming the
idea is generally modified to advantage. !.
Men who work together and without fric.
tlon must respect each other. There Is
nothing which creates SO effective an espri
de corps, which develops SO thorough q
discipline, as the common respect Of eact
man for the place, responsibility anc
authority Of every other. II q mans per
sonality and authority are not respected il
department OF business, it Is time 70,
him to insist on the proper recognition o1
both; or IL his superior has not yet learned
The primary business principle Of respect
ing the personality and the authority OF 9
suDordlna,e, it is time that he went back fe
the kindergarten and made thorough
study OF the first principles OF success.
IT mutual confidence, mutual sympathy
mutual concession and mutual respect art
sFadlously cultivated, friction will disappear
and success be achieved. Where men arr
naad-in.glove in proper relations, and In th'
proper spirit toward each other, friction i
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