The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1903-10-08
For the Individual

worth of business for a certain con.
cern. after which his employer put
him on q salary OF $4,000 n year to
handle foreign business.
Managing Men.
A Presbyterian minister told me
that more ministers failed on ~ count
OF lack of ability to manage others
than for any other reason. This may
be true OF men In other lines of work.
Some men can manage an army of so.
licitors In way to keep them good.
natured. hopeful. growing and sue
cessful. A good manager is a balance
wheel. causing the business to move
steadily, not too fast nor too slow.
But he becomes more than that, as
he advances in intelligence. turning
out better products day after day. His
success is dependent upon his man
ner and methods, knowledge and en-
ergy, health and continued growth.
His ability must be going upward
every day he is in the harness.
Learning Methods.
A quarter OF n century ago ! went
with n playmate TO a factory where
his uncle was polishing fcrrules. The
uncle handed me ferrulc, but some.
thing In my playmate's face caused
me to refuse II. After we got away
from the sparks and noise I asked
what was the matter with the ferrulo
and he told me IL was hot I In.
Quired how II was his uncle could
hold II, and he said that his uncle
held II on two fingers, and then two
other fingers. changing back and
forth, something which ! had not rec.
ognized Ever since then I have tried
to find out how things are done which
see but do not understand.
Systematic Investigation.
The reading OF men has much to
do with the correct management OF
men. II is easy to coax n man to do
something he In able to do, but an
energetic manager can get many men
In quantity and quality than they
could II left to themselves. If you
want to be better manager you must
become better acquainted with your.
self and learn how to analyze others
as u chemist would analyze an un-
known liquid. Some books will help
you little. but observation will help
you more. and the suggestions of
friends and enemies will become the
most useful of all. a course of pri-
vate. systematic investigation for re-
suits must be taken up. either con.
sciously or unconsciously. Some men
think day and night without effort
and OF course they succeed. Other
men decide they will think more care
fully; they plan how to think and
what to think about. and know all the
time that they are thinking: these
men succeed also.
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sef.Management.
No doubt you have realized that tho
popular educational information
turned out by the printing press dur.
ing the last century has caused things
to be little different from what they
once were. The manager is not able
to do to-day In the same way that
which he could do twenty, forty, sixty
years ago. And the time Is coming
when. II he would he successful, he
must not only have wit and a strong
hand. but humane heart and an
ever clear head. AZ some may not
recognize the necessity of an occa.
sional rest from everyday work.
will repeat IA story ! heard recently.
A great corporation offered a smaller
one $4,000 In settlement OF claim.
The small concern refused. The large
one had famous lawyer with assist.
ants. witnesses and money. The law
yer Of the little concern had little
money and had to fight IL alone. After
securing $500 900 for his clients he
confessed he never could have lived
through the fight II II had not been
for his habit Of dropping all work at
midnight Saturday and not taking II
up again until Monday morning.
know Of another man who made n
practice Of lying down after the most
difficult mornings work OF the week,
and by sheer will.power forcing him.
self to take fifteenminute nap be-
fore starting of for the most difficult
afternoons work of the week. II is
necessary TO know yourself and know
how to manage yourself The success.
ful management OF men begins In the
correct management OF self.