The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1907-06-27
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do 1t now" counseled the broker,
pointing to card over his desk.
That's the rule l have followed all
my life and I've found it answers. /
followed that motto long before they
took to printing 1t on cards, but l
keep the card there just the same and
think there ought to be one in every
office in the city, and in every home,
too. don't need it before my eyes all
the time, but most people do. Do 1t
now!' That's the recipe for success.
Don't shilly-shally and say that you'll
do it tomorrow or next week or next
month or next year. "Now's the time
to do 1t. DO it now Decide! Act!
Act promptly. That's the policy to
follow"
Sometimes, perhaps" said the &C.
casional customer, mildly.
The broker slapped the desk with
his open palm. Always" he said. en-
phatically. Not sometimes, but al
ways. Do a thing and it's done and it's
OF your mind. You don't have to
worry and bother about it again"
Suppose that you wish you hadn't
done It," suggested the customer.
We'll, we're human and liable to
make mistakes, but you'll make as few
that way as any other. Don't keep op-
portunity knocking at your door. Get
up and let her in. II you don't get a
move on you she's liable to get mad
and go away and stay aawy. DO 1t
now"
Don't wag your finger at me" said
the occasional customer. 1T makes me
nervous. You can't lay down any
hard and fast rule like that. Suppose
opportunity was bill collector for the
gas company. You'd be sorry that you
were quite so energetic about getting
up and opening the door. Suppose
you've got girl, same as l have, and
you are trying to make up your mind
to speak to the old man about 1t and
-"
"'Do 1t now" said the broker.
That's all right. But how about 1t
IL you see him stub his toe coming up
the steps to the house and hear a lot
of language that would shock any re-
spectacle pirate as he dances about
holding his shin? Would you go up to
him and say, Never mind about that
my dear sir. love your daughter and
I'd like to have you give us your bless
ing? You bet your life you wouldn't
you've got to eat lunch some time
to-day, but you aren't going to do 1t
now. You're going to wait until you
get an appetite. My last springs suit
isn't going to last me another season
but I'm not going to buy new one
just now. may Think you are a
liar, but l won't say that think SC
now. You're bigger than l am and
you might be sensitive on the subject
I'll wait till I'm talking about you to
some acquaintance of yours and you're
not around. You Nay think that's a
good rule of yours, but it strikes me as
foolish"
You're talking nonsense and you
hUOW IL, Sdlu llt DlOheT.
I'm talking good, hard, solid sense!
retorted the occasional customer
Learn to labor and to wait strikes
me as better proposition. There are
some things that you might as well dc
now IL you haven't got anything else
to do, but as general thing you'll save
money by sleeping over it."
I'm talking about business mat
ters," said the broker. Il put you mex
to a good thing and you want to wal
and think about it for year or two.
The occasional customer got up an6
went over to the ticker and looked a
the tape. shes gone down a couple
OF points since you've been talking,
| he said.
1T might have gone up a couple,
said the broker
I'm glad II didn't" said the occas
ional customer II might have kicked
myself for not buying. AS it Is, II
wait awhile longer before do an,
specializing. 1t doesn't strike me a!
the thing to keep house on. And yol
might sell that Tansy common o
mine"
Shall wait till it goes to par?'
asked the broker.
Not this time said the Occasional
customer do it now. "-Chicag,
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