The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-09
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thai deal better than che DID man
did. eh?'
The Business Doctor smiled benign.
~ on the young man.
at is much easier to seem fitted
for the part we do not fill than for
those we do. It's queed fact that
there Is not a boy In the store that
does not leel that he can run the place
better than It Is run.
1T Is this sentiment tina. causee
one-half the trouble In the advance
ment OF men. They keep their eyes
fastened on something too far above
them rather than on the work ac-
tually In hand. There Is line IN
Longfellow's Builders which says.
Act well your part; there all the hon
or lies and this Is the key note to
success. DO the work which Is yours
today with all the vim, energy. and
ability which Is In y0u and success
will come TO you as surely as a
peach will ripen In the sun. TO want
adya,ncement Is both natural and
praiseworthy but 10 strive for II be-
fore You have thoroughly mastered
your present position Is a vice and one
all to common in these strenuous
hustlln gdays.
Don't try for job TN You know
YOU can fiji h. Dor,t repend on
your ability 10 bluff II. The chances
are that II you were advanced as
rapidly as you think you ought to be,
you would soon regret It,
AZ get rich quick schemes re-
suit IN poverty. so get ahead quick
schemes result In demotIon rather
han promotion The mal who knows
his work Is sure 10 be In love with
II. and 'he man In love with his
work ceases 10 be prisoner bound
| by poverty 10 toll certain number
OF hours In order that he may live and
become merry, whistling happy man
who looks up with sniprise wnen the
clock watcher tells him II Is quitting
time. To the man In line with the
work. life 's series OF happy sur.
prses, not the least OF which Is the
extra five he finds In his pay enyel
ope al the end of the week.
'it's all very well to look with en-
vious eyes on The position up at the
top. but remember that YOU must
work your way TO II step by step and
that best preparation for the Job
ahead of you Is to do the work now
| In hand little bi. better than any
other fellow ever did II before.
You think you want promotion,
but take from me that you DO not
want the promotion any more than
your EMPLOYER wants to give II to
you and the moment II II deserved Il
will come; but the criterion is the
way you handle the Job you now
deld.'
The man who thinks he can DO bust.
ness In this day and time without a
steady line of advertising has but
tons on his brain-ge the hook The
button hook
II was In beautifully decorated
Washington shop window the other
i day that there hung solled box top
torn lfregularly around the edges
and painted with marking pot
White Boy Wanted.
- lfdllf tDtfu as ~ n lHhil WIZ
wanted lnstead-a man who would
spend quarter 70 keep from max
ing that window an eye sore to the
passerby. Signs Of that character arc
relics OF 'he antiphlogistlne age.
Wonder how much truth there was
in the sign London county farmer
put on his front gateg Ie read
Summer boarders taken In"
A nan who can shake worry OF ol
his shoulders can do an unlimited
smornt Of work without hurting him
self Ia business life II not the
muscles which give way under the
strain. but the nerves. and the mar
who would have sound nerves must
!. depend on the state OF his mind rath
| It tnan the state on his body
The crack athlete Of the college hes
no advantage OF the indoor ored man
sb1 fact. he Is often the first To break
anfer the sfraia
It is Inc man who will do his work
70 the hes. Of bis ability and then
lock It up In his store or office wnen
] he goes home that lasts
/ II doesnf pay To take your business
worries home With you.
II. /.