Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22
THE DERIVED" INTEREST.

THE "DERlVED" INTEREST.
noted college professor in lecture to his stu
dents made the following statement to them:
There are two kinds of interest of which the hui
man mind is capable natural and derived"
beautiful picture exciting athletic per-
formance attract natural interest without our once
thinking about why it does That kind Of interest is in
stinctvey with 1t, often any other way comes
Like flash as the result of some sudden view.
That is an altogether different feeling toward
some subject than is the feeling Of the derived interest
AN interest in what doing The derived interest
is that interest that is generated by working to
pllsh something If we trying to make success of
what we working at, then the interest is derived
from our desire to succeed This derived interest is
the means to an end"
The derived interest is of much more Importance
to our future than the natural interest because the de-
rived interest is created by desire to succeed at
what we are doing. You who have read the statement
at the first Of this article may do just like the most Of
the young men did who heard the faculty member utter
tpay attention to it and just 60 lstlessy ahead at
whatyou are doing We say that is what you may do,
but we ask you the question and ask you to it to
yourself:
is it right that you should do 500"
Are you showing each day as little interest in your
work as you can and still get along?
Remember, you who are just simply plugging
along without trying to excel you are the main loser
Your employer can stand for you to do that way but
can you? As long you do that way you just
small cog in small wheel of the whole machine He
wouldn't miss you if you would break off, but to your
self you the whole works. You can be big wheel on
the main machine if you want to- Then you will expert
ence the derived interest.
Remember, you who are just simply jogging along
without trying to get ahead of the average in your ne
are falling behind every day. Just long as you are
simply one Of the many who only 60 along with head
down and hanging forward, keeping up with the
average just that long you will only be average work
business man. You may be able to do more, but
the who is looking for experts in your line will
never know you an expert You will have to show
what you before any will know it The salesman
has to show his goods before he sell them.
Considered from the standpoint Of the employee it
makes lots difference to him than it does to his
employer whether he turns out his full capacity prod
uct not The only way the employee get promotion
is attract the attention Of the employer The employee
has only way to do that and that is by the class and
quantity Of the work he turns out. The employee who
SAYS, "pay money and will do more work., is
getting the cart before the horse Business is not done
on that kind Of basis is it going to be- because
it should not be- If you want to get ahead and stay
ahead after you get there you will have to run many
race against the watch before you will be able to
make winning time in actual contest against compel
iors The man who sets his pace by the slowest in
the race will win In fact the man who sets his
pace by the man who does average days work will
not cause any one to take second glance at him.
The merchant has to sell the goods before he can
get the ,noney-you who want promotion will have to
earn it before you get it.
It's up to you-don't watch the man at your side
if you are depending him to tell you how much effort
to put forth your case is hopeless right You your
self have to have derived interest in what you are
doing.
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