The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1917-04-18
SOME MIGHTY GOOD SALARIES
Go 70 Men Who Would Almost As
Soon Work For Nothing.

In the May American Magazine
sid" says:
"A friend of mine who is as good
man in his line as anybody in the
United States stood in my office. a
few days ago and said a surprising
thing. / had been complimenting
him on one of his latest achieve
ments. His face lighted up as he
remarked of course I got lot
of money for that job, but between
YOU and me I'd do these things for
nothing if couldn't get anybody to
pay me for them. I'd rather do
them than eat. It's q shame to take
the money. Don't give me away, or
they'll be asking me to cut down my
price and I'll be doing it.
THAT sounds like bunk. But
wait minute. Think clear through
the proposition. This man will new
cd be cutting down his price at all.
It is exactly the other way around
with him-and he knows it. The
truth is that his income goes on ris-
ing-because those he works for
Keep bidding up for his services.
What he meant was that he has
found the secret of progress and en-
ioyment-namely, a field of activity
TO which he is suited and in which
he is so interested end happy that
he works as if he were playing. No
wonder he performs miracles! Nat
urally he is glad to have the large
sums of money he earns. They are
a sort of crude measurement of his
efficiency. They show in rough
way how other people estimate his
value. But the main point is that
he has found his niche and that he
concentrates on his job for days and
weeks at a stretch. All his thought
is concerned with what he can put
into his work-not what he can get
out of it, Lucky man!
Evidently the same thing is true
of James A. Farrell. Farrell de-
yours facts about the steel business
as greedily as a small boy swallows
ice cream. The chances are that he
has got into the one place on earth
which he can fill the best-the pres
idency of the Steel Corporation. 1t
is a safe bet that he would rather
do that job for nothing than be
without it. And Of course it follows
that he is worth more to the Steel
Corporation than he would be II he
were less absorbed in what he'is
doing.
81 wish l had the prescription to
hand out that would turn every man
into some kind and degree Of Far
rell. But of course haven't. There
is only one thought can suggest
and It is as old as the world. The
idea is simply this: don't fake for
years and years an interest in some
thing that bores you. Don't pretend
all your life. for the sake of fancied
appearances. to enjoy some. form of
work that you really dislike. or
course you should give yourself a
fair trial at job before throwing
IL up, because often a man learns
to like something that he didn't like
when he set out. Butt you know
what 7 mean-don't keep at it in
definitely. Quit and try something
else. Cut and run before it is too
late.
1.-THE acid test to apply to your
job is this: II you had money enough
to live on. would you stay at II
without pay? If you don't love 1t
that much. hunt for 9nother-that
is. IL you are young and free from
the responsibilities and obligations
which govern older men. The great
est successes Of the world are crazy
about their work. Look at Edison.
Look at Paderewski. How those
men enjoy their jobs! Can anybody
imagine that they love money more
sthan work! And yet each-because
of his jealous devotion to his work
has been richly paid In money.
Both men are great artists. They
have found what they wanted to do
and stuck to 1t. Treat yourself