The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-01-30
MAKING YOUR
JOB PAY
There's No Time Like
the Present for
Doing Things.
BY Beatrice Fairfax.

payer of income tax.
Have you ever stopped to face
this interesting factf What you Dc
with one hour Of your business dAy
IL fairly Indicative OF what you are
xoinR to do with the whole day
all your days-your lifsi
Howard came to the FoSsendsn
offices with everything in the world
in his favor. he had been highly
recommended. No one liked his
predecessor. Howard was neat.
pleasant looking, . boy with quiet.
good manners and with agreeable
voice. There never was an Office
boy who started OF under kindliSr
auspices.
And Howard seemed to Justify
the hopes OF the offics. He was
neat, efficient willing and agree
able. He did what he was told
that could be counted on. What
could not be counted on was when
he would do It. His attitude might
have been translated from an old
world proverb: IF I don't come to-
day. expect me tomorrow"
There's all the time in the
world"-hsven't you said that on .
great many occasions7 And don't
you md yourself doing your work
On . basis OF that idea7 Well
there IL all the time In the world
but there are all the things In the
world to do in that time; the sx-
perencs Of the ages past can be
studied IN that time. and growth
toward a worthwhile future can
also be managed
TN come in Q minute" says
Emily when mother calls. Suppose
Emily grows up. goes into an onrics
and takes the TIL come in . min
ute" attitude when the chiefs bell
rings and she IL summoned to take
dictation? She frazxles the temper
OF her superior officer by making
him walt, proves herself an in
efficient young woman. and in vast
ing . mere minute or two she may
actually throw away her chances
for promotion.
who hasn't walked out of q shop
because q slow moving clerk suE-
Eested indifference to her wants?
who does not know OF the great
forfeits which contracting COM
panies pay when buildings are not
finished on the day and date prom
Used? Who hasn't had a cake
burned to a crisp while finishing a
telephone conversation and think
ing to herself: Il must 90 in .
minute and watch the oven"
The easiest thing In the world
to do IL TO explain to yourself that
4 minute doesn't matter; but half
. minute gone wrong would dash
a trape1s performer to death at
the feet OF his audience-half =
minute7-halt q second. II takes
the most perfect calculation for
the swing from one mass OF sway
ing ropes to another: properly cal
culated. the daring. Sreach-tAkinE
performance Is simple and safe
half . second gone wrong and Il
means death.
Life 10 full OF calculations a. nice.
a. exact, as the swing OF the trapsIs
performer. Remember that.
The successful man or business
woman arranEes his or her day so
that It won't be full OF wasted min
utes. half hours gone wrong. broken
appointments. delayed efforts.
There 10 no more important rule
for success than this simple one:
Do It now.
Any big official IN = big company
who discovers an underlinE post
poning the very slightest bit OF
business routine with a lazy Rtti-
tuds that It can be done just a.
well later on. is going to lose faith
in that individual
Giving orders and having them
carried out are part OF the routine
OF any efficiently managed organi-
Eation-from a national army to an
office whose whole force consists Of
one clerk and one stenographer.
The only way to get things done
Is to do them promptly. Waiting for
something to turn up and save you
the responsibility OF making a big
sale or Of sharpening a pencil II
likely to walk hand in hand with
natural shiftlssEneEs and to cause
you always to postpone the things
which need prompt doing.
Find out 10 you are In the habit
OF postponinE things till tomorrow
and get in the habit OF doing things
with the snap and vtgor OF the man
who crouches on the line waiting
for the pistol shot which will free
him to start on q hundrsd-yard
dash. A quick start means victory.
You are not always swinging
from one trapezs to another, with
your life dependent on perfect tim
ing of your movements. But unless
YOU cultivate in yourself = real
respect for seconds and half seconds,
some day you'll come to a place
where quick decision and instan-
taneous action are needed-and you
won't be able to time your move
ments- Result! Well. think about