Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-23
MOST HEALTHY
MEN AND WOMEN
Topics Are Iron, Steel. Shoes, Ships
and Sealing Wax of Commerce,
Instead OF Submarines, Etc
Associated Press

LONDON, Dec. 23-Most healthy
men and women are potential earners
of 10000 pounds year, according to
c. F. Higham, member of Parliament.
Mr.. Higham recently told members OF
the efficiency club how to earn this
big income. i.
''Ten thousand a year men never
write asking for a position he de-
clared. ''The secret of how to OBJ
tain large incomes is to get others to
work your ideas, to have the courage
OF your convictions, to be able to say
? yes or mo- on the instant and to
stick to your decision. Men who can
make up their own minds and make
up other peoples minds are SO few
that only these few get 10000 pounds
a year or more in business"
Most men and women he said, wait
for opportunity to knock at the door
and when it does they are usually too
tired to get up. Opportunities are
made. They rarely seek one out. If
people want to earn 10000 pounds
they make up their minds to get it
and let nothing stand in their way.
If it is worth having it is worth fight
ing for.
Few 10000 pound year men are
really happy men, said the speaker.
They have that terrible discomfort
that is never satisfied. The man who
thinks he can earn 10000 pounds a
year should decide whether he really
wants it. He will not get it if he
does not make up his mind, and one
day, when he gets it he will proba-
bly, regret it. A man should never
envy the successful, but emulate
them. He should show to his employ
ers an infinite capacity for taking
pains and be ready for any question
or emergency.
"Be careful of your personal ap-
pearance, he proceeded, 'look pros
porous, act prosperous, be an optim-
ist. Pessimists never get far. Be
kind; that is great virtue. Be
courteous. It is the cheapest thing
in the world an dbeing so easy to do
most people dent do it. Never break
your word. The business world is
ever on the lookout for reliable men.
"Sack yourself from the job that
does not make you happy to perform
it. No man ever got on if he bemoan-
ed the fate that placed him in that
business You must take chances if
you want big prizes. Have faith in
yourself or no one else will. The
world judges you by what you can
and do do-not by what you say you
can do.
"The greatest business task in the
world" he concluded, ''is the organ
ization and development OF the Brit
ish Empire. Its managing director
David Lloyd George, considering his
great capacity, energy, vision and de
cision, is the poorest paid managing
director in the world He needs a doz-
10000 pounds years men to help
him. But the state also, limits his
authority for paying for brains to q
few thousand year His Minister OF
Labor, one of the most competent mer
in the kingdom, gets paltry 2,oOt
pounds a afirst-class man on {
third-class income. The state mus
learn to pay it's public servants bet
ter.
Directors of great corporations
need a new point of view also
Throughout the country directors get
ting fees of 500 pounds year spene
many wasted hours seeing how they
waste 10000 a month for the share
holders while they debate the point
Directors of limited liability compan
les have still much to learn. And 81
has labor as a whole.
s'No man who works eight hours
a day for minimum wage will evel
ern 10000 pounds year. The labo7
leaders are working day and nigh
trying to get shorter hours for thos'
who labor. And they are poorly pait
for their work also. 81. H. Thomas
president of the National union O
Railway Men also is worth 10000
year."