Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1919-06-08

one for a girl of twenty l do not
think so.
II am, naturally. not in business
for the sentiment of it, but to get
what / can out of it. the same as any
one else who makes business their
forte.
II should not like to ask for an in
crease, inasmuch as it is my opinion
that If my employer does not realize
my worth, it is up to me to connect
myself with some ono who will.
But perhaps ought to exercise
little more patience. My surround
ings are very pleasant. indeed. but
even though / greatly appreciate that,
| cannot allow it to keep me in a
'rut,' so to speak.
Il am studying up on the duties of
social secretary and believe firm
~ that granted a good opening, |
would make a success of it,
II am very ambitious and have a
craving for learning new things, be
they ever SO difficult | do not be-
lieve l am wrong in thinking that |
am very well thought of by the firm
| am now connected with.
II have no one to whom I can go
for advice, which / need at this writ
ing very much"
l would say to this Girl on the face
of the letter, and as a general propo-
sition, | think you are making as
much as you can expect at your age,
and | would not be too impatient to
try one thing after another.
l sometimes think it hinders
worker, especially at the age of twen-
ty-one, to lose chance of making
good record at one place.
There is nothing better than the old
adage, "A rolling stone gathers no
moss"
While ii is healthy sign to be look
ing forward. to be ambitious and to be
unwilling to stand still. yet when one
has a good position and who has evil
IDENTIFY gone forward in her work, as
this girl has. a sign of SO much i'm
patience to change and to do some
thing else is somewhat impetuous and
not conducive toward building strong
for continued success.
Again, as has been said, Some peo-
pie can't stand prosperity"
They think that because they have
been appreciated in one place, and
their work commended, together with
increased pay, that the same condi-
tons will obtain in other endeayors.
This is not always the case.
have seen it time and again where
an employe who has had nice, pleas
ant surroundings and who has risen
In her work as this girl describes has
changed positions only later to find
herself wishing she had stayed in her
pleasant surroundings and where She
was appreciated to her future benefit.
A girls business activities are as
much part of her life as her home
living, That is to say. in the process
of her work she gives of herself to.
that extent as the hours of her labors
encompass. ~
If you only get money out of your
work and nothing else, you are the
back, number in the plan of progress.
If there is nothing but money in it
for you. you are unjust to yourself
and to your employer.
If you don't get pleasure out of your
work and real sense of satisfaction
in the fact that you have done your
part well in connection with 1t. you
have lost the big mission. of life and
work. which is not merely money, but
getting something out of the every
day that is worth while.
A worker who only works for mon
ey and does not get anything, out .of
his work but that, had better quit
that. WORK and set placed wherein