The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-11-11
THINNING AHEAD, PULLING WITH TIN,
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By II, s. FIREsToNE. Akron
''I'snt @ o, no li,estone Tire and Rubber Company
you VIII lind II In two words: Thinking Ahead
ENen when he was barely In his teens, he was
It's future opportunities VShen he fol, pos as lob 8
heId no promise Of big things he did not hest
because man tails In one position f.. no dis
E"C'' Inc cause Of this occasional failure to
r.ss i'sSe 500 Is ,hat some men cannot stand
l,s' a'iu lne tings which come with success
especially the added power over other men II
goes To tReir heads They see themselves under
u l"aiEn'tylhs glass. They not only run their
own JOB but try 90 run some other mans lob
An organization Is fortunate when it has
,''h IN u VINO are big but have the faculty of
keeping the brakes on their self-estcern same
men AZ So sound and well balanced that thcy
nave the power Of drawing strong rnep 10 tber,
They build up force OF live enthuyiastic invai
co-Work"rs; and think they can do h because
they have a reputation Tor fair dealing ~
chance to thlk They don't take aWav hfs ia,
itlatlve by simply imposing their own v5iIi -b.',
don make h,m mere machine
The man who is really valuable in an or.
sanIzatoh whether he is subordinate or an
executive, iS The one who realizes that IL ls an
organization and that his own success 1iust he
built on the success Of the men around him
You nave got 20 pull with and for the other feI-
low. man who isn't willing TO share his sue.
cess with othcrs won't have much success to|
put In his own pockets
man Who wants to advance must learn toI
delegate certain duties To other men hgldinrI
mem responsible for these duties. and he must
learn 10 mold himself responsible for his own
1t is an old saying that chain is only as
strong as Its weakest link. A business organ
izatlon is series OF these chains. n there are
weak spots In any OF them It imLnirs the
streng h OF all the rest. Men who cant stand
Up and take responsibility are weak links
Wen hard work and faithful work isn't every
thing Did you ever see a horse in thresbin 4,
season OF the farm' lie works hard and faith
fully, but hc doesn't get anywhere. He goes
round IN his little circle RE puts In so ,esn,.
hours . day and ker ps right on plugging He A.
Ted ana Wdtercd. and goes back 20 his stall AZ
night and that's all there is to Il. There are
thousands ot men who work just that way AZ
rulo. / believe the trouble with IN m Is that
hey haven't any goal They have not picked
out object % attain. II YOU find that vou a rs
down, just plugging the only thing for you Ia
do Is 20 look around you. Dick out a definite
goal which you want To- reach. and begin travel
We are always talking about success" and
We are likely TO regard money The gauCa hy
which 20 measure il, Ia one way money really Is
a good gauge, but it IS nat always applied In the
right way. ! think the comparison should d,
made within the same class OF work and nor be-
tween different classes / mean that we should
compare a salesman with other salesmen. IL
clerk with other clerks a banker with othe
bankers and so on. We should not compare %
clerk with banker, salesman with d manu-
taDturcr. an engineer with "A merchant.
If you want 10 determine the quality OF youI
own success, compare yourself with the men
Who Rry doing the same kind Of work you'll
have set yourself to accomplish what youI
are doing now may be only one stage NJ YOU
progress. Eut ir you are doing better work "a
this stage than others are. you are succeeding
II you are doing the work you are happy ir and
tucd FOR, and doing 70 better than any body
else. You are a success And using money as1
the gauge. YOU viii almost certainly registc,
higher than thr men who are doing the same
work. less comprtrutl.
\ trucr measure ot success. however. is ac-I
complshmont Certainly 70 Is deeper sourc,
woman Nho doesn't accom- plsh anything doesn't
yer Wurh oNt M me,