The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-02
CONCENTRATION
 VOGUE OF TODAY.
|orbes Presents Some. Para graphs Which Might Serve As
 Notices For This Age
l..s.,e sy ?; 2; . FORBES

Make 1t snappy." How often we hear that today. Few us like long -windedness. We ike eople to come to the point quickiy.- Ee prefer short articles to long ones. oncentration and condemnation are be vogue.
 Whenever there hits me thought hat might be stimulating or helpful others I make it a practice of jotting
 down, no matter whether I may be Falking along the street, riding Tn an evator, listening to speech or read hg a newspaper or book. In the nope hat the reader may be at least slightly rodded or comforted or otherwise hoved to action, the following, which lave the merit of brevity, are pre- ented: The right kind of employe usually oesnt have to move to advance.
 The boss whose workers are always lying him ? fit isn't fit to be boss.
 You need your job. Why, then. guar el with 1t?
 The cmploye who aspires to become
 master must master his job. z The fellow who works by fits and tarts usually is a misfit.
 su.cess is attained more often by ncommon effort than by uncommon ruins. Z. t Tho worx game is more interesting han any other game, once you learn bow 10 give 1t your interest.
 Tho boy wno "is there" doesn't have impress upon workers that he IS the
  If your concern isn't being run well. Lre you doing anything to help to have t run better? Men who make striking impressions ks workers rarely have to strike. If you are hard to get on with, your boss some day will find a way to get on Fxithout you.
 \ Where the boss Is unpopular with his the organization is likely be unpopular with other people. .hen an executive sticks too closely is desk, it's a sign that he has lost 1T his courage or his organization ity-or probably both. urveyors to His Majesty, the ,," is a common sign abroad. You I are "purveyors to His Majesty, .." Do we sometimes forget this :?
 oman can learn to enjoy life until first learns to enjoy his work. = The. employe who simply '.puts in the time" is by and by put out.
 You. are not loyal to yourself if you are not loyal to your organization.
 Remember, the boss will hesitate to put you over other men if these other men don't like you.
 An employer may judge man by his head only, but the world, rightly, Judges him also by his heart.
 The man who does his best is sue cess whether the world thinks so or not.
 The fellow who feels above his job will always have others above him.
 You can be sure of this: The boss will forget to promote the employe who says, "I forgot" N We must fill our own pay envelope or some day we will find 1t empty.
 The world will need leaders tomor- Tow, ten years, twenty years from now. Why not start qualifying?
 Your employer can't afford to pay for your excuses. only for results.
 For you, the most important organ ization of all is the proper organiza- tion of your own life and habits and activities.
 Do you worry as much about wheth- CT you pay your boss well as you do about getting him to pay you well?
 Any business that isn't moral isn't business; it's criminal.
 Believe in fortune telling. Each of us writes out his own. The conner has to do much overcom- ing. :. To, save yourself from the danger of Future bondage, buy bonds now.-Copy- right, 1924, by B. c. Forbes.