BUSINESS LIFE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14940, 13 March 1912, Page 10

BUSINESS LIFE.

A ROCKEFELLER ON SUCCESS. John D. Rockfeulbb, jun., at a recentdinner in New York, said of success "Success depends a good deal on the recognition of values. The successful man knows what is important and what is unimportant. He doesn't waste time oyer trifles. That, he knows, would be as silly as tho Tarrj&jwn girl's complaint A Tarrytown girl, after reading a letter from her fiance, said petti sly: 'I do wish Joe would learn to write more dearly. I can't tell from this postscript whether he is sending mo 10,000 or 100,000 kisses.'" CARELESS BUSINESS METHODS. Careless business methods lose an immense amount of trade. Amateur workers should especially guard against this. An eminent authoress gave tier typing to a friend, who desired the work. The typist was in possession of important MSS., but, instead of finishing the literary work undertaken, went off to parties and neglected tho typing. Naturally, she speedily lost a very valuable connection. Careless booking irritates customers. A bill sent in twice, or an incorrect amount, encourages people to withdraw patronage Promptness is good business. Establish a reputation for keeping your promise. The despatch of a parcel by a certain train, or the fact of catching the country post instead of a later one, may make all the difference to the receiver. The prosperity of a gigantic concern, or merely a little amateur trading, depends entirely on the business capacity of tho person at the head of affairs. It is worth -while straining evory nerve to cultivate an "-eye to business."

VALUE OF FORGETTING. "I forget every case after I have decided it," said Judge Bray. Lawyers and business men alike agree that a trained faculty of forgetting is a great asset. " It is really the habit of forgetting temperarily," said a well-known • King's , Counsel. "This habit, I should say, is the secret of mental concentration, which is indispensable to success. It ie only by practice that the faculty develops, and until bo has acquired it the young banister is in difficulties. The mind becomes trained automatically to forget things for the timo being; they aro placed away in separate cells and the door of recollection shut upon them, until it is necessary to recall them once again. For example, I may be suddenly called from a criminal case at the Old Bailey , to argue a point of law in the High Courte, and as I leave the Old Bailey I forget without an effort all about the case and enter the High Court 3 with my mind entirely devoted to the point of law to bo argued. Thus a barrister remembers only the case engaging him at a particular moment. All his other cases are put away, mentally pigeon-holed, to bo taken down when required." Directly I havo done with one matter of business I forget it and turn to tho next,'" said a prominent city man. I "I find it is hopeless to work on any other 1 principle. The man who cannot forgot at will is always handicapped. If ho does not put one business deal completely out | of his mind before he tackles the-next he flustered -an4w>rried s - ■