EFFICIENT PEOPLE

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 61, 15 March 1924, Page 15

EFFICIENT PEOPLE

SECRETS OF SUCCESS. Some good general hints are given in an "Efficiency Magazine" and are addressed to men in particular, but much is contained in the questions put which suit cither sex, and for women to ask herself a number of the queries would make a good interspection which might be of great value. The questions are as follow :— Honestly answer "Yes" to at least ten of them, and you can claim to be an efficient manager. 1. Did you ever deliberately decide to break yourself of a habit, such as smoking, and succeed in doing it? 2. Do you control your temper and not "fly off the handle" when things go wrong ? 3. Are yon usually cheerful, and free from "grouchy" spells? 4. Do you think for yourself and not let the opinions of others unduly influence you?' 5. Do you "keep your head" in an emergency? 6. Do' you remain calm when your own mistakes are pointed out to you ? ! 7. Do your men respect you and cooperate with you ? 8. Can you maintain discipline without often resorting to the use of authority ? 9. Have you ever been selected to take charge of a group of dissatisfied men because of your ability to handle men ? 10. Can you adjust a difficulty and retain the- friendship of the person with whom you have differed? 11. Can j'ou get men under you to do things without irritating them and causing them to be resentful of yonr authority? 12. Are you patient when dealing with people who are hard to please? -s 13. Can you meet opposition without becoming confused and saying things you wish afterwards you had not said ? 14. Are you sought out by your friends to handle delicate situations because, of your ability to do such things. 15. Do you make and retain friends easily ? ; 16. Do you make it a rule not to quarrel about petty things ? _ 17. When thrown with a group of strangers, do you adjust yourself easily ? 18. When talking to superiors, do you feel free from embarrassment? 19. When interviewing subordinates do you put them at ease ? 20. Are you able to express your own ideas without causing others to feel that you are overbearing and narrow-mind-ed ? ' ■ • •