HINTS TO ASSISTANTS.

North Otago Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 7266, 14 October 1891, Page 4

HINTS TO ASSISTANTS.

Tbe men wbc made this country wer<-> cot ashamed of tot). The keynote of a business tnan'g lif*> li found in hfs power of combnt'ng dif< fiouU'e*. Relationships And friendships hinder more tbtn they help Id builoGBc. Every business man knows where tbe harness chafes. Some business men, like vessels, wetther the gnle, and roll the most overboard in a culm. If a bu^lnopn man i« not found nod trur, his cxpoeuro is oniy » (juroiion of time, The tnoro inte'l gent and alert a ram is in his oDiog, other things bf-inj eqtiil, the higher be will mo. la A groit mercantile houte tho mm who erema <o h«ro nothing to do is oft'^n <ho luRioa of (bo hnueo. Tho bif-t ry of <hc hvcrngo bnnSnfR^ m»a obowa how little I.p ia iaiiebieii t) his relttifes for tid or eacco-e. An old merchant eaya: "I hivu nerer trusted to anyone whon it hau been my doty to look after tbe thing noyeelf," Location hat « great deal to do with » man'i Bucoees, not only in relation td bntinesi itself, but to his own capaoity. Few persons succeed through genius or talent. These Are valuable allies bat they are damaging when tbny marp the place of solid labor and endurance. The grett mass of men arc common men, content to be second or third otisr. They drift down the current, and pan out of sight, and are remembered no more. 11 Pill your order*," « Take no more," 11 Keep up your line," "Stop bnying," *' Don't need those goods out/' are sen* fences which oftentimes indicate commercial ability, and are gold. — "The Ironmonger's Diary and Text Bwk."