BUSINESS LIFE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13262, 22 August 1906, Page 9

BUSINESS LIFE.

OX SUCCESS IN LIFE.

" Hi; looks successfully." said Rosalind of victorious Orlando, presaging success for him before his victory. Her creator doubtless knew with what philosophy sin- spoke. A conquering air ; this captivates tie- world ; a straw will tickle its ear, a. bubble- 011i trance its eye. Weightier qualities seldom j d.) more than consolidate victory. The obi scure, drudge, pining for pre-eminence, Mould wring from the fortunate the magic j secret of success. I "There is no secret," reply the world's I conquerors, unaware of their own magnet. I lie honest, be industrious, be cheerful. j learn one tiling well, Bid life's prizes will jbo yours.' "Alas!" mourns the drudge, I "all these things have I observed from my j youth up. That success dues not neccssari- ! ly crown virtuous industry and brilliant 1 achievement is a truism. Success most fre- ! quently follows circumscribed aim, and ; Thai low man peek* .1 tint'' thins to do, 1 Sr-.-s it, mi J does it ; I This high in.ol. with ,i great thing to pursue. 1 Dies ere. he luio'.<* 1!." I 1 Luck, good and bad. exists, but the slightI c:.t reliance upon it is"wholly to be avoided. The proposition is making headway too j slowly among manufacturers and other em--1 plovers that it actually pays, in money and • lime, to treat- employees with a high degree j of consideration and sympathy, as well as 1 with, justice and fair dealing. THE VALUE OF CLEARNESS IX BUSINESS. In business routine a, keen business man generally rinds but little trouble in making his mind clear 011 points of detail, whether in speech or writing. But cases arise where a. general statement has to be made in a leasoned-out report, or by the representation of certain views and interests before a board of directors or a committee. In Technics Professor W. Ripper gives some hints to business men 0:1 saying the rightthing in the light way in these cases: - "Our first business is to think the matter over until we arc perfectly clear in our own mind as to the subject or subjects to be dealt with, and as to the object, aim, and purpose of tiie remarks we are about to make. It we are not clear and precise it is certain (hat. those who listen to us will lie no more clear, when we have finished, than we are ourselves—probably much less so. We must have no vague and misty ideas j about the subject, but they must be crystal- | lised and definite.'' It clear one's own mind in i thinking out a subject to tail: it over with a 1 colleague, or to write out a statement of it, 01 dictate it to a shorthand writer. Every experience in life has something to do in. shaping character, just as every rain hits something to do in forming the hills , and saying where the rivers shall run.