DON'T WAIT TO BE TOLD.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13725, 15 April 1908, Page 9

DON'T WAIT TO BE TOLD.

If you would advance rapidly in your position, or get on faster in the world, don't acquire a habit of waiting to be told what to do. Anticipate the wants of your employer. Use your common sense and ingenuity in trying to solve the problems that come up from day to day. Npbo* ever advances who constantly waits fo§#Urections. It is the man who decides promptly and with precision, without being told what is to be done, and then does it, who gets on in the world. \ habit of doing nothing without orders or" directions is paralysing to one's faculties, and death to individuality and originality. Don't labour under the delusion that'to imitate the actions and methods of those above you is all that your position requires. Original work commands attention, and will be of great service in helping you to advance in your position, or in directing work of your own. The valuable employee is the 'one who anticipates the needs-of his position, and attends to them before he is told. Keep your eves wide open for the things which need to be done, and do them before you are asked to. You may think that actions which are not prompted by the presence of your employer will never be heard of by him. Put aside this delusion. There are 'innumerable ways in which an employees habits of work are brought to the attention of your employer; and, in the near future, the right person will be sure of reward.