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MUJIC TIRADE
VOL. L. No. 24
Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman Bill at 1 Madison Ave M New York, June 11,1910
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ECENTLY, I was in the office of a man who directs great enterprises, when a number of impor-
tant matters were presented to him which required instant decision.
He weighed each proposition carefully, separated it from the next and considered it
quickly in its entirety. Then, when his decisions were once made, they were final, and he en-
deavored to give his best thought to the solution of each problem as it came to him.
I thought after I left him that it was no wonder he had advanced steadily and had reached such
a position of eminence in the business and financial world.
He had won out by applying sound principles to his work—principles which he had learned by
hard experience, and the best way to show ability is to do thoroughly whatever you do.
The mastery of each detail is certain to accomplish a sure victory in the end.
To take up an important business matter without completely removing from the mind all thought
of everything save the one subject in hand is as absr.rd as it would be for an admiral to take his fleet into
action without first giving the order, "Clear decks!''
There must be a certain mental clearing before each situation can be as successfully weighed as it
should be weighed, because nothing of importance should be passed upon too hastily.
That is where a great many make mistakes—mistakes which ofttimes contribute to business fail-
ure.
They have not learned the rule that the smaller things mount into larger ones, and that the larger
ones decide whether a man is to make a success or failure in the battle of life.
It is true all men have not deliberative minds.
They have not the power to weigh carefully.
They act more upon impulse, and ofttimes they act correctly, but if you study the great commer-
cial situation as a whole, and if you are brought into intimate contact with the leaders of finance and in-
dustry, you will find invariably, as T have, that they are men whose minds are absolutely cleared from
clogging substances when they decide upon great things, and they never overlook the contributing value
of smaller things in the aggregate.
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Great success is dependent upon the consideration of smaller things, and the things worth having
in this world all command high prices, and must, therefore, be striven for, and it is through tremendous
striving that we develop, and without exertion there would be no development—no growth.
A great aid in business development is the study of successful business men and their methods.
There is a reason for every man's success, and the knowledge of how great men of business and
captains of industry have won their spurs cannot fail to interest as well as instruct those who indulge
in the ambition to follow in their footsteps.