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MUJIC TIRADE
V O L . LI. N o . 20. Published Every Saturday by Edward Lyman BUI at 1 Madison Ave., New York, Nov. 12,1910
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The Vanishing of Business Waste
H
OW business methods are constantly changing!
Analysis and organization have supplanted guesswork and slipshod methods, and every day
the elimination of business waste goes steadily on, and the men who do not fully realize the
advantage of cutting out waste are the ones who are slipping farther back in the trade race all the
while.
A good many progressive men recognize to-day more than ever the value which comes by concentra-
tion—in fact, the power of the human mind when once placed upon the solution of any problem, whether
in business, in the arts or in politics, is likely to accomplish results.
By concentration, men of ordinary brain power have developed capacities and have thereby secured
results which have seemed beyond the reach of men of genius.
It is to this power alone that I attribute much of the success of men whom we term ordinary human
creations.
We do not understand at times why mediocre men have accomplished such astonishing results in busi-
ness.
We are not able to discover in them anything which indicates a remarkable genius, and yet they have
climbed steadily on, winning point after point and outdistancing many of their conceded brainy competitors.
How is this accomplished?
To my mind it has been largely through concentration; and, while some of them do not seem to real-
ize the value of concentration; yet, if you analyze the causes which lead up to their success you will find
that it invariably comes from sticking to one thing and placing intelligent reasoning power and good busi-
ness judgment into an argument.
Then, the man who wins in a small way is learning the lesson of concentration and, like the school
boy, advancing steadily in the different grades, he moves up continually learning his lessons and passing
from lower to higher points.
Successful men are not always brilliant men and they are not particularly pleasing men to meet; but,
certainly they have learned the value of conserving human energy so that it is not expended in useless
directions.
They have focused their minds on one point and have learned the value of concentration; and, to
understand concentration we must first consider the fundamental facts of attention.
There's where stimulation comes in and the business man of to-day is learning the value in time of
concentration, and he counts the minutes.
How many wasted moments are there at the meeting of directors of great industrial organizations?
There are certain questions to be settled—a definite length of time in which to settle them.
At the expiration of that time the vote is taken—the matter is settled and the next proposition is taken
up for consideration.
There is not a lot of useless cackling over silly matters which are often permitted to ruin the business
meetings of some organizations. Yes, the whole business world is becoming fully alive to the value of time.