. The American Legion Weekly [Volume 3, No. 35 (September 2, 1921)]. dger. If it is just a change that a man con-siders, perhaps one executives plan willhelp. This man comes to his officeevery day with the thought that hisjob is a new one to him. He says tohimself: If I were just taking over thisjob this morning what would I thinkof my predecessors work and howwould I go about bettering it? Whatchanges would I make to beat hisrecord? What new vision can I bringto the woik? And thus he benefitby having a job that always appearsnew and interesting and the job benefitsby his careful analysis of h
. The American Legion Weekly [Volume 3, No. 35 (September 2, 1921)]. dger. If it is just a change that a man con-siders, perhaps one executives plan willhelp. This man comes to his officeevery day with the thought that hisjob is a new one to him. He says tohimself: If I were just taking over thisjob this morning what would I thinkof my predecessors work and howwould I go about bettering it? Whatchanges would I make to beat hisrecord? What new vision can I bringto the woik? And thus he benefitby having a job that always appearsnew and interesting and the job benefitsby his careful analysis of himself andhis methods. He gets a new job everyday with all of the advantages andnone of the disadvantages. Changing companies to get a bettertitle is often as unwise as changing forsalary alone. The higher up in anorganization a man gets the less hethinks of his title and the more hethinks of his opportunities for doingworth while, constructive work. Dur-ing the reorganization of one of thelargest corporations in this country aformer vice president, a man of great. Straw hats will soon vanish but that is all the more reason whyyou should bet your buddy a newfedora that you can get your manin the every-member-get-a-mem-ber campaign before he gets his. ability, was offered the he turned it down he was asked:What are you going to do? Oh,Ill just work around, theres plenty ofwork for me to do, let me just continueto be a vice president. His work iseven more important than that of thepresident of his corporation—he knewit, and the better title with its lessenedopportunity for big work meant noth-ing to him. If a man seriously views his owncompany and finds no attractive pros-pect there, he should begin to lookelsewhere. His own industry wouldseem the first and best field becausehere he can capitalize his largest asset—his experience. Why do the helpwanted advertisements one right afterthe other say, Experience necessary?Is it an arbitrary phrase just thrownin by
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