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Show Finish what you aro at before you let it get away from you; A publisher of a weekly religious nowspaper told mo that ono of tho most useful habits ho had formed Is to finish what you aro at whllo you aro at It comploto It wlillo It Is up, if posslblo, so that It will bo forover done. A general manager recently told me that he was helped by tho way an express agent-station ngonttelegrnph operator at a littlo town held his three positions aftor tho town got a boom and grew Into a big business conter. This ngont was tho only ono in tho boom territory towns that hold his Job. Tho way ho did It wns to keop cool and never let a letter or order out of his hand until uttondod to. Some peopio peo-pio do their best whon they havo to crowd hours Into minutes and somo others do their worst, as In ono caso an order filler was a rellablo worker on two hundred orders a day, but when ho tried to do thrco hundred pr-ders pr-ders a day he went to pieces, and fumbled. - In some kinds of work whon orders nre slow or business Is dull, poor work Is clone. Only whon things aro hustling Is tho work dono ns it should bo. Exercises will help both conditions. condi-tions. Poor work during dull spells Is duo to n lack of mental exercises, and poor work during rush times is duo to low vitality and should bo ovorcomo by physical exercises. The manager who told mn about tho station agent also told mo about his own work, which frequently camo to him In a way to prevent closing up a subject wlillo ho had It up, and ho claimed that ho was irritable on account ac-count of It. Resourcefulness, which enables ono to Influenco for better methods tho beginners of poor methods, Is in demand, de-mand, and obtainable. Irritation Is a signal to bo up and doing something to counteract It. Xhoro aro liquid colors which aro -SfUiaftejjaturvtjkia human body tiirotirF andthrough. Thoro nro individualities in-dividualities which will benefit nil who aro In any way connected with the firm and all customers of the firm. This Individuality can bo analyzod and cultivated If thoroughly desired. |