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Show THIS BUSINESS IL J SUSAN THAYER Wi-LJ- Paula dropped in Saturday for a whirlwind call. "Whew!" She collapsed into a chair. "What a week!" "Busy?" I asked. An inane question but it slips out. "Yes." I could see her mind was on something. "I love to be busy, though. You know, Susan competition com-petition is a pretty good thing!" I laughed. "Have you just found that out?" "Well, you see," she went on, "I have a new assistant in the office I and she's pretty darned smart. ' Maybe I was beginning to fall into a routine. Anyway, the very first day she suggested a quicker way to do something. And I woke up and decided I'd better put my I brain to work. Guess I was begin-I begin-I ning to feel my job was a cozy lit- the niche and I could just go through the motions." "Really," she said, her blue eyes earnest, "I'm grateful to that girl for putting me on my toes!" "That's the right attitude, Paula, I told her. "Of course business men found out long ago that competition com-petition was the breath of progress. prog-ress. Without it I don't suppose we'd have half our wonderful inventions in-ventions and developments. "It's only," I added, "when competition com-petition is mean or underhanded that it's bad. Given and taken in the spirit of fair play, it's healthy, heal-thy, as you've just found out." Paula is an honest young soud. I'll bet she and her assistant get to be fast friends and help each other along to bigger and better joms. |