Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-04-11 | Page 7 | Uncommon Sense

Uncommon Sense I I J O G TilE Thu MEMORY A business man engaged In conversation conversation con con- with a visitor vistor asked a anew anew new secretary to answer a telephone telephone tele tele- phone call The secretary picked up a pencil and arid pad before he took the phone off ott the hook book When the employer turned 1 to him later the secretary glanced at the pad and gave the name and the message of the man who had telephoned tele tele- phoned His chief frowned Why M didn't you remember that I n name me a ana number 1 he inquired That s what your our memory IB is for tor forI l I I cant can't always trust It itU said the secretary rhen Then Im I'm afraid I cant can't always trust you jou ou said the employer employer-a a statement which proved him a manof man manof manof of extremely p poor or judgment Rare indeed i Is the memory that Is absolutely trustworthy And foolish Indeed i Is the man who seeks to load It with all sorts of ot matters mat mat- tars which might Just as well be committed to writing The lawyer who sought nought to m mem memorize m- m orize a single le section of the statutes stat statutes statutes stat stat- utes of ot the state in iii which he practiced I would bH be so busy with that one job that he would have no time to think of ways to win cases I The merchant who tried to re remember re- re member the book accounts c of his 13 I customers would 0 soon 0 have h his hla af affairs af- af fairs In a a. hopeless tangle Good memories are valuable helps but them loading load load- ing lag them with all sorts of ot tion that can be had by ready reference ref rat I to books books' will soon make bad bad and memories out of l th them The wh whole le tendency of ot modern bt business is to substitute Inaccurate memory for systems of ot accurate records In work where positive knowledge is essential m memory mory is s ever er trusted There ar are ar many things which jS I cannot be recorded at the time of I i observation These must be taken I are of ot by the memory but even In such Instances It is well to sup supplement I supplement sup sup- the memory by the makIng makine SUP SUP-I of ot notes as soon as practicable 1 A United States senator who who prides himself on remembering tho to names rames and faces of ot his constituents constituent's writes down th the names of ot people who vho visit him together together with their occupation occupation- and I the errands on which they have come When a card is sent In he be checks It up with his his' records And hi he usually pleasantly surprises the tha caller with the Information he possesses about him Learning how to record tion brings knowledge TrYing to tn keep too much of ot It Jl In the head Is Js a mistake Copyright 19 1923 3 by John Blake A. A