Show 4 I Decision I IBy 4 4 By JOHN BLAKE If It there Is Js anything worse than an undecided person It is a person who Is always alwa's positive Decision is a valuable quality but It itis is one which must be carefully trained before It can be employed effectively The Important executive who makes decisions rapidly and Is nev never r at a loss for an opinion got that way b by long familiarity with his Job and by continued exercise of ot all his facilities Big ig men as those In important positions are called are noted for their quick Judgment I have sat in the office of the president of a great corporation and listened while he snapped out directions to subordinates who came In and put all sorts of questions to him as to what they ought to todo do 0 In all alI sorts of differing s situations He gave the right answers because he knew his business and because he knew their business He He had acquired that that tha knowledge b by thirty years of careful plodding In which he familiarized himself himself himself him him- self with all the details of his profession There are some men who seem Instinctively to know what to do In crises crises but but It It is practice and not Instinct which really guides them them Mr Mn Marconi today could answer almost any question about the radio and with no trouble at atall atall atall all Inform some amateur what was the matter with his sis set as soon soon as the amateur had told him wherein It failed to operate He could not have done that While he was still experimenting at the job of ot making the tiny sparks span the oceans It has become a practice of ot recent years to want to attain high positions with the le least st possible ef ef- ef fort That may be possible to a few but It is possible to so o few that they are not worth considering Only those who are thoroughly schooled in n their business can afford to give quick decisions And very often the Hie men most noted for off hand pinions will when confronted with something out of the ordinary hesitate a long time before replying reply ing or defer their reply until they h nave have v had time timeto to go IO into the matter fully The highly trained and intelligent nt man Is never afraid to say that he does not know It is only the fool who pretends to l know now everything everything every every- thing even about his own business Men of decision are highly paid and in constant demand But Bait it It Is the fact that their decision is based on actual and thorough knowledge that makes them valuable A wrong opinion b by a doctor or a lawyer may may cost a life lle or millions worth of property That Is why the doctors and lawyers we hear most about are sure of ot what they are talking about before th they y venture to give any opinions In weighty weight matters at all Copyright 1926 by the Bell Syndicate Inc |