Salt Lake Telegram | 1916-03-05 | Page 19 | Gold Buckets and Tin Pails

I Gold Buckets and Tin Pails Paik By HERBERT KAUFMAN I ft I OU dont don't count b because cau e you can cant can't t be e cou counted ted on Youre You're intelligent ige t b but t untrustworthy well untrustworthy nt well OU posted but not a hitching post post post- post We we we dont don't tie be to people w who o won wont won't t stay p puts put t V No one denies your your capa capacity but bur Hs H's its it's dangerous to utilize it The Te di dimensions ns of a cistern are unimportant if it wont won't hold water We would rather use men of smaller small r measure measure but greater uI lt 1 y I I 1 The world do doesn't ia iak lack k for i ideas e s so much as it needs competent i executors the for f r V thede ideas s a already 1 1 hand I We c cant can't trust you You continually lally promise fitness for big undertakings and as constantly meek eck k our confidence and your chances chanc s. s by some piece of crass carelessness that offsets your u ulIe le performances 1 Youre You're sharp but brittle you brittle you break without warning and we we cant can't afford to employ such tools or 01 lIe important work to a Theres There's a weak streak in n ture S We can always build with short short sound t timber but hut i its it's s 's ser er lous to impose weight weighton on faulty materials however excellent the grain and finish I I r Youre You're a long ladder with treacherous rous rungs you may reach far but folks who o ho hope et to get any- any here fiere with you are liable to tumble Inaccuracy is is intolerable intolerable intolerable-an an e entire ti calc calculation lation is upset by one wrong figure ti You seem unable to r realize alize th the importance of dependability An irregular w watch is worthless I 0 o is an unregulated man I vi When you you stick ti k to your b base se you play playa a beautiful l game but your your eye is so f frequently quen off fit fita the he a am l that we ve fear to throw to you in in inai a ai crisis fI f- f gT I Y Youre You're ure an almost almos man the man man the bane ane of o every organization the the tion the biggest bigg st bother b h hr r e employers con con- cond o 2nd Sl d w with th You experience no difficulty ty in In finding work vor You create a splendid I initial impression s lonii lon I ii wl minds are more agile and and- andr r resourceful so but you dont don't complete IT III Your very competence offers the greatest discouragement t to those most an anxious to help y you u. u ou Ot know better Theres There's nothing wrong with you except give dont dont don't a for detail 1 z If you had hadn't t been trained trained trained-if trained if you weren't so so advanced advanced if if you were a slow but sure painstaking plodder wed we'd keep on with y you u. u It would pay Some Som wits ripen sl but yours ours reI rent e t of that type J I You keep reminding us of of the big things we also know you you could do but we we cant can't help el esti- esti lating the cost cost of of the little th things you hav haven't nt don done r i t I J A steel chain with one lead link has no str strength Who gives a rap how good th the rest st of a a tir tire If it has a soft spot You never travel far f because of your flaws o r J. J I You wont won't succeed until ur habit o you change y your trying habits for the habit of trying frying I v vWe j. j We agree that the men who vho give you orders ers arent aren't half so qualified fal for their h po positions But lt But ou hares are always puzzled how the tortoises s beat you to the tape its it's because they hold their th Ir t tri e maintain a a. a regular p pace ce and keep on until til t they ey finis finish z i t i t 1 K- K Ke A certain caliph once discarded a gold b bucket fora for a tin pail i i. i 1 ll l i v Master protested the th bucket why do you yo employ such ail an oi ordinary di a ary vessel l while hil 1 I am amere m mere ere f t. t 1 M M r. r V B 1 Because Because- Because answered answered the caliph it does aloes not leak a E I Kr Copyright 1916 by Herbert Kaufman Kaufman Great Britain and all other rights reserved S