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Show " - , GETTING THINGS DONE . . that It hard to fmd find a aphrase aphrase There IS a facult faculty : gIven to some men IS phrase for . It IS the faculty of gettl11g getting things done . It is a gIft . A man may have ab1hty ability , education , trainIng and andambItIon andambition ambItIon , and stIll lack the gemus genius that gets thmgs things done . Another Anotherman man who has had lIttle or no education and whose trauling training has hasbeen hasbeen been of the most haphazard , wIthgut without any fuss or ado wIll seem to toaccomplish toaccomplish accomplish the ImpossIble . Palt Pait of It , perhaps , is a danng daring to tackle.thmgs tacklethmgs taekle'things taeklethings . ' that seem Im- Im ImpossIble impossible - - possIble to othels otheis . Perhaph Perhaps another part IS made up of mtense intense mtenseconcentratIon intenseconcentration concentratIon and steady patIent WOlk work . . There IS always a sort of ofplacid ofplacid placid certainty about the man who gets things done . In almost any small commumty community can be found the man to towhom towhom whom the residents mev'ltably mevltably inevitably ' turn when somethmg something especIally dif- dif diffIcult difficult - - fIcult to solve sore comes up 1n in ' the hfe life of the community . For some somereason somereason reason this man is seldom m in an offIcial posItion . He seems 10 to 10have tohave have 110 no flair for pohtIcs politics . He IS more apt to be found running , . . busmess business of his own and taking a comfortable and unostentf unostent t60dS t.oas toas t60dS'part t.oaspart . 'part part ' In the affairs of the vIllage . He may be a diamond in 7n the thelough thelough lough . He never dictates . He never boasts . He never exagger- exagger exaggerates exaggerates - - ates . He never scolds . But somehow , as If by a magic touch , when s01uethmg something is badly needed , he manages to get 'It It ' done . In the larger commumtIes communities and the bIg cities It takes longer longerfor longerfor for the man 'vho vho who ' gets thmgs things done to be recogmzed recognized , but eventually eventuallyhe he i is dIscovered and used . He IS the man of the smaller commun- commun communities communities - - ities , only his opportumties opportunities are larger and therefOl therefoie e h1s his accomp- accomp accomplishment accomplishment - - lishment seems mare more important . Not ahvays arrays does he get the credit for it . And 1t it is character- character characteristic characteristic - istic of 111m him that he doesn't doesnt ' care-Rhinebeck care Rhinebeck care--Rhinebeck . - - - ( N.1 N1 N . I . . ) Gazette . |