Show N nii GETTING OA akal I 1 by NATHANIEL C FOWLER ep E p jr MI arisa S copyright 1915 by the mcclure me allure N 0 syndicate THE SOCIAL LIFE OF BUSINESS THE OTHER FELLOW business while often hard and oven even cruel does riot not refuse to consider the human side of life thousands ot at captains of industries and merchant princes recognize the needs of 0 man as w nl as those ot of trade and encourage enco m many any forms of at social octal intercourse Inter courso among their em aloyes including the establishment of libraries reading rooms gymnasiums and tho the organization ot at athletic and exhaustive experiment has baa shown that healthy social life can be added to td business without detriment to financial profit ind and that tho the more employees get together gether tr play together as well as work together the more effal efel dent clent they avi an likely to be workers of the samo same grado naturally have much in common and there Is no reason why they should not enjoy one an others company in business and out of 0 it why they should not have a common business interest and a social acquaintanceship and friendship of course business must be attended to and any social life which Inter interferes feros with the conduct of business cann cannot 0 t very well be tolerated but there are forms forma of sociability which the well regulated store or factory should recognize and many ot of them do fellow employees should bo be friends as well as business associates they should enjoy one another an others company at work as well as out ot of hours A hearty good morning an exchange ot smiles a pleasant joke a kind word even during the heat of at business helps to bring tho the strenuousness of work to a livable level and assists rather than retards regards the action of business got get acquainted with your fellow clerks know something of their personal life as well as ot of their business organize ball teams associations for business and social betterment connect with the employees of at similar institutions intermingle and interchange the greatest business men in the world are member boards of trade C chambers fimbers of commerce and other organizations they lunch together unafraid of competition their principles should be emulated by the employees plo who collectively are as strong a factor in success as aro ara those who command them lot let your wife come into thle social and business life it sho she will do not draw too sharp a line between business and family pass along the good things you havo have to others and they will reciprocate the more you get together the greater will bo be your accomplishment remember that you alone alona amount to very little that you as a part of a composite mass may hold great responsibility the man Is not a hermit ile ho circulates rather than boards ile he shakes blaida with his competitors exchanges experiences with those of similar cil callings lings jie ile has a normal social life the kind that does not interfere with his bus business ineser ile he renders unto business all that business deserves and does not forget there Is something besides business something which it properly handled will push rather than handicap trade dont live by yourself got get away from yourself let get together ninety nino and nine tenths per cent of failures allures men of the nover never get there class intentionally or unintentionally forget themselves and think about the other fellow it if tho the other fellow la Is promoted they are jealous feel that their employer has discriminated unfairly uD fairly and that favoritism or luck is 13 responsible ifor ifor the good things which ho he has received recel calved cel ved it if they make a mistake instead of attempting to learn better they limit vat up the mistakes the other has bag mado made and excuse themselves lecause because he be has blundered many a young nian man who ban not been promoted or received a raise of salary instead of analyzing himself goes to his employer and says you raised smiths salary I 1 think mine ought to be raised too tho the employer naturally abts him what smith has got to do with it smith had his salary raised because he deserved it yot yet a proportion of men who ought to know better use this feeble and argument forgetting that it to la up to them not up to the other fellow that it la is all important to thorn them what they do to themselves and of less consequences what happens to the other follow fellow dont envy the other fellow be friendly with him and exchange experiences per perien lences ces with him congratulate him when lie he Is promoted learn of him it he Is a good teacher 11 ills is promotion even if you do not receive a like one Is an indication that thai tho the firm for which you work is prepared to do by you as it has done by him as soon as you aro are worthy the advancement of 0 the other fellow should incite you to greater effort instead of stirring up jealousy let it make you say good for the other fellow it if he has baa been promoted your turn will come next if you deliver the goods dont harbor the delusion that you e employer does not want to pay you in more 0 re money unless ho he Is an exception he regards you as a part of his business plant it Is policy for mm ta to use you to his advantage and he cannot do this unless it Is to your advantage also ile he would rather pay you 20 a week than tle 10 it if you ore are worth it and the business will war v arrant if you show that you aro are able and ready to bring him service the equivalent of or of greater valde vadie than that extra 10 he Is more than willing to give it to you no business man worthy the name wants to have inefficient employees about him they injure his bis business and injure him the modern modern business man requires efficiency and in most cases he be Is ready to pay the price necessary to obtain it ninety nine per cent of young men who are down aro are down because they downed themselves and did not realize that however subordinate their positions might bo be they above all the world were masters of their destiny it Is you not the other follow fellow |