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Show Li 1 r I Make the Most of Situations TTARRY K. CARD, Galesburg, Illinois, a year ago came perll- ously near to losing his local automobile agency and, as he ays, all because he was stupidly allowing worry and fear to poison Ws mind. He had just purchased the agency when the factory went irt0,a Proloned strike; his bank account was at a very low figure; Uncle Sam was breathing down his neck for a large sum of money on delinquent Income tax and his only source of revenue was the service department which was doing . practically no business whatsoever. He went to his office every day for a week with a case of mental he-be-geebies. Finally, he went to one of the local banks to establish a line of credit. His sales talk to the bank president was probably the world's poorest, for his turn down was a verbal kick in the pant3. In other words, the banker's refusal told him that he didn't think he had the ability to succeed in Galesburg. He went back to his office fighting mad. Call- Carnegie lng all his employees together he told them the " situation and asked for their cooperation without too much financial finan-cial consideration. He was very fortunate I He saya, "You should have seen those fellows work. We purchased two barrels of paint and remodeled our whole place. Everyone, including myself, arrived early and worked late and the agency took a new lease on life. The enthusiasm was contagious. All the old customers started rolling in and new ones came from curiosity." As a result, they lost a little, but only a small amount of money during the strike; Untie Sam wasn't the vicious money monger he had thought, and it wasn't too long before a big money lending firm called him and asked if he needed some money (which he didn't). Everything has been just Jim Dandy because he didn't take time to worry an'd fret, but got to work and made the most of the situation at hand. |