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Show V JOHN ond JANE STRICKLAND JJ " Tody' Problem: A feellnf of Inadequacy. HAROLD KENTNER. 200 White Park Road, Ithaca, New York, say he thought his problem prob-lem unusual, but after talking It over with friend and acquaintances, acquaint-ances, he finds that It Is rather common. - It was during the depression of the early 'Wt, and many men were laid oft. Harold had been with the firm but a few months and so he was much surprised when he was jumped, as he says, two or three paces beyond where he believed he belonged. He had not even been asked whether he wanted the promotion, but was merely called Into the manager's oiltoe and told where he was to work thereafter. He didn't sleep much that night; if he didn't make good on that Job. he undoubtedly would be looking for another. The next day he worried as he worked; in fact, he worried so much that he didn't get much work done. On the way home that afternoon after-noon he passed an elderly colored man clearing a lot piled high with wood, and old Junk which wai to be sorted and the best placed In storage. He knew this old maa well, so he stopped and had a few words with him. When he went on his way, there cama to his mind a remark of the old man, which, says Harold Kentner, completely com-pletely revolutionized hia thiiik-lnj thiiik-lnj and resulted in his not only doing a good Job but shortly in getting a considerable advance in salary. Here is the sentence: In answer to hia question as to how space could ba found for all he had to take care of. the old man said. "Well, you see, Sir, I don't haf to do it all in one day. So I jes' takes care of what I can every day, an I always finds that one day always Axes me up for the next day." From then on. whenever Harold Har-old Krntner was disturbed about what lay ahead, he applied the old colored man's logic. And It never has failed him. |