Show preparedness IN BUSINESS py R RS S HECHT american Bin bankers kers Asso association clation my ay iy observation tor for many years nth both as plu an employee and as an executive tive have convinced me be that the teason reason some gome men and women go ahead and others do dd not act Is that keep themselves constantly prepared to accept and fulfill larger duties and responsibilities as they otter offer and somo some do not grant crant as wo we must that there Is a certain element of 0 luck in the condl conditions under which opportunity tor for promotion comes to dilCe different reat men and women we nevertheless nevert heleas must also see that it Is each individuals own state ot of preparedness which determines his ability to seize opportunity it if and when it comes and having seized it to succeed in meeting the greater demands which it inevitably places upon him real advancement never means going ahead to easier tasks but always to harder ones opportunity lor for advancement van yan cement is i worthless unless in accepting it you are able to carry with you the abilities and qualifications that prepare you to meet the heavier exactions that tire are vw an inherent part of 0 opportunity port unity it is tar far better to go into action in ili the 9 bield ot of enlarged responsibility prepared and qualified fled tather rather than that you and the institution you work lor for shall be exposed to the tha hazard of your having to build up to new blew responsibilities ilpo after having assumed them the now new spirit ot of all business beckt to prepare its people in advance through education lor for the higher duties it holds in LOT for them |