| Show A small town and A big ide idea kemm kemmerer berer wyoming la Is geographically a bout about 2000 miles from new york tori city and la Is financially a million miles from wall street but it was the opportunity hub of the universe for one man the 1920 census reported kemmerer as a county seat beat with 1481 inhabitants and gave the whole county over had one of our present day quick stepped into Xem kemmerer 20 years ago he would have quick stepped out again without a glance at the proprietor of a small main street li but that proprietor had a big idea so a small email store in a smaller town was quite enough of an opportunity last year hla his sales were his name Is J C penney and you are one of his customers perhaps did I 1 hear you say the chan chain store idea Is being done to death what of it its not your idea anyway I 1 get an idea of your own and start to work it right where you are and it will take you wherever you want to go we spend too much time searching for or ideas belonging to other folks that can be adapted to our needs when too many work nn an idea the pay dirt pinches out to day wages II if you think everything has been thought of then you are not thinking at all twenty five ave years ago ford was on his back under his idea fisher brothers were in a wagon works that was a far cry beom the fisher bodies that they sold to general motors tor for hundreds of mall lions in fact ford was a local source ot of amusement and as you look back the fisher brothers wagon works which they own was no golden opportunity no the valuable things were the ideas th those 0 se men had and how bow they promoted them henry ford said to see a 9 thing clear ly in the mind makes it begin to take false torm form but what you want Is to see eee clearly your own idea and then consecrate your life to making it take form A million men can do well what someone else has thought out but only you can originate the idea go to iti chester H struble in june nautilus Map magazine zine |
