The Business Life; Or Straight Talks on BusinessI. Pitman & Sons, Limited, 1907 - 202 Seiten |
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... doubt that these are days when ' show ' counts for a great deal ; and people are apt to judge the status of a firm , in the absence of other data , by outward appearance . The opin- ion formed is often misleading ; for , since the neces ...
... doubt that these are days when ' show ' counts for a great deal ; and people are apt to judge the status of a firm , in the absence of other data , by outward appearance . The opin- ion formed is often misleading ; for , since the neces ...
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... doubt often exclaimed to himself , with a sigh , ' If only I could get all my money in I should be a rich man . ' Many a man , too , with this feeling strong in his mind , has straightway started the ruin of his business by making a ...
... doubt often exclaimed to himself , with a sigh , ' If only I could get all my money in I should be a rich man . ' Many a man , too , with this feeling strong in his mind , has straightway started the ruin of his business by making a ...
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... are ideal principles which everyone ought to act up to ; and which , no doubt , every good business man tries to act up to . There are , SUSPICIOUS CUSTOMERS however , times when a customer is exacting 40 THE BUSINESS LIFE.
... are ideal principles which everyone ought to act up to ; and which , no doubt , every good business man tries to act up to . There are , SUSPICIOUS CUSTOMERS however , times when a customer is exacting 40 THE BUSINESS LIFE.
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... doubt that ' money back if not satisfied ' is the right principle to act on in business . It may have to be qualified and modified a bit according to circumstances ; and you may have 4- ( 1419 ) to pocket your dignity and swallow your ...
... doubt that ' money back if not satisfied ' is the right principle to act on in business . It may have to be qualified and modified a bit according to circumstances ; and you may have 4- ( 1419 ) to pocket your dignity and swallow your ...
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... doubt he often is , and tries to argue the matter with him . But the minute the case gets under the notice of the principals , the money is refunded without a word . They know it is good business to do it . If customers would only lay ...
... doubt he often is , and tries to argue the matter with him . But the minute the case gets under the notice of the principals , the money is refunded without a word . They know it is good business to do it . If customers would only lay ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 123 - For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this man, go, and he goeth ; and to another, come, and he cometh ; and to my servant do this, and he doeth it.
Seite 60 - Infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new possessor; one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time. The mind is its own place, and in itself Can make a Heaven of Hell, a Hell of Heaven.
Seite 151 - The heights by great men reached and kept Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept. Were toiling upward in the night.
Seite 65 - New times demand new measures and new men ; The world advances, and in time outgrows The laws that in our fathers' day were best; And, doubtless, after us, some purer scheme Will be shaped out by wiser men than we, Made wiser by the steady growth of truth.
Seite 197 - Man is his own star; and the soul that can Render an honest and a perfect man, Commands all light, all influence, all fate; Nothing to him falls early or too late. Our acts our angels are, or good or ill, Our fatal shadows that walk by us still.
Seite 121 - No man is born into the world whose work Is not born with him ; there is always work, And tools to work withal, for those who will ; And blessed are the horny hands of toil ! The busy world shoves angrily aside The man who stands with arms akimbo set, Until occasion tells him what to do ; And he who waits to have his task marked out Shall die and leave his errand unfulfilled.
Seite 59 - The mills of the gods grind slowly but they grind exceedingly fine.
Seite 42 - Lie not ; but let thy heart be true to God, Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both. Cowards tell lies, and those that fear the rod; The stormy working soul spits lies and froth. Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie. A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby.
Seite 202 - Professor Blackie, of the University of Edinburgh, said to a class of young men : " Money is not needful; power is not needful ; cleverness is not needful ; fame is not needful ; liberty is not needful ; even health is not the one thing needful ; but character alone is that which can truly save us, and if we are not saved in this sense, we must certainly be damned.
Seite 147 - In the lexicon of youth, which Fate reserves For a bright manhood, there is no such word As — -fail!