Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1917 — THAT EXTRA TEN MINUTES [ARTICLE]

THAT EXTRA TEN MINUTES

It Is Good Business to Be Willing to Give a Little Time Over and Above Hours Paid For. She had been promoted three times within the year, and when I asked her what her secret was she laughed and said: “Oh, I guess It’s just that extra ten minutes.” _ I laughed, too, for I knew what she meant. It was her mother’s favorite bit of preachment. • “Sell your time for all you can get for It, my dear. But never hesitate to give an extra ten minutes.” It Is good business to sell your time which means your brains and your work for all you can get for them. But it is also good business to be willing to give ten minutes over and above the hours you are paid for, when your work requires It. A few minutes’ overtime will often clear up your desk, leaving no odds and ends for next morning. It will make a success of a job that would only Just scrape through If you quit on It will prove both to yourself and to your employer that you care for your work; that you’d rather do it well. That you prefer to sacrifice a little for the sake of excellence. The successful employer Is usually the discriminating employer. Your extra ten minutes may prove to be your best Investment. —Exchange.