Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1914 — Trouble With Young Men They Get In Rut [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Trouble With Young Men They Get In Rut

Make Yourself Invaluable to Employer

Merit Is Bound io Attract Attention

By ALFRED H. SMITH,

Newly Elected President New York

Central Railroad MY ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN, IF YOU THINK I AM COMPETENT TO GIVE ANY, IS THIS: MAKE YOURSELF INVALUABLE TO YOUR EMPLOYER; STUDY HIS INTERESTS IN EVERY PARTICULAR; APPLY YOURSELF TO YOUR TASK TO THE BEST OF YOUR ABILITY AND YOUR MERIT IS BOUND TO BE RECOGNIZED. The great trouble with young men is that they get in a rut—get mechanical. A man to be valuable to his employer MUST HAVE IDEAS. lie must be able to think beyond the rules of the office of precedents and be able to show that he has taken into his heart the solving, successfully, of the business, problem with which he is associated. So many young men are content to draw a fairly good salary—they have so much for expenses, so much for pleasure—and they WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT AS MACHINES. The work even is not congenial, and they work in the face of the positive knowledge that there is no advancement for them.

I SAY IF A YOUNG MAN SELECTS A LINE OF BUSINESS IN WHICH HIS HEART IS CENTERED, IF HE WISHES TO REACH THE TOP IN IT, HE MUST TRY IT FROM EVERY STANDPOINT. IF ONE PORTION OF IT IS DISAPPOINTING LET HIM TRY ANOTHER. IF HE STILL FAILS IT IS HIS FAULT, NOT HIS EMPLOYER’S. HE MAY THINK HIS SERVICES ARE VALUABLE, BUT HIS EMPLOYER MAY THINK DIFFERENTLY. WHEN THEY ARE VALUABLE TO THE EMPLOYER HE WILL MAKE IT MANIFEST.