The Shorthand Clerk

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: IV. INSTALLED. POSSESSION NINE POINTS OF THE LAW?POPULAR ESTIMATE OF SUCCESS?LORD BACON'S VIEW?THE REAL SECRET?WAITING FOR THE PRINCIPAL?IMPROVING THE SHINING HOUR?THE ADDRESS BOOK?IMPORTANCE OF COMMITTING THE LIST TO MEMORY?TAKING NOTE OF STRANGE EXPRESSIONS?PERUSING THE CURRENT LETTERS?THE WORKMAN AND HIS TOOLS?GOOD WORK IMPOSSIBLE WITH POOR MATERIALS?TABULAR LIST OF THE BEST PENS?OF THE BEST PAPERS?AND OF THE BEST INKS? CHANGING SUPPLIES?POSITION OF THE DESK?RELATIVE HEIGHT OF DESK AND SEAT?POSTURE OF THE BODY?THE STANDING DESK?HINTS ON WRITING PADS?RULERS AND INKSTANDS, AND OTHER REQUISITES OF THE DESK?INTERCOURSE WITH FELLOW CLERKS?RULE TO BE FOLLOWED?THE HARVEST OF A QUIET EYE. JOSSESSION is nine points of the law, and is an equally important factor of clerical success. A candidate who secures an appointment will, generally speaking, have only himself to blame if he fails to succeed in it. Success and failure are too often looked upon as beyond the reach of controlling influences. A successful man is said to be lucky, and an unsuccessful one the victim of circumstances. "It cannot be denied," writes Lord Bacon, " but outward accidents conduce much tofortune." True; but success depends upon the ability to take advantage of those accidents, and not upon the accidents themselves. The secret of success lies in unceasing effort, and in making the most of opportunities. It is not always the strong man that wins, but the man who is constantly on the watch for opportunities, and who knows how to adapt means to ends. The beginner who has followed us thus far will know how to adapt means to ends up to a certain point?that, namely, of " getting in." We will now lead him a step further. The first thing which he should do on entering upon an engagement is to provide himself wi...

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