The Efficient SecretaryFrederick A. Stokes Company, 1917 - 192 pages |
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Page 35 - Great works of art have no more affecting lesson for us than this. They teach us to abide by our spontaneous impression with good-humored inflexibility then most when the whole cry of voices is on the other side. Else to-morrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we have thought and felt all the time, and we shall be forced to take with shame our own opinion from another.
Page iii - Efficient secretary; practical suggestions, information, helps to stenographers and others wishing to become secretaries; ideas, economy, loyalty; typing, filing, getting a position.
Page 28 - Silk or crepe shirt waists and walking suits are good clothes for business. A touch of lace or ribbon often adds a good deal to the look of a plain blouse, yet does not make it inappropriate for business.
Page 27 - The latter is permissible, to be sure, but unbecoming, except when worn by a woman who is dainty, girlish and very feminine.
Page 53 - Every kindness done should be promptly acknowledged. Every service by an individual should be promptly paid for. Business etiquette expects that a business man's wife and family shall know nothing of his business affairs...
Page 49 - Can you, if a city is mentioned, at once place it mentally in its correct State or country, tell approximately the size of the city, its location, what it is noted for, its industries, and how far it is in mailing time from the city you are in?
Page 99 - In reading business romances and applying them to one's own life, it is well to remember that business romances that are published are interesting only because they are exceptional, and the law of averages governs the careers and lives of most of us.
Page 52 - No; business etiquette demands that a letter which can be answered promptly receive a reply the same day it is received. A letter on which information is necessary should be answered as soon as that information...
Page 81 - Copy the third from the second, the fourth from the third, the fifth from the fourth, and so on.
Page 176 - ... put his foot on the first rung of the ladder of success.