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              Bulletin HASKINS & SELLS 23
Efficiency Rating
Efficiency as a basis for individual suc­cess
is to-day a popular subject for discus­sion.
Men and women in business who
hope to succeed have to give attention to a
thousand and one things. Some idea of
the measure of one's efficiency may be ob­tained
by undertaking to answer the ques­tions
which appear below:
Do you like your work?
Have you learned the best, quickest, and
easiest way of doing it?
Do you know where your greatest power
lies?
Have you a fixed goal, in the line with
your supreme talent?
Have you learned how to get well and
keep well?
Can you be optimistic under all circum­stances?
Do you realize which of your habits,
thoughts, or emotions make you efficient?
Are you correcting your known weak­nesses—
mental, financial, or social?
Do you breathe deeply and hold an erect
posture?
Are you independent, fearless, positive?
Are you tactful, cautious, courteous?
Have you secured the best possible ad­visers
and associates?
Do you wish your rivals well and never
speak ill of them?
Do you work harder than anybody else
in the business?
Have you learned the science of planning
your day ahead?
Can you relax entirely in your leisure
hours?
Are you saving money systematically?
Do you enjoy art, music, literature, and
the presence of little children?
Does your highest ambition include some
real service to humanity?
We shall be glad to receive advices from
such members of our staff as might be in­terested
in becoming attached to our offices
in foreign countries, should we at some time
in the future decide to open offices in such
places as Cuba, Mexico, South America, or
the Far East.