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ATLANTA BALTIMORE BIRMINGHAM BOSTON BROOKLYN BUFFALO CHARLOTTE CHICAGO CINCINNATI CLEVELAND DALLAS DENVER DETROIT JACKSONVILLE KANSAS CITY LOS ANGELES MINNEAPOLIS NEWARK NEW ORLEANS NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA HASKINS & S E L LS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS BULLETIN E X E C U T I V E O F F I C ES 30 BROAD STREET. NEW YORK PITTSBURGH PORTLAND PROVIDENCE SAINT LOUIS SALT LAKE CITY SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE TULSA WATERTOWN BERLIN LONDON MANILA PARIS SHANGHAI HAVANA MEXICO CITY MONTREAL VOL. X NEW YORK, FEBRUARY, 1927 No. 2 The Joy of Accomplishment THE busiest man often is the man who has time for one more thing. His is the will to stretch his capacity for work as occasion demands. Capacity in most cases seems to be a matter of physical endurance and disposition. A prominent physician once said that no other machine in the world, under like circumstances of attention received, gives such good service as the human body. While this may be a fact it should not constitute sufficient reason for gambling on the endurance possibilities of nature. Melvil Dewey's philosophy is more to the point. Dewey's theory is that hard work never will hurt any person provided that person does not continue at work too long without interruption. What with all the notions and observations concerning human behavior, it is recognized generally that physical endurance comes of adequate rest of the right sort, proper food taken in moderation, and physical exercise, even though the amount is limited. But something more than physical ability is needed for that added piece of work. The picturesque darky who suns himself on a bale of cotton usually has plenty of physical ability. His difficulty is that the sweetness of life would disappear entirely if he were required to exercise it. The force that does the extra job, or that accomplishes the unusually difficult task, is generated by the will. With the inclination to do, the intelligent individual usually finds a way. It may not be Galbraith's "one best way," but it is a way. In this process, temperament plays an important part. The disposition to undertake, and do it cheerfully, is second only to the will to accomplish. The man who believes he can work out of a complicated situation is the man who is likely to succeed. The busy season for the accountant is a season of drive for everyone concerned. It is a season when pleasure, recreation, and the ordinary diversions have to go by the board; when everything has to be subordinated to work. If during this season the accountant is required to have added physical stamina, it is well that he should give heed to his rest and food and exercise. If he is required to play a part of good nature under trying circumstances, let him cultivate cheerfulness and poise. The ability of the accountancy profession to respond to the seemingly impossible is measured by the ability and capacity
Object Description
Title |
Joy of accomplishment |
Author |
Anonymous |
Subject |
Accounting as a profession |
Citation |
Haskins & Sells Bulletin, Vol. 10, no. 02 (1927 February), p. 09-10 |
Date-Issued | 1927 |
Source | Originally published by: Haskins & Sells |
Type | Text |
Collection | Deloitte Digital Collection |
Digital Publisher | University of Mississippi Libraries. Accounting Collection |
Date-Digitally Created | 2009 |
Identifier | HS Bulletin 10-p9 |