NO TIME FOR BUSINESS INEFFICIENTS.
"Eventual- retribution' is- generally tlie lot of the inefficient, reckless ■ or dishonest man of business. ' No brilliance will save him fromdisaster in' ..he long run. TTiofci is, however, a certain coml'ortable slackness, not jironounced enough to lead to complete
ruin, but yet .serious enough in the aggregate from tlie national and civic point of view. We owe it not only to ourselves but to tlie community to put our whole energy into our business "ndertnking. Half a loaf may be bettrT than no bread ; but half a mind is a dangerous economy. Go in to win,. If your business offers you a •• ! "'iee between a jog-trot mediocrity ••ml steady energetic expansion, nation ■il interests demand that you should "csnond to the.opportunity../It is.pos-. s’b'e—just possible—to drag on .in business with -ohl. wo-n-out plant. in da vis. ill-planned, unsuitable buildings. 1 think it is a good thing that -it should he increasingly difficult to do' so.”—Lord- Wakefield.’
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Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1930, Page 3
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160NO TIME FOR BUSINESS INEFFICIENTS. Hokitika Guardian, 14 June 1930, Page 3
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