MAXIMS FOR MILLIONAIRES

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 494, 25 October 1928, Page 13

MAXIMS FOR MILLIONAIRES

There is in London a 74-years-old man rvho declares that, although he started business without a penny of capital and is now a millionaire several times over, he has never had to harbour a worry. He is Mr. Theodore Gary, of Kansas City, the head or a group of independent American telephone companies, chairman and almost owner of a banking trust, and chairman of the Missouri Highways Corporation. For the first time in his life Mr. Gary is taking a holiday—"just for a new experience,” he explains. It has been a somewhat flat experience, he told a reporter recently. In his pocket memorandum book, Mr. Gary has jotted down maxims he has evolved from experience. These are some of them, which he thinks will take anyone through what he calls the valley of the shadow of success:— Determine to he prosperous. Be patient and the world is yours. Hold your temper and your tongue. AVhen you have found that honesty and ability have met in a man you can generally trust him. It is not enough to be truthful; it Is essential, especially in business matters, to know what the truth is. Tell the truth to those entitled to know to others tell nothing. Stretch, stretch, stretch —morning, afternoon, evening and night. Never allow yourself to think or act as if you were in a hurry. Be content but not satisfied. Be particular but not critical. Most of the things we think we know are wrong.