THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 107, 27 April 1908, Page 4

THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS

-At eiuiio period iji the iile of almost' every .iiitin .l.lii- question arises g< to! I tn- propriety ol doing t'uuelhiug "on. the /side.'' His regular work nuiy jioii allord tin huge an income a,, he weds; ami lie c.unsidc'rs lifting .-one of his lei, "lire time to foster some enterprise il' whidi die .holies to tind an additional! income, or which will give him ccrtainl pleasure which lie doc- nut hud in hi, regular Hoik.

lli.it- eiKtiiiiiii'i-cll liy cenir.iry advice Cn 'one hand he will .liiml <■ niji.' ia i-i----who ilorliiil their, to oeeii|iU their leisure hi proiiii.-.i.ng a "side? line.'' lie mill al-o tu.l tiu„e who glibly repeal ,an old epigram about putting all the eggs in /me bas'ket aim. watch, that l«.u-ket, ami,whu think ihev! are announcing ian iiidisjiitalile trnt'ii kumisi 1 it sounds ,-iniarl. On the uthei' hand, thi-y will Hind ,tlmse vnho haw "side limes" to sell, and who' -.nguif down one*';* natural hesitaney in dividing olio's iiiteres'ls. ,\'erj little philosophical sigioiJieiinee Kin be 'attached lo> liny of thuse arguments, because t'hcO an- biaHi'U by personal interest and thoughtlessness. This is a good (subj'ut upi.'ii whkh to avoiil positive ,'iud ithcorctical ailviee. .Many it, man liars di-<iovoi'ed his 1 it"*.-* work by experimenting in his lii-unf hours, anid mtiuy have allowed them* si'lvi's to ik .turned aside from efleclivj and sueei'sstul wurk ,by having "tin? ninny irons in tV lire." It is an Jndi- 1 vidua! problem—not one that ian be fnhiy answerod aoeoiding to any iixett rule.