THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 127, 20 May 1908, Page 4

THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS

A man's business judgment is often revealed ill hU choice of tile means of •ommunieatiou. Some men have a tendency towards the use of tile telephone, the letter, or interview, without clue regard to llie (|iiestion of what is the host method for the object in hand. Any rule would vary with conditions hill some general observation* are worth considering. A letter will nearly ai way„ reach a man and receive his allention. and lie cannot interrupt you with his objections until he has heard you through. A letter may contain the thought of hours and yet lie read in a miniile. while conversation might lie like (In- first draft of the letter which on second thought you discarded. An interview is usually best when an exchange of opinions is necessary to establish an agreement. In some instances nothing else can satisfactory take its place, often weeks of correspondence could not accomplish as much as a short interview. A telephone conversation gets cpiickly at the vita!,; of a matter, gains an audience while other* wait for an interview and secures instant counsel at a criti'•ill lime, lint by its brevity it may dose a mailer prematurely without having attained the desired purpose, or il may give occasion for ipicntions to or no nor seem to evade. A reprc-cutaUve niav often be -ecu v. ho can talk out a matter re in ,ietail than your own time would permit and also may avoid the neccssitv of a '""ding |.ctv.,.o M uncongenial person*.