THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 144, 9 June 1908, Page 4

THOUGHTS ON BUSINESS

Jr.uiUe- i, n-uallv the be-i lor both side-. There may be ea-e- where a frank answer to a man's ipiestion iI " none of his business," and then, of course, it is not one's duty to give it. Hut many men fail lo If frank even 1 when it would cost tliem nothing. They ottell imagine they can soften the blow of a. negative'answer by clouding it in words. Thrv forget that hope call build a castle out of a .-(raw. Very often lli.-v do a null ail injustice when thev think Ihev are ln-iim kind to him. A man a-k- a I'aunir (d you which ••on know von cannot grant. J'.ut you want to "let hiin down easy," so you tell him you will think it, over. Vuu think you are doing him :i kiudne-s by not lei'tine him know exactly what you are going to do about it. Put il is not a kilidiie-.s. It is an injustice. Tell him the truth ill plain words as soon as you ' know it—unless (here are extenuating circumstances, which make it your duty |„ hold Ihe an-wcr in abeyance. Tell him a- kindly as you can. but be frank .with him. '.Nothing else von call do for him will do him as 'much good. Kva-ion- merely fuvni-h ground fur building false hope-. {