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America, it is being taught in more than
twenty Universities. It now has a technique
of its own.
More and more technique—that is the trend
in the business world. The casual muddlers
are everywhere being driven out by men who
apply the principles of efficiency to what they
are doing.
There can be as much skill in business as
there is in sport, and business men must study
and practice as sportsmen do, if they want to
be prize-winners. They must concentrate their
attention upon the technique of their jobs.
This means slogging. It calls for will-power
and tenacity.
(4) KNowLEDGE. The day is past when a
man can depend upon his own little personal
experience. A man cannot learn botany from
one geranium, and neither can he learn the
principles of business from his own shop or
factory.
A man who wants to learn the art of money-
making must read business books. He must
be a student all his life. He must know what
other people are thinking and doing. No matter
how profound a Thinker he may be, he cannot
be independent of all the other Thinkers in the
world.

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