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THE CHINA-MAIL, SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1980.

BEGINS TODAY: EVERY MAN'S GUIDE TO THE WAY UP THE LADDER

THE SUCCESS

GAME

This is the

Arst off

in success. Coming

A:

five lessons

How to put yourself across

arn more money

How to

How

get a better job

The big choice

A British Crossword Puzzle

13

15

16

ACROSS

1 Both lunch and luggage may

bej (6), 7

4 Hop #1, (5),

7 Sheer Imacy (8),"

8 Suitable mate for Eros? (5).

10 The street variety rarely sees

the desert (4), (2

12 Was Captain Cook its master?

(7)%

15 Column of constables (5).

16 Neap, possibly, (4),

17 Potentate seen in the mirror

(4) 19 Horticultural pest in a ship

(5),

20 Gives support, but not for

long (7).

21 The best there is (4).

23 Excavated, but

material back (5).

put the

24 It could bring à man or a

fish to earth (8).

25-Off tanget?. That's all wrong!

(5).

28 Charming male for Cinderella

DOWN

1 Animais in church (8).

2. Epithet for a Briton's main

talking point (8)..

3 The end of one's reach (4).

5 Traveller's Joy (8),

6 Rating accustomed 10

rated (8),

be

9. Progressive things, one might

say. (5).

11 Noblemen; one's in Hospital!

(8).

12 School of art (5).

13 In error (8).

14 Get back (8),

18 One need not go to extremes

to find it (6).

22 Political arrangement (4).

YESTERDAY'S CROSSWORD-Across: 3 Contents, 8 A whirl, 9 Egotists, 11 Stone Age, 12 So-RE, 13 Lever (rev.), 18 Riser, 19 Leek, 22 Paranoia, 24 Corporal, 25 Centre, 26 Dark deed. Down:-1 Valse, 2 Throb, 8 Creeper, 4 Olga, 5 Tate, 6 Nestor, 7 Sister, 10.Ogles, 14 VI-car, 15 Regaled, 18 PLA-CID,-17 T- errár, 20 Booty, 21 Paler, 22 Pond, 23 Race

First lesson-scrap the

cult of Personality!

WHO is the man most likely to succeed? Well,

it's not too hard to guess. Look at Brown, for instance. A taxi in the rush-hour? Brown snaps his fingers and cabbies converge on him.

A table in a crowded restaurant? Mais oui, Monsieur Brown-pour vous, anything.

His secretary adores him. Is not like a football pool. You He is never rattled, never don't suddenly find yourself at the top without a conscious pressed for time. Brown effort to get there, has what it takes. He is most likely to succeed,

You meet Brown, take one look, and think; "I could never be like that, Taxis ignore me 'and head waiters terrify me. I

shall never be a success,"

*This reasoning is demon.

strably false.

But hard work alone cannot achieve much.

Other important factors are leadership, satisfaction in your job, inner relaxation.

At some stage you must have come across the Genial Bawler. He gets wonderful results by shouting at the top of bis voice Put it this way. Brown is at anyone within range. He is successful. I am not like ude, li-mannered,

tempera But Brown Therefore

not mental.

basically his I am

personality is so likeable that he successful. You have uncon→

hardly ever gives offence. selously assumed that only an outstanding

Oh, you mustn't mind. JB" personality can achieve success.

say his colleagues, "that's just his way you know,"

Weak points

But there is no evidence to support such an assumption. On the contrary I have interviewed countless executives at all levels, holding down good jobs with excellent arms and obviously salisfied with their lot.

But if you should try át-look out. Your secretary will resign. Your colleagues will take offence at once.

"What's come over old Ted?" they ask, "Who the hell does he think he is anyway?"

Shouting

The man most likely

to succeed - his secretary adores him

~DRAWING BY LESLIE BOWYER-

by Stephen Rose

glass". formula. This consists of

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BY THE WAY.

by

Beachcomber

NEARS will well unbidden to "noodle-stretchou Have little to zany, shaye (at the plight ear from the advocates of auto- of a hotweholder who complains, mation" His secretary laughed that the nớng of blackbirds near in a sycophantic manner, and a his home makes it impossible to cat was skole on a nearby.roof- listen to the radio in peace. top.

Myself: Not at all. It adds a

Vivid stroke to the account and nus the writer sa un' eye"

He is unlucky not to be living y Prodnogs: Surely that last near airbed frequented by detail was unnecessary, motor cyclists, who make à din powerful enough, 10 drown the combined singing of blackbirds and thrushes but not sufficiently powerful to drown radio music at full blast, Surely, the claim to be allowed to Listen to one's favourite din "in peace la a modest one.

Fordə.

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they Turkish beatles? ANYTHING to declare? Any

beetles?"

Sixty-six beetles having been found in seaweed on the land is announced that we may of Jersey, arrivals at the St 1 soon be able to eat not only Helier airport are having their packaged food, but also the luggage searched for these in- packaging which contains it terlopers. "Nobody," said an This seems to be a subtle idea. official, - "smuggles, beetles on If people can relish the tasty purpose." This is not quite cor- packaging, it may help them to rect. Since Turkish beetles are overlook the poor quality of the the best for beetle-racing,' a leas unconventional food' inside, syndicate is believed to be smuggling them into this country Suet to the rescue

in suit cases with false bottoms.

London Express Service);"

†T was, high time for C. Suet,

Esq. to address his dynamic brain to the problem of litter. I He has already written ध memorandum. In it, he suggests that every paper bag given to a customer by a shop assistant should be stamped with a number, and the name of the

Alternatively, I can thoroughly purchaser entered opposite the a ledger. By this convincing yourself that the only recommend a short-term "get-mber in way to get anything done is to away-from-it-all" cure. If things means anyone discarding or tackle one problem at a time, on seem to pile up desperately until dropping or otherwise disposing the analogy that only onel grain you don't know where to start of a paper bag could be traced by the police and brought to of sand can pass the waist of an go to the cinema.

justice. Anycho found smudging hourglass at a time.

or switching the number on a bag would be liable to arrest on

In this way you learn to "unfuser" yourself in a crisis.

Personally when I am faced

There are few worries, which cannot be shelved under the in- Buence of a good film.

When you come out you will the spot.

a particularly your subconscious has task or decision, I deliberately managed to releate the less The human touch choose the most comfortable important things to the back-T READ that "an ace noodle- chair 1 cm ând and lounge in it ground where they belong, IT

I can only my that very, very

Does that mean you can't get as floppingly as possible. few of these able and expert things done? Of course not.

I force myself at all times to enced people showed any ap It means you have not yet look unosnoerned, to act uncom parent out-of-the-ordinary found or developed a

method verned and eventually end up personality. Many were shy, to suit your own personality.

feeling unconcerned. reserved, modest, unassuming. Some people get away with

This shows that personality

is not the supreme success factor shouting, others have to per- It is often thought to be. If you unde; some find it best to set happen to have an all-conquer an example while others again rely on strict discipline. Don't ing personality, congratulations.

other people

If you haven't IT DOESNT try to imitate MATTER.

blindly.

Above all, make up your mind Above all, if you feel that that leadership has nothing to your personality compares un do with extrovert personality. favourably with the local

The trouble with most people

Brown, DON'T TRY TO DO who urgently want to succeed is ANYTHING ABOUT IT.

that they clamp their eyes on Instead, you can find your the chairman's lofty pinnacle success factor. Everyone has an and consider all intervening ample supply of weak points. positions as so many staging But unless you are a moron, you posts to the top. cannot help having some charac. teristics of positive value,

As the pause between stages become gets longer and longer, they more and more

Are you predominantly lazy Good, that means you will embittered, pay less and less always look for the short-cut. attention to the actual job they Why not specialise in Organisa are supposed to be doing and so

delay their own promotion,

tion and Methods?

Do you find desk work a bore? Fine, Delegate the paper work and find a niche in contacting ellenis or running a production Inc.

An asset

Are you good at fimprovisa- tion? A crisp report writer? Able to manage meetings con-

rule to be observed I would If there is any single success suggest this one: LOOK DOWN THE LINE.

Why? Because you will be able to pick out without effort the junior who is going places. Try to and out why he stands out

When you have the answer you will also have a good idea structively? All these attributes of what you look like from have their value in the appro above.

priate job and firm. Don't My bet is that his chief waste them.

characteristic is that he is doing.

In addition to promoting your his present job with competence good points it often pays to take and enthusiarm. It is amazing another look at some of the how this quality of enthusiasm weaker ones. Take shyness. 'makes itself felt in higher Like any other facet of your circles. personality, it can contribute to

success,

Dr George Copeman, who wrote Promotion and Pay for Executives, found in 50 inter- views with all kinds of execu- tives that half admitted to be ing very shy when young.

Relax!

Now apply, this to yourself. Have you consistently derived satisfaction from doing a job, any job well? THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AN UNIM- PORTANT JOB. The most hundrum tasic can be penformed better, faster, cheaper, etc.

He says: 'One of the great spurs to achievement created by shyness has been the desire to overcome the shyness by taking. The quality of success is to part in public affairs and be apply this principle at all levels. coming experienced In public. It is never too early to start. speaking."

Worry is the `greatest" sinele

Dr Copeman also found that cause of executive failure, the shy person often has the And if I were asked to single better brala. He is more out the one quality common 10 capable of laking matters in all the eminent men I have in- deeply and deliberating over. terviewed I would unhesitatingly them logically and coolly, choose "Inner relaxation.”2).

So, It really is an asset!

There are ways of training Now, how do you stand out yourself to relax in busintag from the crowd? Business life Date Carnegie prefers the “hosar",

So You'd Bluff King Hal, Would You

How I've searched for the best. And here

It is if the time! Elegance, comfort, speed:

banqueta and rolicerings;

golden slumbers, courtly service.

How do thess Air-indix people do is; Wolsey,and why didn't you tell me?

Boeing 707 Intercontinental fets. Sire Fastest," largut, smoothest, most thoroughly.proven jat airliners la commercial service; Siri, Cruise at 605 miles an hour; 40,000 šest up---

that's in the stratosphere, Sire.

No vibration, Sirs. Rolis-Race Conway engines; special decor, specisi menunj so many cabin attendants, Siran

I accept the reprimand, Sire. My hand, Sire:

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