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Post by Deb on Dec 5, 2013 18:41:26 GMT -5
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Post by Deb on Apr 8, 2015 12:34:57 GMT -5
Keeping busy will help with anything you need to improve upon.
PRACTICE PRACTICE - PRACTICE.
This is the only true speed secret and the only
road to stenographic success in any of its branches.
Practice practice practice. Sir Walter Scott's
advice to seekers for success was "never to be doing
nothing." The immortal Franklin wrote that the
golden way to success was to "keep busy." And
Ovid, hundreds of years ago, wrote the following
excellent advice: "To wish is of slight conse-
quence; thou oughtest to desire with earnestness to
be successful." Success in shorthand and typewrit-
ing, like success in any walk of life, is earned only
by those who "keep everlastingly at it." To perse-
vere, to work faithfully for the desired end, and to
economize every moment of the day is the key to
success. The following anecdote taken from an old
shorthand magazine will aptly illustrate the ad-
vantage of utilizing spare time in practice:
"I happened in a busy man's office the other day,
and while waiting to see him I was much im-
pressed with the foolish waste of time his
stenographer was indulging in. She sat in an easy
chair, in a comfortable nook of the office, doing
absolutely nothing. At her side was an elegant oak
typewriter cabinet, in which rested a new Smith-
Premier typewriter. I waited some fifteen minutes,
and during all that time she sat there idly. After
transacting my business with her employer, I was
bold enough to' ask him in an undertone how he
got along with his stenographer. He immediately
responded: The girl I have is a fairly good short-
hand writer, but is a very poor typewriter operator;
her letters are full of mistakes, and she cannot
operate the machine with any speed; but I suppose
that is due to the fact that she has only a little work
to do here each day; does not have enough practice,
so I can't blame her.' 'Yes, you can,' said I. 'Both
you and she are to blame. Now, let me give you
a pointer. When she has no letters to write, put
her to copying articles from newspapers, books, or
anything to keep that machine busy all the time.'
He thanked me, and thought it a capital idea, and
when I met him a few days after, the very first thing
he said to me was: 'Harrison, both my stenographer
and I owe you a vote of thanks for that copying
idea you gave me the other day; she has improved
a hundred per cent in her typewriting and I intend
to raise her salary next month.' '
.What applies to typewriting in this case will ap-
ply equally well to shorthand. Don't be idle; utilize
every spare moment and practice practice
practice.
"Practical pointers for shorthand students"
archive.org/stream/practicalpointer00ruthiala/practicalpointer00ruthiala_djvu.txt
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