Every employe should carry out to the letter the directions given him by the boss and in addition to this he should have initiative, which is doing things the boss did not tell him.
It is the plus or initiative in a man's make-up that helps him to the front.
Night Work
It is always a question among experienced business men whether night work and Sunday work help the game of business.
Of course there are occasions when a job must be finished or work completed within a specified time and if you are behind with your hauling, it is necessary to turn all your resources into a singleness of purpose to get the thing done.
The trouble is, however, that many business men figure on this night work as part of the regular scheme and in this they overdo the matter.
The law of compensation says that a man is good for just so much work and if he spreads the work over into longer hours the intrinsic value of each hour is lessened.
A man who habitually takes work to his home to finish and counts upon these extra hours, will soon find the value of his work decreases.
We should all remember that we should work while we work and play while we play.