Excerpt from The Manual of Successful Storekeeping
This book has been called a "Manual" because it is not merely a volume to be read - it is a tool to be used. It is not a fine book to be buried in the shelf of a bookcase - there is nothing "bookish" about it.
The leaves are of stout rag paper, and it is bound in solid pigskin and buckram, because the book is planned to stand the wear and tear of hard everyday use on desk and counter of busy merchants and their managers year in and year out.
Read the Manual through, when you get it, if you will; but don"t think you are through with it then. You haven"t begun its real use. It must work for you and with you for years. This is how:
Every time you lean back in your chair to puzzle over some problem in your business, remember the Manual, open it at the "Index," and see what it says on the subject that you are thinking about.
Every time you have a meeting of your managers, to discuss policy or plans for some coming event, reach for the Manual and see what it says about your topic.
Of course it may not tell you exactly the thing you need to know for every situation; but it will give you something to set you thinking - something to stimulate your own thoughts.
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