The other day I saw painted behind the seat of an express truck, where the
expressman would see it each time he loaded or removed a package, the
simple sentence: “Do it right.”
The express company knew human nature. It also understood the laws of
success. It had taken the trouble to place before the eyes of its
employe the maxim which pointed the way to their mutual success.
For what will make an express company prosperous will also make its
workers prosperous, namely, doing things right. And if that principle will
give success in the handling of express packages, it will also result in
success in the performance of any other task. There is not a walk of life
in which profitable use may not be made of the maxim: “Do it right.”
Whether one works with tools, with books, with facts, or with men, he
cannot be a success in his line unless he does it right.
It takes longer to do a thing right. Nervousness and hurry are the foes of
perfect work. The master workman must be deliberate. He will not take more
time than he needs, but he must take that much. It takes longer to do a
thing right, but it never has to be done over when once it is finished.