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PAGE 6 â€" WATERLOO CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY Second Class Mail Registration Number 3540 Waterloo‘s Chief Administrative Officer Don Roughâ€" ley and Personnel Director Terry Hallman have given aldermen some bad advice withrgheix: Alatest manageâ€" ment proposal,v \;t;i;:h“;v-dfilv(i see the city partially pay the expenses of spouses who accompany city employâ€" ees and council members to conventions, seminars etc. At an estimated $1,000, cost of the pian is nol ine obstacle, although aldermen might recall that the budget review is about to begin â€" a time when every nickel and dime counts in the drive to reduce the annual mill rate increase. The point here is simply that no part of such expenses should be paid for by Waterloo taxpayers, and the Chronicle is surprised that more aldermen don‘t see that it‘s wrong. Yes seminars and conventions can be worthwhile and enriching experiences for staff to attend, but if paid for by the city, such activities must be viewed as work, not play. If the city benefits from employee representation at such events, then it should pay his or her costs, but it is difficult to see what benefits could arise from sending employee spouses to conventions. This may be done by many corporations, but the city of Waterloo isn‘t a typical business â€" the money being spent comes from the taxpayers‘ pockets, thus even greater discretion and restraint be used. If staff or council members want to bring their spouses to coventions, either for the actual work sessions (although we doubt there would be too much spousal interest in some of the seminars staff attend â€" problems of pavement at the next Ontario Good Roads convention, for example) or the inevitable social events that go along with such getâ€"togethers, they can pay any expenses incurred themselves. It‘s nice to see city hall trying to implement more "enlightened‘"‘ management programs designed to motivate employees to strive for "excellence" in the workplace, but perhaps they shoulddook for incentives which would be more direct and widespread in application than subsidizing trips for the spouses of that small number of more senior staff who get to attend conventions. And rookie Alderman Andrew Telegdi was quite right to point out the inconsistency of the fact that not four months ago city aldermen had to retreat to Toronto, away from the distractions of family life, for a working session to plot the future course of the city, yet now they are considering having the city pay spouses‘ convention expenses. While some aldermen, like veteran Jim Erb, see this as a "small" issue, not worthy of the debate it sparked at Monday‘s council meeting, we disagree. At stake is a very significant question â€" whether Waterloo wants to be a city encouraging what can be viewed as another example of unnecessary feeding at the public trough. Suburtan Mewspapery of Amerzs Bad idea published every Wednesday by Fairway Press, a division of Kitchenerâ€"Waterloo Record Ltd., owner ¢ 225 Fairway Rd. S . Kitchener, Ont address correspondence ip Waterioo office s 15 Erb St E. Waterloo, Ont N23J 1L7, telephone 886 2830 Waterloo Chronicle office is located in the Haney. White Law Oftice Buiding (rear entrance. upper Hoor) Parking at the rear ot the building Open Monday to Friday 9 00 a m to 5. 00 p m cost of the plan is not the Publisher: Paul Winkler Manager: Bill Karges Editor: Rick Campbelli established 1854 19. ¢ f / /‘ /‘f) / /“/,« 4 / /7 / A d //_ 5,; #, /// tA ,,t// U L/ , /}"*‘//;:@0 # 1B / ts . * /‘:J‘ y fi/ '.\% /J /’7: .7, / ,’,/;‘ / 4 7// / ‘ #fo if 197. \.\./ «L6 30A /x/f/ / / //’/ P Digest some ti-l-!-l'g 'a-lâ€"gâ€"(i, _written by Charles H. Brower. It‘s titled How to be a Failure, Mr. Brower wrote: "Economic affairs are so arranged today that it is almost impossible to avoid success. I have often seen it myself â€" a man with all the makings of a perfect failure, suddenly swept 01190 1 1308 1 10 oziconk + adltatinlt ie is 1 1 to success just because he became overconfident. He thought failure was easy. It requires as much skill to become a truly outstanding failure as it does to become truly great in any field. any Hed. â€" 00â€" 00(0 0_ 14 EV MPRNUATIONRe P M BR e t C "First, you must get rid of the almost universal belief that success is desirable. Successful people work like dogs, and often for others. Failures don‘t have to work at all. Successes get pushed around by bosses and competitors â€" and who needs that? Successes often get so wound up in their jobs that they can‘t sleep at night. Failures can usually sleep, even in the daytime. oibhidid 1t Mnb 6 Armidiinnidnenates dbhes y Apd consider this â€" if you‘re a success, your problems will get bigger and bigger. You may{ave to cope with the whole national budget, or held a company that has prevlems in 10 different countries. And nobody cares. There is no governâ€" ment bureau devoted to the problems of success. Wl;e};-avsjwifâ€");dfi’-l:e' a failure, everybody worries about you. Everybody loves the underdog â€" and it doesn‘t matter how far under the dog is‘ "How then, can a smart person achieve failure? First you have to get something to fail at. You have to have a job, or preferably a series of them. One of the signs of real failure is the sympathetic statement: ‘Poor Uncle Bill, he‘s tried everything, and nothing ever seems to work out.‘ Here‘s something that appeared in the Reader‘s "You don‘t stand in his crease too long. That‘s the sign of an exâ€" Wfl ui // igh .E: P ~%@6%*,; zP /7 fP '/ s ‘Lrrpâ€" NYE Wil} AY Pn i Z /A PA U /// l ‘/7’/*/2//%}’2’/»/’57" 7 //A MA % C / L / IA [ 1t oLA /‘ f / WeA L 1 P wl t () /f'///”f Z{" l"/f/ / / // / i/fi//// l///; f/ ‘y‘ ; /(/ / / "/‘ // // I\"/;f j 4 tA ,;/“/,_A{' // [ L . /// // 2 A // / Let) ’/~/ Th //J‘/ / 5 f /// / A \R / / C ’J%{/fl l( Pf. Pf2) l {/ ( Um, / / /, ”/ It is written Letters welcome Failure isn‘t easy 2/ Geoffrey Fellows ‘"Then you should learn to avoid doing a real day‘s work for a day‘s pay. Learn to goof off. A halfâ€"done job is plenty enough. Flee from responsiâ€" bility. If you‘re responsible, how can you blame anyone else? Talk a good game, but don‘t take a chance on playing one. "Don‘t be a ‘yes man‘ either. It‘s so refreshing just to go and get the job done that you might get promoted and fail in your attempt to fail. : adidindntohinth in dnodhetnaal e udn e F "The safest thing is to be a ‘Yahâ€"but‘. This phrase can be used on any level. If you are a stock boy and someone asks you to do something, you can say, ‘yah, but it‘s only five minutes to my rest period.‘ P Aicinint Abindtcads ns idnss Alcinan cce ooo s ce naln sn a SEOF "If you are an executive, you can paralyse progress and avoid making a decision by saying, ‘yah, but I don‘t think we should rush into this.‘ 2P â€" U4 . s s e a 0 cce P Bwinht is viatedinn AhansitirialihiWintsiinitintatin hn Preantnacet Sn Above all, make sure that you don‘t fall in love with your work, for the real enemy of failure is the thrill of achievement. f Rick Campbell More promising failures have gone wrong because they discovered that achievement is fun than for any other reason. So watch out for the moment that pride creeps into your work â€" it can seduce you. Avoid the feeling of wanting to tell someone that you have had a really good day."‘ After all, failures outnumber successes by 20 to one so it‘s better to go along with the crowd. Isn‘t the majority always right? Failing isn‘t really too tough once you get the hang of it. Chronicle Editor (Mr. Fellows is the founder of the Human Resource Development Institute, P.O. Box 642, Cambridge, NIR 5W1) is away professional player."‘ Laurier hockey coach Wayne Gowing talking about goaltender Mike Moffat. SEE PAGE 21 / {