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The go getter by Peter B Kyne

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Ankur Jain
Ankur Jain

This document summarizes a story about William E. Peck, a World War I veteran who is physically disabled but perseveres to get a job. It describes how Peck interviewed for jobs at two companies but was not hired. He then went directly to the founder, Cappy Ricks, and was given a job. Peck proves his selling ability and is selected to be manager of the Shanghai office after passing one of Ricks' tests: retrieving a rare blue vase on a Sunday despite many obstacles. The document emphasizes Peck's perseverance, confidence and goal-oriented mindset that allowed him to accomplish difficult tasks and become a "go-getter".

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P E T E R B . K Y N E THE GO-GETTER Ankur Jain ankur88.jain@gmail.com
STORY IS ABOUT… • Cappy Ricks, an old lumber company founder The company was not doing good and Mr. Ricks was looking for a new manager for the Shanghai office. • William E. Peck, a young World War I veteran Mr. Peck, physically disabled, walks with a slight limp and his left forearm had been amputated half way to the elbow.
PERSEVERANCE • Mr. Peck looking for a job had interviewed Mr. Skinner, President of Ricks Logging and Lumbering Company and Matt Peasley, President of Blue Start Navigation company, but unable to get Job. (both the company are corporate entity representing Mr. Ricks interest in wholesale lumber and shipping circle respectively) • Mr. Peck after not getting the job from heads went to Mr. Ricks and wanted him to go over them to give him a job. And he did get the job.
CONFIDENCE Mr. Peck was so confident of getting the job at Ricks Lumber & Logging Company that he already had got printed the engraved business card a week before.
GOAL ACHIEVER • Mr. Peck started from the bottom. He was asked to sell skunk spruce of California, which has enough stock with a very little demand. • Within two months, Mr. Peck demonstrated his selling ability by selling at much faster pace. He was then asked to devote his talent to the disposal of celdar shigles and siding, Dougals fir and redwood also.
DEGREE OF THE BLUE VASE • To select Mr. Peck as the Manager for Sanghai office, he had to the pass the Blue vase test of Mr. Ricks • Mr. Ricks expresses his desire to Mr. Peck of getting the Blue Vase which he saw through a window of some art store on Sutter Street. It was a Sunday afternoon and Mr. Peck was asked to deliver the Vase by the night.
PERSEVERANCE - OBSTACLES FACED • Finding that store was bit difficult and took a lot of efforts for finding it • Finally after finding the shop, finding the contact number of shop owner was difficult as the name of shop was misspelled • After making calls to different people with the same name, he finally found the person he sought • The owner was dining with friends and was least bothered to leave. Although he asked to contact head Salesman to help him. • Head salesman was not at home and dining at some country club
PERSEVERANCE - OBSTACLES FACED CONTD… • Mr. Peck had called at all the nearby county clubs but unable to get in touch with head salesman. • After a while, he called again and discovered that the sales person had returned back to his home. • Salesman after confirming the authenticity by calling the store owner appeared on shop at nine-fifteen. • Salesman demanded for two-thousand dollar in cash for selling that Vase. • Mr. Peck tried to get this huge sum of money from many places but failed. He finally brought his platinum ring set worth twenty thousand dollars as a security for the payment of check.
THE GO-GETTER It was much easier and convenient to say that it was not possible to get the vase for many. It was much easier to make a report on the many obstacles or excuses on why he was not able to get the blue vase. It is those rare individuals who accomplish the task with positive attitude & perseverance, who become the go-getter. Mr. Pecks brigade motto: IT SHALL BE DONE
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The go getter by Peter B Kyne

  • 1. P E T E R B . K Y N E THE GO-GETTER Ankur Jain ankur88.jain@gmail.com
  • 2. STORY IS ABOUT… • Cappy Ricks, an old lumber company founder The company was not doing good and Mr. Ricks was looking for a new manager for the Shanghai office. • William E. Peck, a young World War I veteran Mr. Peck, physically disabled, walks with a slight limp and his left forearm had been amputated half way to the elbow.
  • 3. PERSEVERANCE • Mr. Peck looking for a job had interviewed Mr. Skinner, President of Ricks Logging and Lumbering Company and Matt Peasley, President of Blue Start Navigation company, but unable to get Job. (both the company are corporate entity representing Mr. Ricks interest in wholesale lumber and shipping circle respectively) • Mr. Peck after not getting the job from heads went to Mr. Ricks and wanted him to go over them to give him a job. And he did get the job.
  • 4. CONFIDENCE Mr. Peck was so confident of getting the job at Ricks Lumber & Logging Company that he already had got printed the engraved business card a week before.
  • 5. GOAL ACHIEVER • Mr. Peck started from the bottom. He was asked to sell skunk spruce of California, which has enough stock with a very little demand. • Within two months, Mr. Peck demonstrated his selling ability by selling at much faster pace. He was then asked to devote his talent to the disposal of celdar shigles and siding, Dougals fir and redwood also.
  • 6. DEGREE OF THE BLUE VASE • To select Mr. Peck as the Manager for Sanghai office, he had to the pass the Blue vase test of Mr. Ricks • Mr. Ricks expresses his desire to Mr. Peck of getting the Blue Vase which he saw through a window of some art store on Sutter Street. It was a Sunday afternoon and Mr. Peck was asked to deliver the Vase by the night.
  • 7. PERSEVERANCE - OBSTACLES FACED • Finding that store was bit difficult and took a lot of efforts for finding it • Finally after finding the shop, finding the contact number of shop owner was difficult as the name of shop was misspelled • After making calls to different people with the same name, he finally found the person he sought • The owner was dining with friends and was least bothered to leave. Although he asked to contact head Salesman to help him. • Head salesman was not at home and dining at some country club
  • 8. PERSEVERANCE - OBSTACLES FACED CONTD… • Mr. Peck had called at all the nearby county clubs but unable to get in touch with head salesman. • After a while, he called again and discovered that the sales person had returned back to his home. • Salesman after confirming the authenticity by calling the store owner appeared on shop at nine-fifteen. • Salesman demanded for two-thousand dollar in cash for selling that Vase. • Mr. Peck tried to get this huge sum of money from many places but failed. He finally brought his platinum ring set worth twenty thousand dollars as a security for the payment of check.
  • 9. THE GO-GETTER It was much easier and convenient to say that it was not possible to get the vase for many. It was much easier to make a report on the many obstacles or excuses on why he was not able to get the blue vase. It is those rare individuals who accomplish the task with positive attitude & perseverance, who become the go-getter. Mr. Pecks brigade motto: IT SHALL BE DONE