Do’s and Dont’s For Executives
Advices to business executives from @FT circa 1957 (via @markhillary)
- Don’t travel too often or too far.
- Have at least one week’s clear break in the middle of long tours.
- Never fly both ways on a business journey.
- If possible, come home part of the way by boat. If not, have three or four days at home before going to the office.
- Never travel over week-ends except for pleasure and then never more than 100 miles.
- Keep your week-ends completely to yourself.
- Cultivate outside interests and hobbies.
- Try and take some physical exercise – gardening and fishing recommended.
- Have a medical check-up every two years until age of 50, and then every year.
- Learn to relax.
Pretty up to date… except, unfortunately, for the advice to "come home part of the way by boat"!
