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...guard his health. Although a strong individualist, he agreed that all executives should keep themselves physically fit to conduct properly the affairs of their business. But the keeping fit by golf playing, he sneered at. Doubtless he realized that many a golf game is but the excuse for a "klabberfest," a male gossiping party, or for the shirking of responsibilities. Said he: "I feel that our directors and stockholders want me here on the job, working and watching their interests. They don't want me running around after a golf ball. No golfer or invalid can manage a business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Anti-Golf | 3/29/1926 | See Source »

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