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Johnson O’Connor, founder of the Human Engineering Laboratory, tested the vocabulary of executive and supervisory personnel in 39 large manufacturing companies.
"Presidents and Vice Presidents averaged 236 out of 272; Managers 168;
He concluded:"An exact and extensive vocabulary is an important concomitant of success."
Earl Nightingale, referring to a 20-year study of college graduates, writes:
Margaret E. Broadley, in her book 'In Your Natural Gifts', considers the Johnson O'Connor results:
"Worldly success, earnings and management status correlated with vocabulary scores. In follow-up studies of persons tested as much as twenty or thirty years ago, a limited vocabulary is proving an important factor in holding men and women back from achieving the position which their aptitudes showed they should have gained."
She adds a warning:
"A low vocabulary is a serious handicap. Ambitious and energetic persons can push ahead in their jobs just so far, but then they reach a plateau caused by low vocabulary. They never advance."
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"The more WORDS
you learn, the more MONEY you earn!"
FACT: The people with the greatest command of words command the top salaries in most companies.
Superintendents 140; Foremen 114; and Floor Bosses 86."
Dean Trembly said:
"Money earnings are related to vocabulary. Within each occupation, those with larger vocabularies are more likely to profit. Put a dollar sign in front of each additional word you learn."
"Without a single exception, those who had scored highest on the vocabulary test given in college, were in the top income group, while those who had scored the lowest were in the bottom income group."
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