ritance of intelligence and ability
should learn to invest his little in the most profitable manner possible.

Those who escape wrong choice of vocation on account of their own bad
judgment and errors in selection; who are not turned aside into the wrong
path by the bad judgment, prejudices, and other errors of parents; who
escape from the clutches of sincere and well-meaning, but unwise,
teachers; who are not thrown into the nearest possible vacancies by
economic necessity; who do not fall short of their full opportunities
because of restlessness; who do not have their problems complicated by too
great versatility or too little ability, still have many a rock and shoal
to avoid.

BLUNDERS OF EMPLOYERS

One very frequent cause of misfits in vocation is the bad judgment of
employers. This bad judgment, like that of parents and teachers, arises
from ignorance--ignorance of human nature, of the particular individual,
and, strange to say, of the requirements of the work to be done. Whole
volumes could be written on the bad judgment of employers in selecting,
assigning, and handling their employees. This, however, is not the place
for them. Neither is this the place for the discussion of the remedies to
be applied.

Even after the young man has entered a vocation and found that he does not
fit in it, there is plenty of opportunity for him to make a change if he
is made of the right stuff and can secure the right kind of counsel and
guidance. But this "IF" is a tremendously big one.

Many causes--both inside and outside of himself--tend to prevent the
average man from changing from a vocation for which he is not fit to one
in which he is fit. Perhaps a brief consideration of some of these factors
in the problem may be of assistance to you.

SOCIAL AMBITION

One reason for continuing in the wrong vocation is social ambition.
Rightly or wrongly--probably wrongly--there are certain vocations which
entitle one to social recognition. There are others which seem, at least,
to make it difficult for one to secure social recognition. Social
ambition, therefore, causes many a man to cling desperately to the
outskirts of some profession for which he is unfitted, in the everlasting
hope of making a success of it and thus winning the social recognition
which is his supreme desire.

Poor, short-sighted, and even blind, victims of their own folly!

They do not see that any work which is human service is honorable. They
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