Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-04-29

are best fitted TO do In so doing u.
mas worked out a schedule OF the more
important qualities that count in tbe
min"ss and efficiency Of the inIividual
ms chart would help almost any ono
TO arrive at a better understanding
.oi ms own abilities.
Milking Your Own Chart.
III you were examining Yourself IN
accordance" with this method YOU
would determine the following things:
"hcther YOU are physically strong or
weak OF mental or manual type, set
,ieh or rowing disposition. adapted TO
INDOOR or outdoor life, directive Gin
c!ined 10 run things) or dependent.
"riRinal or initiative. fond OF under
takihgs OF small scopes or large: that
S' 40 YOU ENJOY taking a watch tn
pieces. or would YOU rather plan a wa
TO reach the South Pole; adantable or
seif-ccntered do you quickly n. into
am environment, or do you try TO
make the environment TT you): de-
hherate or impulsive; logical or illoEi-
cal accurate I'm the use OF your hands
lor inaccurate. and slow or quick in as
sociating ideas. In addition TO these
things. you would consider whether
YOU nave musical sense and a color
sense. whether your mind is concen-
trahrd or diffuse and whether YOU ara
static or dynamic. The last two AL
tcrnatives require some explanation.
The man who insists on arguing any
point TO settlement, IL IL takes all
day. has a mind capable OF conccntra
ton The one who rapidly passes from
one idea 10 another is dinusc. The
man who is aggressive, always jump
ing into new project with his teeth
Erittcd. is dynamic. He usually at
tracts a lot more attention than the
chap that quietly. hut efficiently. holds
down his job. The latter is OF the
static type. He is just as necessary
as tho hustler.
or course. lot OF these contrasting
qualities may occur together. You
may be fond OF outdoor life. but able
10 do your best work in an Office. You
may he manual and mcntal-a born
executive and yet fond OF making rustic
furniture. But any individual who Will
honestly examine himself according TO
this schedule can hardly fail to ar
own abilities and of the Importance OF
giving them the fullest play.
Social Waste of Wrong Work,
For tho man who is doing the wrong
kind of work living in the wrong
environment is n social waste. lie is
not only falling to do himself justice.
but he Is wasting the most precious
materials OF human society-abiiity and
energy. Success and happiness both
consist largely OF conCenal work in
n congenial environment. and these
things il is the right and duty OF every
individual to seek.
Too often a man will stick 10 work
which does not suit him because he il
unable TO perceive his own unftncss,
although he feels IL, or because he feels
that TO quit would nc 4 surrcndcr-an
acknow lcdImcnt of failurc-whcn in
reality it would lie step in the right
direction.
Take for example Tho rowing and set
tied type. There is = Kind Of man who
likes to catch the same car to work
fp l,,,- Mt,
samo stand, and open his desk at ex-
acty tho same time. He Elories in
the regularity and method OF his en-
ploymcnt II such man is sent out
on tho road. he becomes clustered
and worrdicd. and complains that his
work lacks continuity. This type OF
man is essentially settled. and his
great need in life is to lind a Job
that fits him. and, then stick ia it,
But there is another sort Of man who
loathcs this regular routine. It bores
him beyond expression, and he takes
every opportunity to vary it, Often he
VIII decide that he must conquer his
restlcssness and settle down. which he
does 10 the impairment or his own ef-
hcicncy. Or. perhaps, he will become
a 'hoatcr" moving cndlcssly from one
job to another. There Is hardly a. trade
or profession that does not know this
type. very often. too, the noater Is
a man of unusual ability OF whom his
associates say that lie would make a
great success II he would settle down.
Sut they arc wrong. Wandering is to
MN mental necessity lie would
make good railroad engineer, or, per-
maps sailor, or a travelling salesman.
OF a war correspondents or a post-of-
nee hspcctor-anything that would af-
FORD him the stimulus of changing
scene and event.
80 vocational guidance Is far more
'han q new educational method. IT is
Il nationwide movement toward tho
elimination OF great social waste
genial work.