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Show CONCEIT I have in mind two men, one with n ood education, nn clort mind, an average biiBlnesB man, but obsessed by tho desire to Impress all around him with his Importnnco and his Juperlor ability. Ho has limitations, but ho doso't appear to suspect It. The other lucks educationnl advantages, advan-tages, but has somo natural ablllty.lB shrewd, and ulso passes as nn uver-ago uver-ago buslnoss man. He, howovor, knows his limitations and picks his employes with n vlow to supplying those things he lacks. Tho first man Is so busy trying to Impress his employes em-ployes with his superiority thnt ho would not tnko n suggestion If it woro offered to him. Thcso two men uro both employed In n managerial capacity, but the ono who Is renlly Inferior of tho other Intellectually In-tellectually has tho better record and nttnliiB more satisfactory results In overy way. Ho mnko friends of his employes, ho trusts them, nska for tholr suggestions nnd carries them out, putting them on their motnl to g yo him tho best they have. Ho gets nil the credit higher up for tho re-suits re-suits and has mode a record for him-.? him-.? The olhor ''us inomilent and in-different in-different holp, tho work going out from his olllco is Inferior, and his employes em-ployes nro neither loyal nor nnxlous to plcnBo, whllo ho does not stand nearly bo high with his superior of-ricers. of-ricers. To try nnd Impress thoso around you with your superiority Is tho surest sur-est way to oxposo your Inferiority, for tho broad minded mnn la not con-ccltcd.pompouB con-ccltcd.pompouB nor potty, nnd spends neither tlmo nor thought upon tno Impression ho Is making his mentnl processes nro all engaged In moro Important Im-portant mnttcrs. A conceited man Is bad enough when ho renlly has some thing to bo conceited nbout, but when his conceit is llko tho gns that rounds out n toy baloon und out knows It Is nothing but a gas blown bubble, ono cannot help a wicked dcslro to stick n pin In It nnd soo tho flabby result. |
