Show personality will determine the best vocation to follow says physician in keeping civilization going the introverts intro verts those persons whose interests are mostly personal furnish most of the ideas the ex or socially minded people turn the wheels paul declares in his article extravert or introvert in the november hygeia temperamental differences are of vital importance in vocational guidance many a maladjustment of adult life being due to the fact that an extravert is trying to do an in tro verts job or vice versa on the whole ex naturally tend to succeed best in occupations that bring them into contact with other people and that demand aggressiveness decision and action introverts Intro verts will be found predominantly in places where they can work alone and in creative fields such as art science and literature an extravert girl might fail ail as a sculptor but succeed admirably as a teacher of art to large groups of people an introvert who goes into law will not be likely to win fame as a jury lawyer but will naturally gravitate into office work in the family each plays a different role and each must be treated accordingly cordingly ic one is as good as the other but one is by no means the same as the other successful parenthood will take account of the differences the extravert cx child will please his parents by making a good so social cial adjustment without any special help he will make good marks without much effort will take the leadership in school activities will be popular with associates bebau because se always ready with a joke or retort the introvert is usually the opposite of all this his interest and attention are turned inward rather than outward he is more concerned with his own thoughts than with what is going on around him outside he will be modest unassuming sur ning cautious critical persevering |