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P. T. Barnum：Don't Mistake Your Vocation
P. T. Barnum《The Art of Money Getting》· Don't Mistake Your Vocation · Wealth · Growth · Decision
The safest plan, and the one most sure of success for the young man starting in life, is to select the vocation which is most congenial to his tastes.
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The safest path for a young person is to choose the vocation most congenial to their nature.
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From P. T. Barnum's 1880 lecture on money-getting, in the section on choosing a vocation.
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Which part of your work is most congenial to your nature? Which part is least?
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