Specialize
Published Jan 01, 1900
Dr. Alfred Adler, the psychiatrist, was lecturing on the theory that people with handicaps often specialize in their handicapped functions. Thus, short-winded boys tend to train themselves into being distance runners, people with weak eyes tend to become painters, and so forth. Adler finished his exposition and asked for questions. Immediately this one was pitched at him from the back of the auditorium: "Dr. Adler, wouldn't your theory mean that weak-minded people tend to become psychiatrists?"
Originally published November 14, 2002.
