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lunch in the cacophonous din of the
cafeteria, where he has to jockey for a
place at a crowded table. Worst of all,
there’s little time to think or create.
The structure of the day is almost guaranteed
to sap his energy rather than
stimulate it.
Why do we accept this one-size-fitsall
situation as a given when we know
perfectly well that adults don’t organize
themselves this way? We often marvel
at how introverted, geeky kids “blossom”
into secure and happy adults. We
liken it to a metamorphosis. However,
maybe it’s not the children who change
but their environments. As adults, they
get to select the careers, spouses, and
social circles that suit them. They don’t
have to live in whatever culture they’re
plunked into. Research from a field
known as “person-environment fit”
shows that people flourish when, in the
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