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Hello everyone;
BLUF...
Who said the following quotes?
"Intellectuals focus on being right, professionals focus on being effective."
"In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king."
I heard the first one recently in a podcast (can't remember which one or I would go back and listen to it), the second I hear all of the time on the podcasts but have never found the author of the line, nor can I find it (or the first one) online.
Thanks, please feel free to correct either of them if I typed them wrong.
Ken
LOL
I put this query, in quotes, into Google:
"Intellectuals focus on being right, professionals focus on being effective."
and got back just one result..... your post!
I have no idea.
John Hack
I believe the quote was
I believe the quote was "Stop focusing on being right, and start focusing on being effective. And right is not always being effective...." The quote is around 20-minutes into the "Disagreeing with your Boss" (Part I) cast.
See this thread: http://www.manager-tools.com/forums-4690
This cast is from October of 2009.
As far as the "one eyed man is king" quote, there are several occurrences.
Check "Staff Meeting Delegation and Succession Planning", "Coaching/Feedback Template For Presentations", "Favorite Candidate Interview Preparation", and "Race Don’t Chase" for starters.
Steve
Logical...
1. A professional.
2. Erasmus