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It is impossible for anyone to write a perfectly rationally argued document without a segment that, out of context, can be transformed by some dishonest copywriter to appear totally absurd and lend itself to sensationalization, so politicians, charlatans, and, more disturbingly, journalists hunt for these segments. “Give me a few lines written by any man and I will find enough to get him hung” goes the saying attributed to Richelieu, Voltaire, Talleyrand (a vicious censor during the French revolution phase of terror), and a few others.
Skin in the Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
11. Babble Hypothesis:
According to multiple studies, what best predicts whether someone becomes a leader? Their experience? Their IQ?
No!
The amount of time they spend talking. It doesn't even matter what they say, just how much they say it.
We suck at picking leaders.
My Friends, a New MEGATH...
@G_S_Bhogal on Twitter
The emphasis here should not be on why questions (“Why didn’t that work?” or “Why do you think you should do that?”), because these take both of you backward and upward into a fuzzy retrospective world of conjecture and concepts. Instead, rely on your what questions (“What do you actually want to have happen?” or “What are a couple of actions you could take right now?”).
Nine Lies About Work
Marcus Buckingham, Ashley Goodall
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