Success is All in a Day's Work

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by tjr • 18 years ago

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the more I interact with the business world the more I realize that there are talkers and there are doers. You become successful not just by being a doer, but by surrounding yourself with other doers.

The nice thing about doers is that it's very easy to spot if you know what you're looking for.

mtts2• 18 years ago

The bad thing about doers is that they're scarce.

And not just in the business world either. Talkers are everywhere and it annoys the * out of me.

(btw - while it's true that you can spot doers and talkers from miles away, I know one guy - only one - that is that rare creature: a talker who actually does as well. amazing)

motoko• 18 years ago

Ah yes, fluffy pablum from the man who stared in Expelled, the movie about why big science is a big conspiracy to keep down THE TRUTH about intelligent design.

palish2• 18 years ago

Are his words any less valid because of that?

trevelyan• 18 years ago

Yes. It isn't exactly a challenge to find great artists and writers who worked prodigiously through their lives and remained poor. I'm sure Vincent van Gogh appreciates Stein's patronizing explanation of how the world works though.

rms3• 18 years ago

Yes. I think we as educated supporters of evolution should not support worthless, general writing from someone doing an enormous disservice in America.

Ben Stein is the worse kind of troll. I hope the media ostracizes him and I expect they will. He has completely ruined his legacy with his appearance in Expelled. Though he can probably make good money doing speaking jobs to fundies.

chaostheory• 18 years ago

I don't agree with 100% with Ben Stein on everything (ex his new movie), but research does back his article (old YC post):

http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=mg19125691.300

"It's complicated explaining how genius or expertise is created and why it's so rare. But it isn't magic, and it isn't born. These people don't necessarily have an especially high IQ... And the one thing they always have is this incredible investment of effort."

run4yourlives3• 18 years ago

One misguided view or incorrect theory does not a fool make.

doug_m• 18 years ago

right but intelligent design is not just a misguided view, if its allowed to propagate its going to hold back scientific progress for ours and future generations so it deserves to follow educatated/intelligent guys like this around with them.

rms3• 18 years ago

Intelligent design is not a theory. It is a direct contradiction to scientific fact. It does not deserve to ever be mentioned in the same sentence as evolution. I'm fine if Ben Stein believes this individually but what offends me is his desire to spread his lies.

lvecsey• 18 years ago

Its not that theres a conspiracy its just that sometimes when you have a structure in place its hard for it to change or improve. Does the US government even have a group of people working on just that topic? Surely the three main branches of government can't be the final word. Alan Kay talks about glorious cathedral structures in Smalltalk and a similar structure has set in with science, where researchers are careful with how they write their papers to the point where a mis step could have them falling from the rafters, career wise.

ArcticCelt2• 18 years ago

I agree with you but what he said just make sense and many start up wana bee need to hear it. It almost hurts to have to agree with someone like that but the content of that article is still valid.

Success is All in a Day's Work

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