Never confuse motion with action.
I do like to hit things with intensity and would rather work very hard for a shorter period of time.
lmbrls, post: 449426, member: 6823 wrote: Interesting, would you elaborate?
I don't know how specifically to elaborate. Tesla was a genius, and came to work for Edison and tried to convince Edison that AC was a better current. Edison dismissed him and tried to publicly berate him as incompetent. Edison was known to experiment over and over until he got something to work. He was well known for his persistence and determination, but not necessarily for his intelligence.
Tesla had numerous inventions, but was not a great business man and, I believe, died broke. Edison was extremely successful.
The quote sounds exactly like something I would envision Edison saying.
(Note I'm not a scholar on Tesla and Edison, and my impression of the two men is just that based on what I've heard or read.)
Shawn Billings, post: 449294, member: 6521 wrote: Sudden ferocious bursts of energy or measured steady application of effort.
As a solo operator, I find that tenacity is the key to meeting objectives more so than intensity. Perhaps this is different in a multi-tiered enterprise. I may need to stay a little later, perhaps until dark, but I plan for the long game over lots of hurried action. When I'm hurried, I miss things or make mistakes. When I'm persistent, I still advance but I have time to check my progress and evaluate my execution.
I think some surveyors have a sincere work ethic, but they focus on activity instead of results. Sometimes the two are correlated, but not always. There are times when intensity is the key to accomplishing a task, but in general, I think tenacity is the better approach. Outline the goals, plan carefully what will be needed to achieve those goals and then execute the plan precisely.
I'm leaving for Cabo Saturday night. This week, in preparation, is fraught with 12 hours a day of intensity and tenacity or I might as well just shut the company down and send everyone home. I'm having a real issue with the fact that no one seems to figure that out but me. If I have to kill myself to take a damn vacation, only to come back and kill myself, I'm doing something wrong. Something is going to change or I'm seriously thinking about sending everyone home.
I think you are right, Tom.
It's a bit off topic to what I had in mind at the start of the thread, but still a good conversation... If you have ability and mix it with tenacity, it's a much better recipe for success than just ability or just tenacity alone. But between the two, I think tenacity has been proven to be more determinate to success than ability.
Kris Morgan, post: 449437, member: 29 wrote: I'm leaving for Cabo Saturday night. This week, in preparation, is fraught with 12 hours a day of intensity and tenacity or I might as well just shut the company down and send everyone home. I'm having a real issue with the fact that no one seems to figure that out but me. If I have to kill myself to take a damn vacation, only to come back and kill myself, I'm doing something wrong. Something is going to change or I'm seriously thinking about sending everyone home.
Seems to work that way, Kris. Of course, if you wait until things slow down a little, then you don't feel like you have the money to go. Double edged sword. Either you have the money or you have the time, but hard to put the two together.
Shawn Billings, post: 449440, member: 6521 wrote: Seems to work that way, Kris. Of course, if you wait until things slow down a little, then you don't feel like you have the money to go. Double edged sword. Either you have the money or you have the time, but hard to put the two together.
I suppose, but I'm trying to do two weeks worth of work in one week. I suppose it is better than not having two weeks worth of work and scheduling to do. LOL