An effective individual
The 21st century hero.
The original post is here: https://erikbenson.typepad.com/mu/2004/0...Effective individual n:
- One who, when driving, gets the green lights
- One who, when joking, throws the punchline
- One who, when debating, persuades
- One who, when socializing, makes the connection
- One who, when working, gets the credit
- One who, when questioned, finds answers
- One who, when gambling, profits
- One who, when in a crowd, is spotted
- One who, when interviewed, gets the offer
- One who, when pressured, delivers
- One who, when in a crowd, is spotted
It’s a bottom’s up classification. It requires no actual goals to be an effective individual, nor does it require that you actually be skilled since there is a lot of chance involved. You can’t argue with results–even when results can’t be mapped back to intentions. This is our 21st century hero.