Bill Gates prefers to choose a lazy person to do a hard job because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it. There’s wisdom in that idea, even though Gates says it to make a point about efficiency in thinking and not about rewarding lazy people.
We live in a culture that sees work as a virtue in itself, which leads people to imagine that any and all labor is valuable and that the more you labor, the more virtuous you are. As a recovering workaholic, I know that the virtue of work is not inherent and that smart leaders find the simplest way to solve problems. An excellent and import piece.
The Easy Way to Do It
Gordian knots are meant to be sliced with a sword.
We live in a culture that sees work as a virtue in itself, which leads people to imagine that any and all labor is valuable and that the more you labor, the more virtuous you are. As a recovering workaholic, I know that the virtue of work is not inherent and that smart leaders find the simplest way to solve problems. An excellent and import piece.