Fadingpain Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891) was a Prussian Field Marshall who is credited with being a tactical genius and inventing modern ways of directing armies in combat. Also surely had a hell of a good sense of humor (not). He cooked up this matrix which I thought would be fun to show here. He basically asserts that all officer candidates, all people in fact, can be broken down into 2 critical categories: how smart you are (or dumb) and how motivated (or lazy). His favorites were smart but lazy people as they will do what they are told but in an efficient manner. The absolute worse were dumb but energetic/motivated types, as they will get the army destroyed. I have found in the part of the business world I work in, most in managerial positions would not have survived in von Moltke's army. They are dumb, but highly motivated to buck up the ladder. Which one are you!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaoulDuke79 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Crap....I thought there were questions to answer. Of course I'm going to say smart/energetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Smart and Lazy! WOOHOO! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Smart and lazy, with periods of very high productivity/efficiency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 Kutusov from War and Peace, knew he was practically ready to face whatever he had to the next day, hated detailed what-if sessions, slept during boring meetings, liked to fully enjoy leisure time, took the good and bad results in stride Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Fadingpain said: Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891) was a Prussian Field Marshall who is credited with being a tactical genius and inventing modern ways of directing armies in combat. Also surely had a hell of a good sense of humor (not). He cooked up this matrix which I thought would be fun to show here. He basically asserts that all officer candidates, all people in fact, can be broken down into 2 critical categories: how smart you are (or dumb) and how motivated (or lazy). His favorites were smart but lazy people as they will do what they are told but in an efficient manner. The absolute worse were dumb but energetic/motivated types, as they will get the army destroyed. I have found in the part of the business world I work in, most in managerial positions would not have survived in von Moltke's army. They are dumb, but highly motivated to buck up the ladder. Which one are you!? lazy should be changed efficient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 4 hours ago, Fadingpain said: Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891) was a Prussian Field Marshall who is credited with being a tactical genius and inventing modern ways of directing armies in combat. Also surely had a hell of a good sense of humor (not). He cooked up this matrix which I thought would be fun to show here. He basically asserts that all officer candidates, all people in fact, can be broken down into 2 critical categories: how smart you are (or dumb) and how motivated (or lazy). His favorites were smart but lazy people as they will do what they are told but in an efficient manner. The absolute worse were dumb but energetic/motivated types, as they will get the army destroyed. I have found in the part of the business world I work in, most in managerial positions would not have survived in von Moltke's army. They are dumb, but highly motivated to buck up the ladder. Which one are you!? I'm von Moltke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted September 1, 2018 Share Posted September 1, 2018 5 hours ago, Fadingpain said: Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf von Moltke (1800-1891) was a Prussian Field Marshall 32 minutes ago, DC Tom said: I'm von Moltke. When I saw that full name and that he was a Prussian Field Marshall, I somehow knew you would involve yourself in this thread ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain_Quint Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Dumb and lazy. And I don't need some !@#$ing German to tell me that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeGOATski Posted September 2, 2018 Share Posted September 2, 2018 Smart and lazy - I don't get promoted unless I'm dragged into it. In the AF, I made SSgt in 5 years because all you had to do was test. But, then I got out - too much work. Live life as stress-free as possible. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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