post # 389 — Wednesday, June 20, 2007 — a Managing, Careers post

A Summation of What I've Learned

It’s no coincidence that the title of this blog is Passion, People and Principles. I believe that possessing all three is the recipe for success.

If you have passion, an understanding of how people work but no fixed principles, then I think you are dangerous. You’ll seduce a lot of people to your side, but you’ll end up fooling them or betraying them. You’ll be an exploiter.

If you have passion and principles, but no understanding of how people work, you’ll also draw a lot of people to your side, but it will all come to naught. Without an understanding of people, you’ll never build an organization nor get clients and customers to trust you. You’ll be a firebrand.

 
If you have principles and an understanding of people, but no passion, you’ll be righteous but ineffective.

Life, careers and business require all three.

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Discuss, with reasons. Do not write on both sides of the paper at once (grin.)

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