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If we assume doers as being goal-oriented, then I can see it being easier to educate them in ways to help them get closer to their goals faster and more efficiently. On the other hand, someone who doesn't really care about the goal, isn't going to care as much about getting there sooner or in a better fashion.

That said, I've found myself in both camps on various projects. When you're working on something where the end result is really exciting, it makes a huge difference on you and your team. It's exhilarating. On the flip side, projects were you don't care about the end result, are really brutal to work through. You just work for the paycheck. Any sort of educating about how to do things better feels particularly pointless.




A real do-er is going to do something worthwhile even when there isn't a specific goal.

>projects were you don't care about the end result, are really brutal

Yup, better to have no goal than a misguided objective, if you can still have decent accomplishments occurring at a non-stop pace.

>it is easier to educate a Do-er than to motivate the educated

Regardless, I'm going to continue to push to the max in both categories.

So what if it takes twice as much action.




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