It begins in school. You ought to be good at math; or English, or art, or whatever. If you aren't, you're a bad person. Pull yourself together. Make more effort. Get a grip!
Here's the reality. Some people are good at certain things, some people aren't…but we're all good at something. It's simply something different from whatever the next person's good at.
That's it. Not an "ought" in sight.
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From Kathy Sierra at Creating Passionate Users comes this gem:
One of the most interesting things discussed in the Time article is that neuroscientists have established the specific area of the brain responsible for context switching. And unfortunately for some of us, it appears that this part of the brain performs less well as our brain ages. In a nutshell, the older we get, the less quickly and effectively we can multitask. But... most parents of teenagers already know that we have no frickin' idea how our kids manage to do what they do simultaneously. The key issue, though, is that while we now know they're better at it than we (the parents) are, they aren't half as good at it as they think they are.
And chances are, you aren't as good at it as you think you are. ; )
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From Geoffrey Moore at Dealing with Darwin comes this insight that might be applicaable to those who have "best in class" in their vision statement somewhere.
Best in class falls between these two goals. It is not sufficiently differentiated to be unique, and thus it does not create bargaining power. But it goes well beyond the minimum acceptable standard, which means you have spent a bunch of resources beyond what you had to and achieved no economic return for so doing!
That’s why “best in class” is a sucker bet.
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