Co-workers change your life

I’d like to offer this http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html to the discussion. There is connection between the two (blog post/comments and the video).

I am just wondering why someone studies whether women or men are smarter? Didn’t think the post was about that subject but notice the comments seem to dealing with this “controversy”. What is smart? Some very smart people can’t do simple things. I choose to just notice every person is smart in their own way and not worry about how many scoops of smart are on their cone.

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It seems like a division is in order.

Assistants are for people who get shit done, not for people who need to have their egos stroked, or for people who can’t manage time or committments or deliverables.

If your assitant is your crutch, then you need to consider whether you’re one of those people who deserves an assistant, not whether they deserve you.

Lots of people are over-extended in terms of their activities. If you’re one of those ‘key producers’ – then you’re deserving of an assistant because the activity that you are primarily involved in is so far reaching and so productive for the company that to not give you one would not allow you to maximize your profitability and your potential to your employers.

The rest of you people who has assistants and don’t fall into these categories should re-think your net worth. If you don’t have the core blocking and tackling skills to handle the mundane tasks that everyone else without assistants masters early on, then you had better be damn good at what you do. I mean really good.

Smart people often fall into this category – they’re good at what they do, but lack critical skills in all of the mundane elements of business (read: uninteresting). That’s not uncommon, either. People who are highly creative -whether they’re scientists, ad exec, attorneys – whatever, have a niche skillset that allows them to excel in one area, often at the detriment of many other areas. They are specialists in the truer sense of the word.

Does it matter that they’re female? Nope. I know plenty of smart women and men. Some even with photographic memories. Most of them are assholes, because they have no concept of office politics, social graces or communication skills. Most of them think they walk on water, and they’ve never had to *really* work at their tradecraft. So…they take high-paying secondary support roles to leaders, because left to their own devices, they would implode and suck everyone in their general proximity down with them. The main difficulty is that most of them think they have those leadership abilities (not skills – big difference), and think that they can hold the limelight. They want and yearn for the respect that comes from ‘doing’, but they’re typically not capable. That’s an important concept, and self-awareness doesn’t come cheaply for most. They tend to self-sabotage themselves due to their intelligence, until (as someone else pointed out) age and wisdom prevail. Unfortunately, all too often, that phase doesn’t come until they’re exiting the workforce.

Penelope – good post on the realities of workplace dynamics and the importance that a fantastic assistant plays for those people deserving of one. Yes, you are one of those special people who needs that to counterbalance your own unique specializations and talents. I can’t help but notice that the spasm of intellectual bashers and pseudo-feminists hve popped out of the woodwork. That part isn’t so appealing.

Last time I looked, society in general understands how to deal with uber-intellectuals. We call them nerds because they lack those social graces and mainstream lifestyle mechanics that have been mentioned above. Feminists is another matter entirely. They need to stop whining over ERA – that battle was won 50 years ago. To me, their complaints sound a lot more like how Billy Martin used to treat umpires than it does as sensible rhetoric. Skate or die. It’s no one’s fault that women aren’t advancing on par with men, it’s a social thing or a genetic thing or a whatever. But it’s not because they deserve something they’re universally not getting. That’s just not true anymore. It’s an open playing field, and if you find that doors are closed, maybe it’s because they should be. If you don’t like the playground that the game is being played upon, go find a new ‘field’. It’s that simple.

Pen, I think what you need most is a good friend. Someone that understands you, and appreciates you for who you are. I think you’ll find it difficult being that you’re highly intelligent, well educated, resourceful and isolated in the backwoods of EBF. You’re an urban gal, and that’s a complement to your personality, education and experience. Farmers aren’t interested in those things. They’re interested in manpower (labor) and the basics, not the evolved. Maybe what you’re grieving is the loss of that connection. Rightfully so. Only you can chart your own course, and that comes with self-awareness and being honest with yourself about your abilities and capabilities. Maybe that should have been the underlying theme of this post. All the best.

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Penelope, why did you delete my comment linking to an academic who disagrees with Summers? Are you afraid of debate?

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