Comments on: Thought for the Day http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/thought-for-the-day-12/ Conning people into thinking I'm intelligent. Since 1982. Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:52:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Swaroop http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/thought-for-the-day-12/comment-page-1/#comment-130499 Swaroop Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:18:32 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=2351#comment-130499 <p>@Srikanth I agree that it is contextual, but the reason I am thinking about this is to figure out what is ailing another person.</p> <p>The problem why a logical/rational person cannot be happy is because he/she has to deal with the other irrational people! :)</p> @Srikanth I agree that it is contextual, but the reason I am thinking about this is to figure out what is ailing another person.

The problem why a logical/rational person cannot be happy is because he/she has to deal with the other irrational people! :)

]]> By: srikanth http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/thought-for-the-day-12/comment-page-1/#comment-130494 srikanth Sat, 19 Sep 2009 17:53:02 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=2351#comment-130494 <blockquote>How do you distinguish incompetence, laziness and unprofessionalism?</blockquote> <p>difference b/w incompetence & laziness is on the dimension of time and mostly at an individual level.. to further explain, a crude example -> I am a db programmer.. So, I am incompetent in biochemical experiments.. But, I am lazy in learning network programming or in doing db stuff.. i.e. lack of competence is incompetence.. competence might be something that can be acquired or something that might be a personality trait depending on the context.. laziness is when I am unable to prioritize my activities and tend to come off as incompetent even though I might be internally competent.. laziness has an element of being temporary and is generally more evident for short term things..</p> <p>whereas professionalism is a social contract.. professionalism assumes competence.. it is a contract to deliver with reference to other people(at a philosophical level, to self too!).. crude examples of contract might be sticking to deadlines, being truthful in terms of capabilities/competencies etc...</p> <p>first 2 were more individualistic & professionalism is social.. laziness can lead to unprofessionalism but there are many causes for unprofessionalism and hence it can't be generalised...</p> <p>there might be other interpretations..</p> <p>On the other hand, why is the world a wrong place for a logical/rational person? I would rather say that the logical/rational person is probably the happiest person!? :)</p>

How do you distinguish incompetence, laziness and unprofessionalism?

difference b/w incompetence & laziness is on the dimension of time and mostly at an individual level.. to further explain, a crude example -> I am a db programmer.. So, I am incompetent in biochemical experiments.. But, I am lazy in learning network programming or in doing db stuff.. i.e. lack of competence is incompetence.. competence might be something that can be acquired or something that might be a personality trait depending on the context.. laziness is when I am unable to prioritize my activities and tend to come off as incompetent even though I might be internally competent.. laziness has an element of being temporary and is generally more evident for short term things..

whereas professionalism is a social contract.. professionalism assumes competence.. it is a contract to deliver with reference to other people(at a philosophical level, to self too!).. crude examples of contract might be sticking to deadlines, being truthful in terms of capabilities/competencies etc…

first 2 were more individualistic & professionalism is social.. laziness can lead to unprofessionalism but there are many causes for unprofessionalism and hence it can’t be generalised…

there might be other interpretations..

On the other hand, why is the world a wrong place for a logical/rational person? I would rather say that the logical/rational person is probably the happiest person!? :)

]]> By: Swaroop http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/thought-for-the-day-12/comment-page-1/#comment-130493 Swaroop Sat, 19 Sep 2009 16:06:54 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=2351#comment-130493 <p>@srid Heh... My question is how to identify it in another person :)</p> <p>@Vinayak Agreed.</p> <p>@Rafeek That's a good discussion. However, what I was talking about was not rationality vs. imagination or rationality tending to perfection, it was a clear opposite poles of simple logical thinking vs. stupidity / incompetence.</p> <p>I am now convinced that the majority of the world is full of, what a <a href="http://thungas.appspot.com" rel="nofollow">friend</a> of mine considers as, "cloud people." They are neither visionaries (flying; imagination) nor are they grounded. No one knows where they are, mentally speaking.</p> @srid Heh… My question is how to identify it in another person :)

@Vinayak Agreed.

@Rafeek That’s a good discussion. However, what I was talking about was not rationality vs. imagination or rationality tending to perfection, it was a clear opposite poles of simple logical thinking vs. stupidity / incompetence.

I am now convinced that the majority of the world is full of, what a friend of mine considers as, “cloud people.” They are neither visionaries (flying; imagination) nor are they grounded. No one knows where they are, mentally speaking.

]]> By: Rafeek http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/thought-for-the-day-12/comment-page-1/#comment-130491 Rafeek Sat, 19 Sep 2009 11:15:54 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=2351#comment-130491 <p>Happen to see this blog today. Does this put some light? Do rational/logical persons tend to be perfectionists? http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/bregman/2009/09/how-to-escape-perfectionism.html</p> Happen to see this blog today. Does this put some light? Do rational/logical persons tend to be perfectionists?
http://blogs.harvardbusiness.org/bregman/2009/09/how-to-escape-perfectionism.html

]]> By: Vinayak Hegde http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/thought-for-the-day-12/comment-page-1/#comment-130487 Vinayak Hegde Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:42:35 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=2351#comment-130487 <p>I have realized that all three of them go hand in hand. Also one leads to another. So hard to distinguish sometimes.</p> I have realized that all three of them go hand in hand. Also one leads to another. So hard to distinguish sometimes.

]]> By: srid http://www.swaroopch.com/blog/thought-for-the-day-12/comment-page-1/#comment-130485 srid Sat, 19 Sep 2009 05:22:40 +0000 http://www.swaroopch.com/?p=2351#comment-130485 <p>the distinction between incompetence and laziness is simple. try working from home. ;-)</p> the distinction between incompetence and laziness is simple. try working from home. ;-)

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