Couldn’t stop blogging this;

Intelligence is a two edged sword. Too little and you can’t cope with the corporate paper work. Too much and you are out of touch with reality.

I never tire of telling the story of Dean Eisenhower (no relative of President Eisenhower) of Harvard Business School, many years ago. He had a commencement meeting of the faculty with the Deans address where he spelt out his vision for the School and the expectations from the faculty. He then ended the talk with an appeal to these teachers. ’Take care of our outstanding students,’ he said ‘please nurture them. For, from among them will come the future faculty of Harvard.’ After a pause, he continued ‘And take greater care of the average students. Also nurture them. From among them, will come the future funding for Harvard.’ [More…]