"Activity is not Productivity" - CA2020 Productivity Course.
Great Morning CAtizens!
The last saturday one of the core team members asked me: coach, why don't i see you doing moderating the cashflow? I answered: years ago, we were the first moderators of the cashflow gathering. Then, because of our superb online marketing skills, we got too many people who want to play. We got so tired and exhausted and we began to systematized our cashflow gatherings. Now it is systematic then we can handle hundreds of cashflow gatherings participants in one venue every week unlike before we are doing it once a month with at most thirty people.
Big Businesses are run by systems. The system is the one running the business. In CA2020 Business School we teach Systemization by doing the real thing. That is why we do not promote small businesses. We, however, teach to engage in Small Deals before Big Deals. Not Small Business but Small Deals. Attend the Cashflow Gathering so that you will understand what Small Deal and Big Deal is all about.
This inspires me to create this blog about a "people theory" I got from my military science days. It is how the German Military classify people in four types:
"There are only four types of officer. First, there are the lazy, stupid ones. Leave them alone, they do no harm…Second, there are the hard- working, intelligent ones. They make excellent staff officers, ensuring that every detail is properly considered. Third, there are the hard- working, stupid ones. These people are a menace and must be fired at once. They create irrelevant work for everybody. Finally, there are the intelligent, lazy ones. They are suited for the highest office." - General Erich Von Manstein (1887-1973) on the German Officer Corps
Smart, Lazy -- Generals
Smart, Busy -- Staff officers: dependable, get the job done well
Stupid, Lazy -- Grunts: these people will do little harm
Stupid, Busy -- Avoid: unsupervised, these will cause a lot of harm!
Application of this theory in the business world:
smart + lazy = the innovators, big business owners and the investors, passive income creators. Business Systems and Money are the ones working for them. They have too much money and too much time =). In the Core Team, we use our time and money freedom to build First World Philippines.
smart + busy = the highly paid professionals and small business owners, middle managers and company executives. They sell their exceptional skills and talents and time. They have too much money but NO time freedom.
stupid + busy = the labor force, the ones working hard to earn a living. Trading time for money. They have NO Time and NO Money Freedom. if their boss is not around they are busy with their facebook. they are mesmerized by their titles, positions, credentials, steady paychecks, perks and bonuses. They never realized that they are in the rat race or calypso.
stupid + lazy = the bum, the ones who rely on other people for money (e.g. from OFWs). No money but have a lot of time.
NOTE TO READERS: If you are offended by the word "stupid" you may substitute it with the word "not-smart".
NOTE TO READERS: if your cultural wirings are offended by the word "lazy" then you may substitute it with the word "relax". Here is a story why most Filipinos consider "lazy" a bad word:
Popular Philippine Folklore: Stories on Lazy Juan How did Filipinos once thought of themselves in general? A popular folklore will give us a good idea how.
Filipinos, a generation ago, once had a negative folklore going around by word-of-mouth about a general concept of what Filipinos were. Folklores on lazy Juan, or “Juan Tamad,” was said to symbolize the typical Filipino. Stories of lazy Juan went around, especially narrated to kids and young people, hoping that the young generation would be challenged to wake up and determine not to be like lazy Juan.
But some social experts, beginning in the 1960s and 1970s, started challenging the general notions on Filipinos that folklores on lazy Juan produced. They asserted that such folklores did more harm than good, especially to young minds. If something like a negative folklore becomes imbedded in the imagination of the youth, it might produce a lethargic culture among them instead of discourage a similarity to lazy Juan’s lifestyle.
Folklores on lazy Juan are characterized by a lazy lad who uses his native wit to simplify hard work. For instance, instead of going up a guava tree for a ripe guava fruit, he lays down right under the fruit and waits for it to fall off by gravitational pull. To others, folklores on lazy Juan are actually a plus factor for Filipinos; they show their unique indigenous wit. Instead of unnecessarily going through a tedious process of work, why not simplify it whenever possible?
To some, the folklores really shouldn’t be titled “Lazy Juan”, but “Smart Juan.” While others insist the main character, Juan, is more a tricky Juan than a smart one. But the majority seems to favor to have the folklore remain a thing with the old folks; the present crop of young generation hardly knows the folklores on lazy Juan. It’s rarely heard in schools and kids’ conversation. It seems a majority prefer to let it die naturally; unless someone makes a PC or Internet game on it.
Some conjecture that the folklore started with the Spaniards. Some centuries ago they started a campaign to demoralize the brown Indians or “Indios” (native Filipinos) from taking even a fancy at independence and self will. Thus, according to a theory, the conquerors thought of circulating a folklore on the incompetence and laziness of “Indios.”
The folklore on lazy Juan had served its purpose in its own generation. It had made fun in certain ways some undesirable Filipino habits and highlighted in some ways some Filipino ingenuity.
Application of this people theory in this online community:
smart + lazy = they are the creators and administrators of these community.
smart + diligent = they are the contributors of the contents of these website.
not smart + diligent = they are the one with most comments but no plans or capability or mindset of joining the core team. they are the ones who do not understand the house rules and oftentimes got suspended.
not smart + lazy = they are the lurkers. They are educated by the articles here and become smart then one day...
Which type of person are you now and which type of person are you in the future?
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