才华横溢的人往往极其无效，因为他们没有意识到真知灼见本身不是成就。他们不明白，只有借助勤勉而又系统的工作，洞见才能转化为有效性。。
管理者普遍才智较高，富有想象力的不少，知识水平通常也很高，但他们是否有效跟这些东西似乎没有多大关系。
才华横溢的人往往极其无效，因为他们没有意识到 真知灼见本身不是成就 。他们不明白， 只有借助勤勉而又系统的工作，洞见才能转化为有效性 。
相比之下，每个组织都会有一些踏实工作的人做到了很是有效。那些聪明人干得热火朝天，自以为是在发挥“创造力”，而这些踏实工作的人一步一个脚印地干，反而像古老寓言故事里的乌龟那样先到达目的地。
High intelligence is common enough among executives. Imagination is far from rare. The level of knowledge tends to be high. But there seems to be little correlation between a man’s effectiveness and his intelligence, his imagination or his knowledge. Brilliant men are often strikingly ineffectual; they fail to realize that the brilliant insight is not by itself achievement. They never have learned that insights become effectiveness only through hard systematic work. Conversely, in every organization there are some highly effective plodders. While others rush around in the frenzy and busyness which very bright people so often confuse with “creativity,” the plodder puts one foot in front of the other and gets there first, like the tortoise in the old fable.
