Comments on: Striving to be the Dumbest Person in the Room http://shawnvandyke.com/striving-to-be-the-dumbest-person-in-the-room/ unintended entrepreneur Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:32:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Kris Tengberg http://shawnvandyke.com/striving-to-be-the-dumbest-person-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-31 Kris Tengberg Fri, 14 Aug 2009 12:32:00 +0000 http://shawnvandyke.com/?p=66#comment-31 Hello Shawn, Sounds like I'm not the only one who has benefitted greatly from the "2 ears 1 mouth" principle. Since I started listening twice as much as I talked, I have learned so much more...Thanks for your insight! Hello Shawn,

Sounds like I’m not the only one who has benefitted greatly from the “2 ears 1 mouth” principle. Since I started listening twice as much as I talked, I have learned so much more…Thanks for your insight!

]]> By: Jeremy Floyd http://shawnvandyke.com/striving-to-be-the-dumbest-person-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-10 Jeremy Floyd Wed, 20 May 2009 20:04:50 +0000 http://shawnvandyke.com/?p=66#comment-10 You're not dumb. You're special. Seriously though. the amazing craftsmanship of this world forms a rich mosaic of thinkers, doers, dozers, innovators, etc. The trick is to be yourself in the mosaic and be the best damn bricklayer (if that is your piece in the world at that time). So, be dumb and get it done. ;) You’re not dumb. You’re special.

Seriously though. the amazing craftsmanship of this world forms a rich mosaic of thinkers, doers, dozers, innovators, etc. The trick is to be yourself in the mosaic and be the best damn bricklayer (if that is your piece in the world at that time). So, be dumb and get it done. ;)

]]> By: Jeff Prickett http://shawnvandyke.com/striving-to-be-the-dumbest-person-in-the-room/comment-page-1/#comment-4 Jeff Prickett Mon, 27 Apr 2009 04:50:42 +0000 http://shawnvandyke.com/?p=66#comment-4 There is a right way and a wrong way to be the dumbest person in the room. The right way is to ask a question or make a statement that shows you understand the problem. The wrong way is to ask a question or make a statement that shows you do not even accurately understand the question. Pretty much any conversation on a complicated real world business problem that lasts more than 5 minutes, it is already understood that we don't actually have the correct answer. Most business discussions should be framed up from the perspective that we are not actually even looking for "THE RIGHT ANSWER", but rather the answer that best fits us from an ever growing and dizzying array of available solutions. There is a right way and a wrong way to be the dumbest person in the room. The right way is to ask a question or make a statement that shows you understand the problem. The wrong way is to ask a question or make a statement that shows you do not even accurately understand the question.

Pretty much any conversation on a complicated real world business problem that lasts more than 5 minutes, it is already understood that we don’t actually have the correct answer. Most business discussions should be framed up from the perspective that we are not actually even looking for “THE RIGHT ANSWER”, but rather the answer that best fits us from an ever growing and dizzying array of available solutions.

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