There are many ways to express that business is about action and not about contemplation. Intelligence by itself can help, when it can prove to be some turbo-fuel to get the engine going. The best evidence comes from changing the perspective: I often wondered and admired people who were by no means kissed by the muse or intellectually attuned, yet both extremely successful in business and ethically immaculate. And the same time, I have met people who in spite of their supreme intelligence were not able to capture their entire potential. At the end, when looking back the road travelled of a succesful venture or project, it always has been a series of actions of not so much doing things right, but rather doing the right things.
In that respect, to avoid “paralysis through analysis, Prof. Zott from the business school Insead, recently during a lecture in Bombay dug out an inspiring poem from William Murray, The Scottisch Himalayan Expedition 1951 - latterally quoting JW v. Goethe
GENIUS
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back.
Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth,
the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves, too.
All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.
A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor
all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance,
which no man could have dreamed would have come his way.
Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, BEGIN IT.
Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. BEGIN IT NOW.
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