{"id":39,"date":"2006-12-05T14:54:37","date_gmt":"2006-12-05T18:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jrtwine.com\/blog\/?p=39"},"modified":"2008-03-31T20:07:49","modified_gmt":"2008-04-01T00:07:49","slug":"just-not-getting-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jrtwine.com\/blog\/just-not-getting-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Just not getting it…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I came across a poster some time ago (I think on \/.<\/strong>) that had an interesting signature. It read something along the lines of:<\/p>\n

When someone says: Lead, follow or get out of the way<\/em>, get in the way<\/strong>!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I remember thinking at the time that the poster could likely use some more experience in the real world<\/em> and that (s)he suffered from a fundamental misunderstanding of how the world works. I was thinking that if you are ever in the above situation where something important is going on, or there is an emergency, getting in the way<\/em> is the absolute last thing<\/strong> that you should do. I felt that situations like that are perfect times to apply the Universal Assumption<\/em><\/strong> – assume that they know something that you do not<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Now, it is a year or so later, and I have concluded… That I was exactly right. There is no reason why anyone in their right mind, when faced with a Lead, follow or get out of the way<\/em> scenario, would assume that becoming an impediment would be the right thing to do. <\/p>\n

Now, there are times when you should get in the way<\/em>. But the prerequisite for that is actually knowing what is going on, knowing a better solution, and having a means to implement the solution. Otherwise, getting in the way<\/em> is a sure way to get knocked on your ass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I came across a poster some time ago (I think on \/.) that had an interesting signature. It read something along the lines of: When someone says: Lead, follow or get out of the way, get in the way! I remember thinking at the time that the poster could likely use some more experience in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rants"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t