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Re: The Dangers of Being Right (a lot)
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Originally Posted by Joe Ross View Post
One of our engineers teaches a class on systems engineering to local teams. He always asks the question "How many people are the smartest person on the planet".
I used to use a similar line with some of the research and technology groups with which I worked. I would ask them "how many of you are the smartest people in your field?" Invariably, about half the hands in the room would go up.

Until the day when one particularly bright bulb in the back of the room looked around at all the raised hands, and responded "I don't know about being the smartest person in my field, but I am dang sure I am the smartest person in this room!"

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