Choose: Thinker, Smarty, HardWorker

[TÐöer]

Humans are just like ants. We are all born the same, but as we grow up we develop an assortment of roles that helps build our society. We can't all be Doctors, Teachers, Hunters, Builders that simply would not work. Instead we somehow think differently and have different preferences.

One big difference, is you can either be inclined to be a Thinker, Smart Person, or a Hard Worker. Each have their own method of living. Which are you?

Thinker - You throw away the books, find yourself lost in intense thoughts most of the time. You may be slow, but your answers are sound.

You make good advisers to hasty leaders, and is just moderate as a leader. You are always undecided, since truth evolves in your mind.

Smarty - You are gifted, answers and ideas come on the fly.

You make good leaders with your confidence and charisma, but tend to make over confident mistakes. But you tend to be able to bounce back up, and make it seem like it's your master plan all along.

Hardworker - Everybody loves you. You are able to fit in to any style of leadership. You are able to understand and perform what is required of you. Most of your answers tends to be from books and other sources.

You are a good follower. But the problem is you need leadership, without it you will wonder around aimlessly. You do not have difficulty making decisions, you just don't make them.

This method of categorizing was created by me (TheDoer). Feedback appreciated.

[TÐöer]

Disclaimer, there is no Right or Wrong role. We need all of the above. Just that we should identify each others strength and weaknesses.

So that we may acheive synergy and be senstive to our fellow humans.

- A group without a smarty will stay lost in a jungle for a long time.
- A group with too many smarties and thinkers but no hardworkers, will have more arguments than work done.
- A group without a thinker, will have a questionable ultimate goal.
- A group who identifies a thinker as a worker will end up isolating the thinker.
- A group which forces the hardworker to be the leader, will have him blow up at you.
- A group with only hardworkers will stay lost in a jungle forever.

There are more combos the list is endless. The bottom line is we need everybody, and to identify strengths and weaknesses accurately.

[youngmoigle]

I'm lazy.

[Charbuque]

I'm one-third of each. Do I win a prize? :D

[GUDLUSS]

Damn, the only hardworker here. Lazy hardworker at that...

[TÐöer]

I'm lazy.
heheh, in that case, if you're not dead weight then you're either a thinker or a smarty.

I'm one-third of each. Do I win a prize?
No, only if you are 100% of all of the above. Then we'd hail you as son of God.
Which God? you choose.

Damn, the only hardworker here. Lazy hardworker at that...
We need hardworkers lazy or otherwise. :p

[TÐöer]

Argh... sorry I think this topic belongs to the off topic Forum.

it's as I guessed most atheist are probably thinkers or smart people.

[SchizoDeluxe]

I'm a bit of a thinker and hard worker, I'm a supervisor where I work but I prefer to bounce ideas off other supervisors. In other words, I don't want all the responsibility :D But I do tend to be the one who knows what's going on most of the time but I play that down to other people just not giving a shit.

[TÐöer]

Schizo, you sound to me like a thinker. Your attitude towards avoiding conflict and bouncing ideas off people, sounds like you have thought this through. If you were a smarty, you'd probably insist on taking the reigns yourself, without thinking.

You're a hardworker because you are conforming, a thinker is only useful, if his ideas are valued. Otherwise you're best to be seen as a hardworker by others.

Ideas derived from a thinker are not immediately obvious to others, that is why it may seem outrages at first and best to lead others to the conclusion themselves by questioning.

Thinkers who do not conform, grow mad and die young :P

For myself, I have come accross situations whereby the entire direction of the project seems questionable and I start to wonder whether I should burst the bubble, cause and uproar or just go with the flow and accept mediocracy

[TÐöer]

Well, of course we could all be a combination of several personalities. But we tend to be towards 1 more than the others.

To differentiate thinkers from hardworkers; a hardworker is someone who honestly does not have an oppinion, they await your every instruction. They strive on being obedient and able to suit under any style of leadership.

A smarty is outspoken, a thinker usually feels his ideas are best left to oneself (of course there are exceptions of hot headed thinkers), while a hardworker given the floor and an earnest audience would simply not have any oppinions (only then will they start to think if force to formulate ideas).

If given a task to break a hundred pencils. The hardworker would have almost finished the lot, while the smarty leisurely breaks half way through using an efficient method he developed, whereas the thinker has broken only several, while left pondering, why are we breaking pencils anyway? What is the BEST way to do this?

[SchizoDeluxe]

I considered that maybe I'm just a hard worker but it's just not true the more I think about it. Generally I do tend to come up with most of the ideas at work and I always spot obvious problems that other people seem oblivious to. And I have no problem telling people if they are wrong, in fact it's almost necessary in most cases so avoiding conflict isn't an issue for me, not wanting all the responsibility is sort of a half joke, you kinda have to know where I work to know what I'm talking about and believe me if you know, you'll agree ;) So with that respect, I can only put myself in between those two things - hardworker and thinker, because I do both.

[eclectic]

- A group who identifies a thinker as a worker will end up isolating the thinker.
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I'm a thinker in a non-thinking job. I hate my job. But then I hate having a job at all... part laziness, part fear-of-responsibility. (I feel under-utilised as a shit-kicker for others, but I don't want to be in charge of anything either). I would ideally be a (very highly paid) arts student for the rest of my days. Unfortunately I'm marrying a fellow thinker so I can't get him to fund me. Maybe relationships should all have a hardworker in them?