On the truth and shades of grey...

Quote for the Day: Monday, July 23rd, 2007

"Offering people an A/not-A choice is often useful as a way to find out what they're really thinking. The world is rarely pure black or pure white but it's also rarely a perfect 18% grey. People often use shades-of-grey arguments as a way to deflect facts which might refute their thesis. The humorist Steven Potter wrote that if you were ever pressed to offer an opinion on events in a foreign country, you could always answer, "Yes, but not in the south." Fools see all situations as simple, average minds see all situations as complicated. It takes a truly wise man to see simplicity where all others see complexity, and for doing so, he is often pilloried as an idiot by the average minds of his own time."

Colin Kingsbury, What Motivates Gen Y

File under: Colin Kingsbury, Gen Y, RecruitingBlogs.com

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