Comments on: The Magic of the Dumb Guy Principle http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/ Productivity for Entrepreneurs, GTD Thu, 17 Dec 2009 07:03:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Trish http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/comment-page-1/#comment-19408 Trish Sun, 17 Feb 2008 02:40:35 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/#comment-19408 Wow! I never heard of anyone else using this before! I tell myself this all the time, seeing as I'm a 3rd year undergrad, and hopefully pre-med. "There are doctors out there who are less intelligent than I am. If dumber people have done it, why can't I?" Weird, but it works! :) Wow! I never heard of anyone else using this before! I tell myself this all the time, seeing as I’m a 3rd year undergrad, and hopefully pre-med.

“There are doctors out there who are less intelligent than I am. If dumber people have done it, why can’t I?”

Weird, but it works! :)

]]> By: David Bradley http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/comment-page-1/#comment-19223 David Bradley Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:20:29 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/#comment-19223 I know where you're coming from, but think about it...that "dumb" guy is cleverer than you at wielding the hexagonal wrench and putting IKEA furniture together. It's horses for courses ain't it? db I know where you’re coming from, but think about it…that “dumb” guy is cleverer than you at wielding the hexagonal wrench and putting IKEA furniture together. It’s horses for courses ain’t it?

db

]]> By: chris http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/comment-page-1/#comment-19214 chris Tue, 29 Jan 2008 15:52:22 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/#comment-19214 I know that exact same feeling about the ikea furniture, lol. I know that exact same feeling about the ikea furniture, lol.

]]> By: Mike Vardy http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/comment-page-1/#comment-19184 Mike Vardy Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:03:41 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/#comment-19184 Being the dumb guy definitely has its advantages - but the advantages jump exponentially if you ACT like the dumb guy. Rarely, if ever, if you are perceived as the dumbest person in the workplace are you given tasks that require a ton of effort. More often than not, you're left to toil on the mundane - which you've gotten so down pat that you've managed to stretch it through the day and have a ton of leisure time at work as a result. Incidentally, I always buy the "as-is" stuff from Ikea. No assembly required. I can' t read polygonal instructions, which is what new Ikea product seems to come with. Even the tea lights require that wrench! Being the dumb guy definitely has its advantages – but the advantages jump exponentially if you ACT like the dumb guy. Rarely, if ever, if you are perceived as the dumbest person in the workplace are you given tasks that require a ton of effort. More often than not, you’re left to toil on the mundane – which you’ve gotten so down pat that you’ve managed to stretch it through the day and have a ton of leisure time at work as a result.

Incidentally, I always buy the “as-is” stuff from Ikea. No assembly required. I can’ t read polygonal instructions, which is what new Ikea product seems to come with. Even the tea lights require that wrench!

]]> By: lpdbw http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/comment-page-1/#comment-19182 lpdbw Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:19:56 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/#comment-19182 Taking up the guitar at 39 years old, I thought: "Stupid 16 year olds can learn this. I can too." Taking up the guitar at 39 years old, I thought: “Stupid 16 year olds can learn this. I can too.”

]]> By: Chris http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/comment-page-1/#comment-19176 Chris Thu, 24 Jan 2008 02:04:38 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/#comment-19176 http://www.thesixtyone.com/profile/#/jonathancoulton/collection/collection_item/4912/?autoplay_song http://www.thesixtyone.com/profile/#/jonathancoulton/collection/collection_item/4912/?autoplay_song

]]> By: Marina @ Sufficient Thrust http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/comment-page-1/#comment-19174 Marina @ Sufficient Thrust Thu, 24 Jan 2008 00:34:45 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/#comment-19174 The Dumb Guy Principle is essentially how I learned to drive. I moved to Los Angeles a year after getting my driver's license and was petrified of merging onto the 101 or the 5. Then I took a deep breath and said, "There are lots of STUPID people who merge everyday, so you can do it, too!" -- and I did. Years later I don't bat an eye at any highway situation. The Dumb Guy Principle is essentially how I learned to drive. I moved to Los Angeles a year after getting my driver’s license and was petrified of merging onto the 101 or the 5. Then I took a deep breath and said, “There are lots of STUPID people who merge everyday, so you can do it, too!” — and I did. Years later I don’t bat an eye at any highway situation.

]]> By: Jennifer http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/comment-page-1/#comment-19171 Jennifer Wed, 23 Jan 2008 14:13:12 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/#comment-19171 Wait, you mean there's someone dumber than me? Wait, you mean there’s someone dumber than me?

]]> By: Elaine http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/comment-page-1/#comment-19170 Elaine Wed, 23 Jan 2008 13:42:24 +0000 http://blog.crankingwidgets.com/2008/01/23/dumb-guy-principle/#comment-19170 I do something similar: being possessed of a low frustration tolerance, it helps a lot to get me through those tedious tasks I must do. I do something similar: being possessed of a low frustration tolerance, it helps a lot to get me through those tedious tasks I must do.

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