What Would You Rather Have: an A+ … or The Opportunity to Learn?
The industrial age gave rise to efficiency; standardization; the insane pursuit of perfection (six sigma's famous 3.4 defect parts per million (PPM). Gave rise to compliant workers mindlessly producing, everyday, what they were instructed to do...doing an A+ work. It is similar to rote learning -- the memorization of information based on repetition; doing things over and over again without really and truly learning and understanding the subject on hand... mindlessly getting an A+ grade. Steve Jobs What if you stop being a compliant worker; stop following orders? What if you do the opposite: become self-driven...become hungry and foolish... be…