"Smart, young, artistic people are always asking me which is a better career path, “Creativity” or “Money”. I always answer that it doesn’t matter. What matters is “Effective” and/or “Ineffective”."
Perfectly said. Every time I've ever tried to express the sentiment, people look at me like I'm an asshole alien who just slazered on their parade, particularly and most heart breakingly in the world of non-profits.
Again and again, I've seen good people do projects by the book that'd been written years earlier, wasting time, money and energy and ultimately hurting the communities they wanted to see served.
Perfectly said. Every time I've ever tried to express the sentiment, people look at me like I'm an asshole alien who just slazered on their parade, particularly and most heart breakingly in the world of non-profits.
Again and again, I've seen good people do projects by the book that'd been written years earlier, wasting time, money and energy and ultimately hurting the communities they wanted to see served.