Originally Posted by Zen Scanner
Originally Posted by HowlerKarma
Zen Scanner, your approach is the precise one that my DD seems to have used from birth. It was downright eerie to have a 4yo summing up (correctly) the M.O. and inner motivations of adults around her.

She knows people-- and WOW, does she ever have leadership potential-- but she spends at least 90% of her time studying PEOPLE/SYSTEMS, not the topic at hand.

I'm going to venture to guess that if she finds herself in a leadership position that making marginal and intractable decisions will also be her greatest challenge. "Do I layoff person A or person B?" is the stuff of nightmares. I admire (and am a bit afraid of) leaders who can make snap decisions with only 60% confidence.

Sometimes the goal is to make a decision, not to make the correct decision.

Just flip a coin and move on.