No doubt you’ve heard this before:
“Small people talk about other people. Average people talk about things. Great people talk about ideas.”
Think about some of the people you know. Family, clients, colleagues. I’ll bet you find this observation to be remarkably accurate.
On a similar note, a flight attendant recently related her observations about what passengers in different sections of the plane did with their time.
She said that passengers in economy class tended to watch TV or movies.
In business class, most passengers did work–reviewing and writing documents, writing emails, reading reports, making notes.
What do you suppose she said about passengers in first class? What do the preponderance do with their time?
If you said “reading books” you’re right.
Learning new ideas. Improving their knowledge and skills.
Although not scientific by any means, her observations make sense. Because, as know, “success leaves clues”.
