Friday, February 22, 2008

Friday Deep Thoughts...

I taken decades of flack because of my SF viewing habits. But if you want to understand something about leadership, study these Seven Habits of Highly Effective Spaceship Captains:
1. The Prime Directive is just a suggestion. Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the Enterprise wasn't as swashbuckling as he predecessor Captain James T. Kirk, simply because he actually wrestled with breaking the Prime Directive instead of ignoring it entirely. The Prime Directive states that humans shouldn't involve themselves in the affairs of less developed planets, for fear of messing up their cultures with ultra-advanced tech. While Picard often considers the importance of the Prime Directive in his decision-making, he refuses to be bound by it. Lesson learned? Rules are made to be broken. [More stellar advice]
Live long and prosper.

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