Browsing the blog archives for July, 2011

Someplace I Wouldn’t Go – Tunnels

No Comments
Egypt, Trips

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Prussian Officer Categories

No Comments
Sayings, Wisdom I Have Learned

Helmuth Karl Bernhard Graf[1] von Moltke is credited with dividing the Prussian Army Officer Corp into four categories: the industrious and smart, the lazy and smart, the industrious and dumb and the lazy and dumb. His recommendations for how any officer should be used were: industrious and smart make good staff officers; industrious and lazy make good commanders; lazy and dumb make good field officers; industrious and dumb are dangerous, get rid of them. Think of persons you work with in your job, your club or your church. Do these categories help in figuring whether they are being well-used for their abilities?