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Knowledge Is (Not) Power

by Rick Baker
On Aug 3, 2010
For some time I have had a pet peeve with that saying, “Knowledge is Power”.
 
At best, knowledge is potential power.
 
I know the purist philosopher-types can opine here: an expanse of knowledge will provide the terrain for enlightenment and enlightenment will set you free. And, is or is not enlightened freedom nothing other than pure power?
 
But, in business, we have to combine some skilled action with our knowledge.
 
And, to oversee that skilled action, we have to blend in thinkingthinking ahead – let’s call that planning.
 
Of knowledge and thought, thought is more closely linked to power.
 
So Thought is Power is closer to fact.
 
However, in business, thought on its own isn’t of much value.
 
Skilled action is required.
 
 
Thought, when coupled with specialized knowledge and skilled action, is power.

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Beyond Business

Sales Tweet #12

by Rick Baker
On Aug 3, 2010
Sales Tweet #12 Ernest Seller gets no respect. When he tried to role play, his sales training class asked for a new actor.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
Ernest Seller really stands out in class. He has stood out in class since his first days of pre-school. He has this annoying sense of humour that regularly gets him into trouble. He is convinced he knows very, very much and he does not possess even one ounce of shyness. He gets a little carried away in class. So, throughout his school days Ernest rubbed his teachers and his classmates the wrong way. Now, even though he is a man of about 40 years of age, he still rubs people the wrong way whenever he gets into those sales training sessions.

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