Today's Quote: “Ing state” vs. “Ed state”

 “Back in 2000, I worked with Tim Koogle, former CEO of Yahoo! and, before that, an executive at Motorola (...). Koogle taught me many significant lessons, including the value of being a person of action. He used to say that we should be wary of people who live in the “ing” state, people who are always studying, thinking, meeting, or talking. In his view, such people were a waste of time and energy. 

Instead, he encouraged us to seek out partners who lived in the “ed state”: people who have executed, completed, and acted. The most effective business partners do their best to fulfill their intentions.”

Tim Sanders, Saving the World at Work