Effective vs. Efficient: Psychoscope, July 25th, 2019
I have just run into a twit by Shane Parrish @farnamstreet Outcome over Ego Effective over Efficient Doing over Watching The intention of the twit, as I understand, is the idea that one should be favored over the other. "Outcome over Ego" - no doubt: ego is the enemy of the outcome, it can sabotage the outcome. "Doing over Watching" - spot on. However, "Effective over Efficient" - I would argue with that. If I interpret it correctly being 'effective' means in this context, being driven by the outcome, or by the effect/result you create. Being 'Efficient' is about the process: how quickly or effortlessly you get to the results...If that is the meaning of this, I have a problem with it, because this implies that the process can be sacrificed in favor of the result. Let's take some noble cause, such as World Peace, for example, and let's say that's the effect or the result we want to get. Should we really value t