权力

Paul Graham 2017-01-01

权力

2017年1月

那些有权势但缺乏魅力的人往往会被人讨厌。他们的权势使他们成为批评的目标,而他们又没有足够的魅力来化解这些批评。这就是希拉里·克林顿的问题。对于任何更擅长建设而不是应酬的CEO来说,这也往往是个问题。然而,建设型CEO(像希拉里一样)可能是最适合这个职位的人。

我认为这个问题没有任何解决方案。这是人性。我们最多只能认识到这种情况正在发生,并理解成为批评的磁石有时并不表示某人是个错误的人选,反而说明他们是正确的人选。

Pow

January 2017

People who are powerful but uncharismatic will tend to be disliked. Their power makes them a target for criticism that they don’t have the charisma to disarm. That was Hillary Clinton’s problem. It also tends to be a problem for any CEO who is more of a builder than a schmoozer. And yet the builder-type CEO is (like Hillary) probably the best person for the job.

I don’t think there is any solution to this problem. It’s human nature. The best we can do is to recognize that it’s happening, and to understand that being a magnet for criticism is sometimes a sign not that someone is the wrong person for a job, but that they’re the right one.