Being Smart

If you think, being evil is being smart, then I would prefer to be called dumb. This basically sums up my thinking on being smart. In the world we live and work, it has become very imperative to be smart. We hear all the time from colleagues and friends that such a such person is smart and hence they succeeded in being what they are.

Smart people tend to hide their true intentions from their casual colleagues and friends. They keep their ambitions to themselves while working hard to attain them. Being smart does not mean being truthful or innocent at heart,
being smart means doing things which are in one's own interest. Being smart means not highlighting your bad traits, but singings songs about your good traits. Being smart means thinking if an action has any benefit to oneself, before embarking on that action. Just because something is right does not mean it is smart to espouse the right. Being smart means doing things which are in one's self interest. To say that being smart and being selfish have become synonymous these days will not be stretching the truth.

Most of my simple at heart colleague are nowhere in terms of their careers.
On the other hand some smart people that I worked with have advanced a lot in their professional careers. The smart people have ascended the corporate ladder very well. They do not just work hard, they work smart.

What is wrong with Microsoft ?

After killing all competition in Desktop OS and applications market, they are now whining that Google Yahoo alliance will have 90% share of online ad market. What a shame MS and Bill Gates. People who live in glass houses should not throw stones at others.