This echoes an old quote often misattributed to Bill Gates that suggests that when there’s a tough job to be done, it’s best to look for the laziest workers because they’ll find the easiest way to get it done. It appears that sentiment was first expressed by a Chrysler executive named Clarence Bleicher. He testified before a Senate committee in 1947 and said: “The lazy man will find an easy way to do it. He may not do much, but he will find an easy way to do it….That has been my experience.” That comment has rung so true that it’s survived for a half century and been attributed to a number of
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