Who Has Greater Insight - the Academic Thinker or the Entrepreneur Doer?

The professors and instructors at the top colleges and universities in the United States and throughout the world are to be held in high esteem for they educate the next generation that will be leading this great nation and the world. Not only does the public hold professors in high esteem, but luckily they also hold themselves in high esteem, which gives him the confidence to stand in front of students and teach.

Entrepreneurs are always quick to criticize academic professors because they often say with much disdain; "Those That Can't Teach!" This is the entrepreneurs way of saying; "We Are the Ones That Built Everything You See Everywhere You Go Including The University Itself, Not the Academics." Indeed, both could be said to have good points and both are needed. The professors are needed to ensure that our population is educated and the entrepreneurs are needed to provide jobs, the economy and deliver the desires and wishes to the consumers and citizens.

The truth is we cannot have a civilization without them both. You cannot have Utopia until someone builds it and you probably cannot dream of a Utopia until someone thinks about it. Who has the greater insight; The academic thinker or the entrepreneur doer?

In Phil Dusenberry's book; "One Great Insight Is Worth a Thousand Good Ideas," the title itself seems to indicate that without great insight all the ideas in the world do not matter. So the true issue here is who has the best insight? Entrepreneurs know how to get things done and they learn by actually doing it rather than reading about it in someone else's book. When you read about something in a book you have secondhand knowledge and not firsthand knowledge of the situation.

Academics often believe that they are well-educated and smart and have better insight due to the time they spend sitting around thinking and philosophizing on various issues and concepts. What most people do not realize is that entrepreneurs have to do this and they have to do it breakneck speed to survive in the marketplace. They have to think fast and on their feet and get the job done. The doers do not simply go home at the end of the day and stop thinking, as their minds are running 1,000,000 miles an second all the time.

Thus again I ask the question to which I already know the answer, but perhaps you can figure it out for yourself if you are an academic. Who do you really think has the best insight? I certainly hope this article is of interest and that is has propelled thought. The goal is simple, to help you in your quest to be the best in 2007. I thank you for reading my many articles on diverse subjects, which interest you.

"Lance Winslow" - If you have innovative thoughts and unique perspectives, come think with Lance; http://www.WorldThinkTank.net/ . Lance is a guest writer for Our Spokane Magazine in Spokane, Washington Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Lance_Winslow