[JadeNB]

> There was a saying: If you want something important to be done, give it to the busiest person, not to a person who is free.

> The busy people tend to be more efficient and organized. You do not need to explain them what to do -- they can figure out themselves.

Sounds like a great recipe for burning out your highest performers.

[cjbgkagh]

Also people look busy for all the wrong reasons. It’s a ridiculous rule of thumb. Like the ‘he did $1M of damage on his first day, why fire him, I spent $1M’ training him’. The odds are the new hire is a fool who will repeatedly make costly mistakes.