Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 13th December 2012
Dilbert//8643, first published fourteen years ago on Thursday 13th December 2012
Tags
work ethic strengths and weakness sharpen skills actual work mentoring
Official transcript
Wally: I don't know if I should focus on my strengths or strengthen my weaknesses. Or should I have a bias for action and not waste time sharpening any of my skills? Boss: Which path gets you to do actual work? Wally: I sense a coldness to your mentoring.
originally published on dilbert.com
Open source transcript
I DON'T KNOW IF I SHOULD FOCUS ON MY STRENGTHS OR STRENGTHEN MY WEAKNESSES.
OR SHOULD I HAVE A BIAS FOR ACTION AND NOT WASTE TIME SHARPENING ANY OF MY SKILLS?
WHICH PATH GETS YOU TO DO ACTUAL WORK?
I SENSE A COLDNESS TO YOUR MENTORING.
collated from github.com/jvarn/dilbert-archive
AI Analysis
Title: "Focus on Strengths or Weaknesses?"
Summary:
The comic strip features Dilbert, a bespectacled office worker, seated at his desk. He is engaged in a conversation with his boss, who is holding a green plant.
- Dilbert's boss asks him to focus on his strengths or weaknesses.
- Dilbert responds by asking which path will lead him to do actual work.
- His boss replies that the coldness of mentoring will guide him to his strengths.
- Dilbert appears skeptical, but the strip ends without resolving the issue.
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