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Dilbert cartoon first published on Thursday 13th December 2012

Dilbert//8643, first published fourteen years ago on Thursday 13th December 2012


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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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