Knowledge makes up for any lack of ambition. However, no amount of ambition can make up for a lack of knowledge. I will now prove my claim using, among other tools, The Peter Principle.

The Peter Principle is about rising, in your workplace, to your highest incompetence level. I read that The Peter Principle is our military model. Having not served, I cannot verify that reference. However, I do know The Peter Principle currently guides corporate America.

Under Peter Principle influence, knowledgeable associates subverted by more ambitious coworkers are not heard, which ruins American productivity. Personally, I think America elected President Trump in defiance of The Peter Principle and decades of ambitious abuses. Anyway…

I think corporate ambition means incompetence, inefficiency, opportunism, and survivalist behavior. I’ve seen, first hand, how The Peter Principle negatively affects team morale. However, I also believe we are (gratefully) headed back to a corporate business structure that is merit-based.

Merit is our reward for competence, which is the space where knowledgeable people work. To me, knowledge means competence and efficiency, personal responsibility, and team-building skill. Knowledge, therefore, requires a virtuous goal. Corporate ambition’s only requirement is selfishness.

We were taught to believe ambition, “desire and determination to achieve success”, is a good quality. However, from my experience, I find that definition does not apply to corporate workers. My expanded ambition definition for them is (a/the) “desire and determination to achieve success by sticking your nose up your bosses’ shaded recess to distract them from noticing you’re a useless idiot who promises more than you can ever possibly deliver.”

I made myself laugh, but only because I’m not in the rat-race. I never felt the need to climb over or step on anyone else to get a dollar or a fleeting feeling of security. Hence, I chose to teach the game of golf.

You see, ambitious corporate people have no use for knowledge-based enterprises, because there is no short-cut. Acquiring knowledge takes time and a different kind of ambition. Knowledge rules where corporate ambition starves, because resources ultimately flow to secure knowledge. Why? Because correct answers have no good alternatives.

Likewise, I have no competition for answering golf’s most important questions. Consequently, YOU have no alternative for truth, which is both a happy and sad. But, take heart. My mission is educating your golf swing. Open Stance research completed my golf swing education. I’ll help complete yours’.

My goal here is to guide you to a better golf game. Therefore, I resolve to assist your self-directed golf improvement by providing analogies, corollaries, and every correct answer. Here is your first step….

Open your stance, and play golf.

John Wright – Founder
The Open Stance Academy