Hey you, get off the fence.

The most annoying part about being in class in the other people. The second most annoying kind of person is the one who shows up ready to impart his wisdom to his classmates, but most of it is wrong, outdated or shortsighted. The most annoying person though is the fence sitter.

This person is the guy who doesn't want to commit. A question was posed in classed today, pick between two convention displays and defend your choice. More than one person answered that they could see how both displays are good. Yes, thank you for pointing out that the professor is not an idiot and chose two displays were both could be the right answer. Idiot.

Let me put it another way. This is the guy who when you ask if he would like pizza or hot dogs, he'll suggest getting a little bit of both. Blue or Red? How about purple? Male or female? Though he would prefer female, he could see how he could swing either way.

I think if you're passionate about what you do, your life, your career and your company, whatever, you won't be a fence sitter. You'll make a choice and stick to it. You might be wrong, but at least you believed in your choice. The ability to commit and execute that decision is what matters. Do try to be agreeable with everyone, don't go with the decision of the group. Take a stand, argue your point. You might be sitting on a brilliant idea and never have it see the light of day because you're on the fence.

At least the guy who's ready to impart his bad wisdom actually believes in what he's saying.