Water will find its level

This is somewhat related to 'Big Boss Shares' because he mentioned this phrase. I took it to mean that one will end up in a position suited to one's capabilities. I googled this phrase and found this very interesting blog post with the same title.

In his post, the blogger, apparently an officer in the US foreign service, contemplates the concept of promotion in the workplace after he has gone through another appraisal exercise and shares his insights.

Some nuggets of his balanced view and insight:

"...promotions are correlated to actual merit, but certainly not perfectly correlated."

"In my observation, chronic underperformers are those that avoid responsibility and refuse to make consequent decisions... In choosing mediocrity, they cannot be blamed for failure, but they also never have the opportunity to succeed."

"It is not only your right, but your proactive duty to ensure that you can make a contribution commensurate with your capacity."