Thinkers vs Doers

[Davidvictorson]

In today’s economy, are you a thinker or a doer? Which one is needed to survive the world?

This is kind of confusing.
One can be both. One can conceptualize the idea and both implement it or if they don't have the hands on skill, they can collaborate with those who have the technical know how. And it today's world which thrives through collaboration, you rarely have a one-man team. The team would usually be made up of people with different technical skills to make up for the weakness of the other team members. So, economically for a country, stronger economies are made up of both types of people which the op mentioned and they are able to leverage on their strengths but in weaker economy even though they may have something similar, it is usually not properly leveraged on.

[jostorres]

I think a lot before doing it but once I started doing it, there is no coming back. It might look like a movie dialogue possibly but this is how I do it, so not sure I will fit in as a thinker or a doer.

One can be anything but they need to act, just thinking alone or doing everything that happens to be on their mind without doing the analysis, both are wrong that can lead to the destruction of a career on most occasions.

As long as you actually do it, then you are a doer, if you just think but never do then you are a thinker. A thinker is someone who doesn't actually do something, he just thinks about doing it and that's how they become a thinker.

A doer however does things and actually accomplishes things and that's why they are a doer. Just because you do things, doesn't mean you never think about them, of course you think beforehand, it's all on the execution that changes things and if you can do then you are fine. I find myself a doer in the recent years, but that doesn't mean I just do things without thinking about them beforehand.

[Miles2006]

Both thinkers and doers are necessary as they cannot work without needing each other, it’s obvious before carrying out an action you must first think, make analysis whatever the outcome might be afterwards carry out the mission. We can all agree both are the best although thinkers who don’t have the necessary tools to create this idea into reality might as well need help.
This got me thinking about early scientist discovery, many scientists had the thought and vision about a specific invention but, couldn’t prove the actual point by carrying out an experiment. Definitely an idea without a prove is baseless, other scientists who invented a solid prove experimentally took all the glory reason why it’s important to always carry out actions when necessary mostly in a society of this kind.

[Mr_Brilliant$]

To survive and grow in today's world people need the both qualities  because thinking without showing working can lead to hesitation while action without thinking can lead to failure, this two qualities can't do without each other. Do you know why I say so, because without having a clear understanding of a situation you can't act with confidence. So to survive in this economy one need to be a smart doer and also be strong enough to take action when chances comes.

You’re right, thinking alone will just keep you stuck in your head, overanalyzing everything till you miss the moment..  But jumping into action without direction? that one can humble you very fast 

It is really about balance… knowing when to pause and understand what is going on, and also knowing when to stop thinking and just make the move. Because opportunities do not wait forever..

And also being a smart doer like you said is a good one… not just having plans, but actually executing them when it matters.

[Ryu_Ar1]

To survive and grow in today's world people need the both qualities  because thinking without showing working can lead to hesitation while action without thinking can lead to failure, this two qualities can't do without each other. Do you know why I say so, because without having a clear understanding of a situation you can't act with confidence. So to survive in this economy one need to be a smart doer and also be strong enough to take action when chances comes.

You’re right, thinking alone will just keep you stuck in your head, overanalyzing everything till you miss the moment..  But jumping into action without direction? that one can humble you very fast  

It is really about balance… knowing when to pause and understand what is going on, and also knowing when to stop thinking and just make the move. Because opportunities do not wait forever..

Because when we only think we will not have action as doers and only dwell on theory so that the results will not be maximized and maybe even will not develop because we are only too focused on the thoughts we do but do not try to try (become doers).
This will not be effective because apart from the theory we have, we must also have experience to make us more directed and evaluate what we have thought, planned and the treatment we have done.

Balance (between thinkers and doers) is very important and this is what we must do because when we only try to improve one side and ignore the other it will not make us successful in anything especially when our goal is to improve the economic conditions we have now.

[aylabadia05]

Leaders vs Followers, Introverts vs Extroverts.

In today’s economy, are you a thinker or a doer? Which one is needed to survive the world?

Both are concrete forms of action aimed at addressing life’s challenges, which are becoming increasingly complex and demanding with each passing day.
Relying solely on being a doer will not be enough to face the challenges ahead; positioning oneself as both a doer and a thinker is essential.

Plan, then act. If you can only plan but aren’t capable of taking action, you’ll just be wandering aimlessly.
It’s the same with people who are vocal but lack substance. They have ideas but can’t articulate what they want to convey.

[terrific]

Thinking a lot makes me stressful.
I'd do what I have been thinking and that's only for my sake and to make it happen, I need to do be a doer.
There are people who like to be the doer of their words and thoughts rather than remain the mastermind of something without any application.
Execution means that you're serious with your plans and you'll need to pass it on to the doers if you're a thinker.
But if you're both of them, and making things happen then that's a good thing for yourself as it's an advantage.

[abhiseshakana]

Thinking a lot makes me stressful.
I'd do what I have been thinking and that's only for my sake and to make it happen, I need to do be a doer.
There are people who like to be the doer of their words and thoughts rather than remain the mastermind of something without any application.
Execution means that you're serious with your plans and you'll need to pass it on to the doers if you're a thinker.
But if you're both of them, and making things happen then that's a good thing for yourself as it's an advantage.

Thinker produce concept and doers produce result. Planning, direction, risk analysis, situational projection, and strong foundation which prepared by Thinker will be execute by doers with concrete actions, not only talk but make it happen. But both needs a foundation which will support their role and it calls integrity, withou it smart promisable concept or perfect execution will be useless. Today worlds needs thinker that thinks correctly and doers which act realistically and keep their honesty during its process. A thinker without execution will only stops at the concept and a doer without direction will moves aimlessly.

In Indonesia there are a self development concept that identifies a person's dominant intelligence based on the strongest brain hemisphere through fingerprint scanning named STIFIn. Based on their research, STIFIn stands for 5 Intelligence Engines: Sensing, Thinking, Intuiting, Feeling, and Instinct and from their explanation everyone actually has a natural role, not just choosing to be a thinker or a doer.

https://stifin.com/

[beerlover]

In today’s economy, are you a thinker or a doer? Which one is needed to survive the world?

This is kind of confusing.
One can be both. One can conceptualize the idea and both implement it or if they don't have the hands on skill, they can collaborate with those who have the technical know how. And it today's world which thrives through collaboration, you rarely have a one-man team. The team would usually be made up of people with different technical skills to make up for the weakness of the other team members. So, economically for a country, stronger economies are made up of both types of people which the op mentioned and they are able to leverage on their strengths but in weaker economy even though they may have something similar, it is usually not properly leveraged on.

If they lack funding, and they lack the skills, and they lack the managerial skills, then what are they bringing aside from just an idea? Sure they can collaborate with people who can, but they would have to pay up. The days of "I have an idea, you do it and we share it fifty fifty" is gone, people do not accept that.

If you must, learn AI and use that to make it happen, otherwise nobody will work for you for free while you do absolutely nothing during their time and effort and hard work just to build something for you to own half. That used to work, like a decade or more ago, but nowadays people will just tell you to go find free labour somewhere else. AI could help you with that though, if you know how to use it.

[I_Anime]

Leaders vs Followers, Introverts vs Extroverts.

There are many kinds of personalities in the world. Some characters may even clash due to differences. But if we want to improve economically, we may need to change some parts of ourselves. People believe that the Doers are the ones who win the economic challenge. These are the ones who take the risks and just jump. They’re not afraid of change but rather crave it. They adapt well and they have a wide network.

Thinkers on the other hand are more rational and thinks about everything carefully. They want everything to make sense, be logical, and most of the time be perfect before they even make the step forward.

In today’s economy, are you a thinker or a doer? Which one is needed to survive the world?

Both are actually needed , because you can be a doer without thinking properly first. And you can just be thinking without taken proper actions will literally need both in all aspects of life . Some folks are usually thinker and not doer they only think but won’t take any action , such can literally lead to miss of opportunities,  A lot of folks have had a lot of good ideas but they are finding it difficult to put it to actions.

[barbara44]

Thinking a lot makes me stressful.
I'd do what I have been thinking and that's only for my sake and to make it happen, I need to do be a doer.
There are people who like to be the doer of their words and thoughts rather than remain the mastermind of something without any application.
Execution means that you're serious with your plans and you'll need to pass it on to the doers if you're a thinker.
But if you're both of them, and making things happen then that's a good thing for yourself as it's an advantage.

This is how you improve and get better, it's all about just not stopping. It's constant momentum that makes you grow, if you keep doing more and more, even fi you fail most of them, eventually you will do something that will keep growing and being great and make you money. Hell it's not even about money all the time, if you want to write books and write better and better, you may not sell but you will have better books, or think of anything that may not make money, like fanfic writing or something.

As long as you do not stop and you keep doing what you do, you are going to get a lot better returns for sure. Most people miss that, and they just sit down and think and dream stuff, that's not good enough, and won't get you anywhere.

[terrific]

Thinking a lot makes me stressful.
I'd do what I have been thinking and that's only for my sake and to make it happen, I need to do be a doer.
There are people who like to be the doer of their words and thoughts rather than remain the mastermind of something without any application.
Execution means that you're serious with your plans and you'll need to pass it on to the doers if you're a thinker.
But if you're both of them, and making things happen then that's a good thing for yourself as it's an advantage.

Thinker produce concept and doers produce result. Planning, direction, risk analysis, situational projection, and strong foundation which prepared by Thinker will be execute by doers with concrete actions, not only talk but make it happen. But both needs a foundation which will support their role and it calls integrity, withou it smart promisable concept or perfect execution will be useless. Today worlds needs thinker that thinks correctly and doers which act realistically and keep their honesty during its process. A thinker without execution will only stops at the concept and a doer without direction will moves aimlessly.

In Indonesia there are a self development concept that identifies a person's dominant intelligence based on the strongest brain hemisphere through fingerprint scanning named STIFIn. Based on their research, STIFIn stands for 5 Intelligence Engines: Sensing, Thinking, Intuiting, Feeling, and Instinct and from their explanation everyone actually has a natural role, not just choosing to be a thinker or a doer.

https://stifin.com/

That's an interesting technology that's able to identify if someone is too intelligent, average or what not.
But that also can change over the period of time if the person scanned there have changed as well and learned more things.

Thinking a lot makes me stressful.
I'd do what I have been thinking and that's only for my sake and to make it happen, I need to do be a doer.
There are people who like to be the doer of their words and thoughts rather than remain the mastermind of something without any application.
Execution means that you're serious with your plans and you'll need to pass it on to the doers if you're a thinker.
But if you're both of them, and making things happen then that's a good thing for yourself as it's an advantage.

This is how you improve and get better, it's all about just not stopping. It's constant momentum that makes you grow, if you keep doing more and more, even fi you fail most of them, eventually you will do something that will keep growing and being great and make you money. Hell it's not even about money all the time, if you want to write books and write better and better, you may not sell but you will have better books, or think of anything that may not make money, like fanfic writing or something.

As long as you do not stop and you keep doing what you do, you are going to get a lot better returns for sure. Most people miss that, and they just sit down and think and dream stuff, that's not good enough, and won't get you anywhere.

As they say, winners doesn't quit. Losers quit.
And that is the reason why the real winners never have the word quit in their vocabularies despite that they've lost a lot of times.
Doers or thinkers, if you are focusing and aiming for one thing and that's your greatness and success, you never stop chasing it.

[UmerIdrees]

As long as you actually do it, then you are a doer, if you just think but never do then you are a thinker. A thinker is someone who doesn't actually do something, he just thinks about doing it and that's how they become a thinker.

A doer however does things and actually accomplishes things and that's why they are a doer. Just because you do things, doesn't mean you never think about them, of course you think beforehand, it's all on the execution that changes things and if you can do then you are fine. I find myself a doer in the recent years, but that doesn't mean I just do things without thinking about them beforehand.

Well, i think that every doer is once a thinker. I mean by reading most of the people's comments here, they seem to be saying that being a thinker is bad and the real person is the one who is a doer. While I also agree with it but that doesn't mean that we shouldn't think. In fact, thinking is the first step, and planning plays an important role in doing/achieving something.

There are people who don't want to do anything, they are the ones who are neither thinkers nor doers, and I think those are the ones who are the burden in society.

[Muba20]

There is a big difference between thinking and gaining experience by starting work in reality. Because many people think a lot before starting something and come up with various arguments, positive and negative. But in reality, after starting a work, the results are different. On the other hand, many people think and understand that they will be successful in their work. But in reality, they do not even think about the obstacles they face before starting. So, they should start a work by thinking and guessing with logic, but that should not be a reason not to start the work. Or they should not have to wait a long time to start the work.

[Mr_Brilliant$]

To survive and grow in today's world people need the both qualities  because thinking without showing working can lead to hesitation while action without thinking can lead to failure, this two qualities can't do without each other. Do you know why I say so, because without having a clear understanding of a situation you can't act with confidence. So to survive in this economy one need to be a smart doer and also be strong enough to take action when chances comes.

You’re right, thinking alone will just keep you stuck in your head, overanalyzing everything till you miss the moment..  But jumping into action without direction? that one can humble you very fast  

It is really about balance… knowing when to pause and understand what is going on, and also knowing when to stop thinking and just make the move. Because opportunities do not wait forever..

Because when we only think we will not have action as doers and only dwell on theory so that the results will not be maximized and maybe even will not develop because we are only too focused on the thoughts we do but do not try to try (become doers).
This will not be effective because apart from the theory we have, we must also have experience to make us more directed and evaluate what we have thought, planned and the treatment we have done.

Balance (between thinkers and doers) is very important and this is what we must do because when we only try to improve one side and ignore the other it will not make us successful in anything especially when our goal is to improve the economic conditions we have now.

That is just it, because at the end of the day, theory without action is just nice ideas, nothing really moves…  And action without understanding? that one can just waste your time and energy very fast.

That experience part is key too..  that is where everything starts making sense fr. You act, you learn, you adjust, then you move better next time..
Balance is not just fancy word, it is still survival strategy at this point, especially with how things is now..

[Jody.Drummer]

Thinking a lot makes me stressful.
I'd do what I have been thinking and that's only for my sake and to make it happen, I need to do be a doer.
There are people who like to be the doer of their words and thoughts rather than remain the mastermind of something without any application.
Execution means that you're serious with your plans and you'll need to pass it on to the doers if you're a thinker.
But if you're both of them, and making things happen then that's a good thing for yourself as it's an advantage.

Do what you want to do as long as your intentions are good and it doesn’t harm others, it’s not a problem. Even if you face criticism from others who might think what you’re doing is a waste of time just ignore it. What matters is that we do it because it presents a great opportunity. And if you succeed in proving them wrong, they might even become envious or ask for your advice on how to find contentment in life. There are some people who don’t like seeing their friends or others succeed, and people like this need to be shown the satisfying results.

[slapper]

Both thinkers and doers are necessary as they cannot work without needing each other, it’s obvious before carrying out an action you must first think, make analysis whatever the outcome might be afterwards carry out the mission. We can all agree both are the best although thinkers who don’t have the necessary tools to create this idea into reality might as well need help.
This got me thinking about early scientist discovery, many scientists had the thought and vision about a specific invention but, couldn’t prove the actual point by carrying out an experiment. Definitely an idea without a prove is baseless, other scientists who invented a solid prove experimentally took all the glory reason why it’s important to always carry out actions when necessary mostly in a society of this kind.

It's a false war. And i think deep down most people feel that. Every individual who has ever built anything was doing both at the same time. And not in a nice sequential manner. Not "think first, then act". More like, think little, do bad things, get confused, think little, do bad things. That IS the process. That's literally all of it.

Your sticks scientist. Because yeah, Semmelweis. Guy figured out handwashing works in saving lives. Had the right idea. Could not defend it mathematically. Got destroyed by the establishment. And people always use this to say "see, thinking without proof is useless". Still, I believe that is entirely missing what actually occurred there. He wasn't lacking action. He was lacking institutional ACCESS.

I dunno, maybe this is obvious. But the way the thinkers vs doers framing allows people to get off the hook in a weird way, both ways. Doers are justified in not reflecting. Thinkers feel justified in a lack of movement. And both groups end up stuck.

[terrific]

Thinking a lot makes me stressful.
I'd do what I have been thinking and that's only for my sake and to make it happen, I need to do be a doer.
There are people who like to be the doer of their words and thoughts rather than remain the mastermind of something without any application.
Execution means that you're serious with your plans and you'll need to pass it on to the doers if you're a thinker.
But if you're both of them, and making things happen then that's a good thing for yourself as it's an advantage.

Do what you want to do as long as your intentions are good and it doesn’t harm others, it’s not a problem. Even if you face criticism from others who might think what you’re doing is a waste of time just ignore it. What matters is that we do it because it presents a great opportunity.

Criticisms and unbelief from others that sees you are not a problem. They're part of the journey of what we do.
You're right about that, as long as we're not harming others and we're only focusing on what we do. Thinker or doer, what counts is you're doing everything you can to shape up your life.

And if you succeed in proving them wrong, they might even become envious or ask for your advice on how to find contentment in life. There are some people who don’t like seeing their friends or others succeed, and people like this need to be shown the satisfying results.

It is no longer our concern if they get jealous.
As they say, "let success be the noise". Because when you struggle, there's no noise but when you're doing well, that's when they'll get close to you.

[Inior]

Everyone is actually a thinker but not everyone is smart in their thinking or at least focus their thinking on problem solving and that where the difference in value between persons comes in. On the other hand, even doer must first undergo stages of thinking and what to do, when to do, and how to get it done. The world today doesn't just applaud thinkers you have to be solving problem with your idea so I'll say both thinkers and doers are important in the economy amd without either of them i can imagine what the universe would look like.

[Jody.Drummer]

Thinking a lot makes me stressful.
I'd do what I have been thinking and that's only for my sake and to make it happen, I need to do be a doer.
There are people who like to be the doer of their words and thoughts rather than remain the mastermind of something without any application.
Execution means that you're serious with your plans and you'll need to pass it on to the doers if you're a thinker.
But if you're both of them, and making things happen then that's a good thing for yourself as it's an advantage.

Do what you want to do as long as your intentions are good and it doesn’t harm others, it’s not a problem. Even if you face criticism from others who might think what you’re doing is a waste of time just ignore it. What matters is that we do it because it presents a great opportunity.

Criticisms and unbelief from others that sees you are not a problem. They're part of the journey of what we do.
You're right about that, as long as we're not harming others and we're only focusing on what we do. Thinker or doer, what counts is you're doing everything you can to shape up your life.

And if you succeed in proving them wrong, they might even become envious or ask for your advice on how to find contentment in life. There are some people who don’t like seeing their friends or others succeed, and people like this need to be shown the satisfying results.

It is no longer our concern if they get jealous.
As they say, "let success be the noise". Because when you struggle, there's no noise but when you're doing well, that's when they'll get close to you.

Sometimes people are still hesitant to do something even though it’s a positive thing and doesn’t actually harm others; this happens because a lack of self-confidence holds them back from doing it. People like that will find it hard to succeed because they struggle even to take a step forward, but that struggle stems not from external factors but from within themselves. Such people must overcome this lack of self-confidence because, in my view, it can leave them stuck at a point where they fail to grow. It’s also frustrating to deal with people who only focus on the results sometimes they want to enjoy the fruits of others’ labor without having contributed anything themselves. Even when we’re in the midst of the process, they don’t care, but once the results are visible, they start sucking up.