Bill Gates you think you should hire lazy people. No, seriously. He famously said: “I choose a lazy person to do a difficult job. Because a lazy person will find an easy way to do it.”

I disagree with the premise. Choosing a person who will do a job the “easy way” and solve the difficult problem in front of him may be better than putting your most ambitious team on it. The hardest way is often not the best way. In fact, in the startup world, on delivery it can be as dangerous as no delivery when time and money are limited resources and a smaller solution would have solved the problem effectively. Picking the lowest hanging fruit doesn't make a person lazy, nor does following the most obvious path, nor actually vacations. This makes them good at prioritizing, efficient workers and more resilient people.