Do intelligent lazy people achieve more in life than intelligent active

people?
I divide my officers into four classes; the clever, the lazy, the industrious, and
the stupid. Each officer possesses at least two of these qualities. Those who are
clever and industrious are fitted for the highest staff appointments. Use can be
made of those who are stupid and lazy. The man who is clever and lazy however
is for the very highest command; he has the temperament and nerves to deal
with all situations. But whoever is stupid and industrious is a menace and must
be removed immediately!
General Kurt von Hammerstein-Equord (Kurt Gebhard Adolf Philipp Freiherr[1]
von Hammerstein-Equord (September 26, 1878 April 25, 1943) was a German
general who served for a period as Commander-in-Chief of the Reichswehr. He is
famous for being an ardent opponent of Hitler and the Nazi regime.)
There are three reasons that this is true:
In a lot of cases, 'action' is a poor substitute for reflection / analysis. This is the
thinking behind the 'fools rush in where angels fear to tread' saying. What
appears 'lazy' to the person who rushes can actually be planning. This means
that while the lazy person appears to be doing nothing, they end up getting the
job finished earlier.
'Do' is often the enemy of 'let someone else do'. The trick to reaching higher
levels of business attainment is normally to build up a team of people who are
better than you at specific things, and then let them each do what they do best.
In this case, a bias for 'doing stuff' often prevents a better solution.
Finally, what 'lazy' people often do is build tools that will, time after time, let
them do the job with a fraction of the effort.