Got Gump(tion)

I was intrigued when I saw this Businessweek article referenced on a Facebook post titled "The Kinds of Employees You Want to Hire: Those who are innately confident and self-directed routinely outperform co-workers, regardless of their backgrounds." But after reading the following supporting opening statement, I was annoyed with the analogy: "There are two kinds of employees. Some believe they can make things happen, and the others believe that things happen to them. The first group believes that the outcome of their life and career is more or less in their own hands, and they wouldn't have it any other way. The other group takes more of a Forrest Gump approach: They sit around and wait for a bus to take them somewhere." 
I understand the attempt to compare the 'other' group to Forrest Gump sitting around waiting for something to happen to him but it was misplaced and in my opinion a "Forrest Gump approach" actually supports the 'first' group. Here's my point of view...