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Honestly?

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

If you're in sales -

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

At first, I thought you missed the whole skill part. Now I appreciate that insightful perspective.

Will Smith does a good bit on skill vs talent that fits your narrative very well.

 

If you're in IB, it's honestly the ability to learn how to swim every time you get thrown into a sink or swim situation with no guidance, which is very often. You start to get better at this the more you're in these types of situations, the slightly easier it becomes but I've been doing this for years now, and I'm not inherently that good at doing things without any guidance or help. I've been spoonfed all of my life and honestly, still prefer that in all cases. Unfortunately, this job does not let you do that or you will get a bad rep considering how busy all of us are.

If you are used to being spoonfed all of your life, please don't go into this field. It's going to be really tough for you.

 

Johnny Cashflow

Human relationship skills.

Empathy
Compassion
Relationship building
Being able to get people to do things for you
Getting people to buy-in to your vision
Keeping people engaged
Building trust

Some of the most successful PE guys I know can't stress these skills enough.

So important. Without it / these, you'll never get further than the technical monkey that is sooo replaceable.

 

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