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How Smart Do You Have to Be to Succeed?
Get Smart!: How to Think and Act Like the Most Successful and Highest-Paid People in Every Field
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"I'm not the best writer, but it is a strength. I might be a 90th percentile writer.
And I'm not the best marketer, but it is a strength. Again, maybe 90th percentile? I'm better than most, but if you pass 100 people on the street it won't be hard to find some people better than me.
What I have gradually learned is that it is not your strengths,... See more
"I'm not the best writer, but it is a strength. I might be a 90th percentile writer.
And I'm not the best marketer, but it is a strength. Again, maybe 90th percentile? I'm better than most, but if you pass 100 people on the street it won't be hard to find some people better than me.
What I have gradually learned is that it is not your strengths,... See more
3-2-1: On the hidden costs of success, how to deal with challenges, and the joy of shared experiences
Reaching 95%-ile isn't very impressive because it's not that hard to do. I think this is one of my most ridiculable ideas. It doesn't help that, when stated nakedly, that sounds elitist. But I think it's just the opposite: most people can become (relatively) good at most things.
Atul Gawande • 95%-Ile Isn't That Good
Whether you’re a computer programmer, writer, marketer, consultant, or entrepreneur, your situation has become similar to Jung trying to outwit Freud, or Jason Benn trying to hold his own in a hot start-up: To succeed you have to produce the absolute best stuff you’re capable of producing—a task that requires depth.
Cal Newport • Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World
It can be difficult to appreciate how much simply avoiding the standard ways of failing dramatically increases the odds of success.
Shane Parrish (Farnam Street) on talented people that may be climbing the career ladder slowly:
"Competence is often less of a problem than confidence. An underrated aspect of doing anything hard is believing in yourself. Action creates both confidence and momentum."