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“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
The Most Important Skill Nobody Taught You
Zat Rana
I look for something you've done, either in a job or (often better yet) outside of a job.
The business you started and ran in high school.
The nonprofit you started and ran in college.
If you're a programmer: the open source project to which you've made major contributions.
Something.
If you can't find anything -- if a candidate has just followed the rules their whole lives, showed up for the right classes and the right tests and the right career opportunities without achieving something distinct and notable, relative to their starting point -- then they probably aren't driven.
How to Hire the Best People You've Ever Worked With
web.archive.org
One thing you’ll notice about leaders who execute is that they speak simply and directly.
Execution
Larry Bossidy, Ram Charan, Charles Burck
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