It might look simple – you work, you get results.
I think I did well in school, I consider I did rather OK as a professional.
But there’s always someone better, both in school and in professional life.
Looking back at both my life and some people I closely know, I think I identified some patterns:
- It matters a lot to do well in school, but it matters even more that you learn from school a persistence in keep doing the right things;
- If you study and then start doing something else in your work life, you’ll get an inherent disadvantage;
- Some people use some rare things really well – I know people working on wind turbines, on tankers, on International NGOs;
- If you do a startup it does matter to have a bright idea, but managing a team is the most important and difficult thing;
- You need to want to make money – this might look obvious, but I do know people who are faced to choose between A and B, and they choose an option that doesn’t bring money; if you don’t want money, it’s not as easy to earn them.
Other than this, I’ll say this again – the most important thing for working efficiently is passion.
