Bypass the dead ends

Talent alone won’t get you there

Knowledge either.  You can be the smartest person in the room, the hardest worker in the firm.  You can possess superior native skills, and grow a powerful network –  and yet still find yourself stuck.

You have to cultivate the inner smarts, the street smarts, the mental muscle and gut instincts.   You have to know which skills to invest in, and which ones to ignore.  You have to understand what matters, and then engage the discipline to pursue only what matters. 

That’s how you gain the momentum to get where you want to go.  That’s how you bypass the dead ends.