Those who are blessed with the most talent don't necessarily outperform everyone else. It's the people with follow-through who excel.
What I particularly like about Mary Kay's comment on talent is that it really helps to balance off what is being overly-hyped today. Everywhere you read you hear about people fighting for "talent," whatever that is.
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n the practice of business, there is nothing that counts concerning people than that they follow through and do it, as Mary Kay says.
Even today you can't trust any resume that's put before you, let alone the referrals to call. All of that has been shown to really prove nothing.
This goes back to the quality of a person and not their technical skills or if they are a good test-taker.
And when you talk about the quality of a person we always come back to attitude. Those that have that great attitude will be those that follow through. As a matter of fact, in my experience, those that think they are such a great "talent," tend to underperform those that are willing to do what it takes to accomplish their tasks.
I'd rather work with someone with a good attitude and train them if they need more skills, than battle against someone who thinks that their talent alone will carry them through.
Those that can and will execute are far more valuable than those that may have superior skills, if that's what the definition of talent has become. Give me a great attitude any day above anything else. I know that I'll get the follow-through from them then.
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