How to double your odds for success
The writer and entrepreneur, Scott Adams, invented a simple formula to success: Every skill you acquire doubles your odds of success.
Skill development is the meat of my system. I don’t have the business savvy or the entrepreneurial bones like my smart friends, but I do well because I focus my time on becoming pretty good at many things that matter. It’s my superpower.
I noticed a pattern early in my corporate career: There are only a handful of hard-to-find/difficult-to-replace skills. Master these skills and you will always find a high-paying job.
- Sales
- Public speaking
- Psychology
- Writing
- Golf, or some type of team sport
- Social media content
Business is simple, but not an easy practice.
It’s the ability to influence and conduct a transaction that’s mutually beneficial for everyone involved. Mastering any of these skills will make you effective toward that aim, but the smartest are pretty good at 3 or 4 and leverage each for maximum efficiency.
For example, I was already a decent salesperson after college, but what’s the use of sales if you’re not meeting your audience where they’re gathered? That’s where writing and learning how to make quality social media content came in handy. For an entire summer, I devoured books about social media and took online courses online writing.
I started posting great business content and by the end of the year; I was Broker of The Year at my firm.
Coincidence? Maybe. But smart people understand that it’s just basic math.