Jasz
VIP Contributor
A lot of people think if they want to be successful, they just have to work hard and try their best. This is a myth. The truth is that all people are different, and the world needs different kinds of people.
If you want to be successful, you need to know who your strengths are and how you can leverage them in order to reach your goals. You also need to know what areas you need improvement in so that you can focus on those areas and get better at them. In order to do this, you need an idea of what makes you unique compared with other people out there in the world.
Most people think that "identifying the most critical contributor to your success" means just identifying the most important contributor. But this is too superficial a view; you need to look at the whole picture. You need to identify the specific individuals or groups who are most critical to your success, not just one person or group.
For example, if I were going to start a new business, I might be tempted to say: "I'll hire my brother because he's good with numbers." But that would be missing something important. What I really need is someone who can handle all of the financial and legal stuff associated with starting a business — someone who understands how to set up an LLC or an S-corp or whatever form of legal entity we're going use for our new company. My brother could do that for me, but there are many other people who could do it better than my brother.
My point here is that in identifying key contributors, you have to look at their contribution as part of a larger picture. You don't just focus on one person or group; you look at how they fit into a larger context.
If you want to be successful, you need to know who your strengths are and how you can leverage them in order to reach your goals. You also need to know what areas you need improvement in so that you can focus on those areas and get better at them. In order to do this, you need an idea of what makes you unique compared with other people out there in the world.
Most people think that "identifying the most critical contributor to your success" means just identifying the most important contributor. But this is too superficial a view; you need to look at the whole picture. You need to identify the specific individuals or groups who are most critical to your success, not just one person or group.
For example, if I were going to start a new business, I might be tempted to say: "I'll hire my brother because he's good with numbers." But that would be missing something important. What I really need is someone who can handle all of the financial and legal stuff associated with starting a business — someone who understands how to set up an LLC or an S-corp or whatever form of legal entity we're going use for our new company. My brother could do that for me, but there are many other people who could do it better than my brother.
My point here is that in identifying key contributors, you have to look at their contribution as part of a larger picture. You don't just focus on one person or group; you look at how they fit into a larger context.