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Why’s that, I found it to be insightful.

“15% of one's financial success is due to one's technical knowledge. 85% is due to skill in human engineering”

To be honest, my gut feeling is that it's a cynical observation and mediocre perspective on life in general.. removes some human qualities in life. That said:

1) adult life is often a swamp

2) not knowing how to play the game can harm you

3) often, cynicism wins over good hearted values for tons of simple reasons..

He goes on to say “Success is owed to personality and the ability to lead people -the person who has technical ability plus the ability to express ideas, assume leadership and to arouse enthusiasm among people”

Not sure how that’s cynical maybe mediocre or trite but it was insightful to me as a programmer focused on code and less on people.

Hold on, I forgot the details, I think I watched a few videos recommending it and then skimmed through it. Maybe I skimmed too fast but all I got was a long list of simple tricks to charm others (hence my comment). Maybe I missed the point entirely .. which would be ironic because clear expression and creating enjoyable group dynamic is probably my main quest since the last 5 years.

I somewhat agree in principle, but that hasn't aged well.

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