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Dummies on big money

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  • #52
    michaelcwyatt
    Registered Users Posts: 8 ✭michaelcwyatt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120863258#Comment_120863258

    By the way, I really just remembered that at my former job there was a situation when a person was promoted because his mother-in-law was in a managerial position. However, in my opinion, he deserved this position, because he was really a professional, but to be honest, he would have to spend a lot more time getting it. But again, the main thing for the company is money, he helped it get it.



  • #53
    Sunny Disposition
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭Sunny Disposition


    As you go on you see that the world and business don't operate like they probably should.

    You definitely have very successful people that are not very intelligent. They might have been lucky, might be well connected, might have abilities that someone else put more emphasis on than was due. The opposite is also true, there are extremely intelligent, able people who spend their lives toiling in very menial jobs, way below their capabilities. They weren't encouraged at the right time or were unlucky or circumstances forced them to stay still.


    I would have employed a lot of people over the years and had some quite big companies. It might sound immodest, but I know people sometimes want to hear the secret of my success. In reality it was luck, I was in a strange place and had nothing to do but work so I worked a lot, made some money and started my own small company at the exact moment the city was beginning a huge housing boom. I had fantastic luck, I did work hard at the start, but in large part because i had little else to do as I didn't drink and other lads were doing a lot of that.

    My brother got the farm and worked in a factory in Shannon. If he wasn't going to get the land and was going to London he'd probably have done what I did and if I stayed at home I'd probably have done what he did.



  • #54
    Bobson Dugnutt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,394 ✭✭✭Bobson Dugnutt


    There’s loads of people making a good wedge these days. I know lads under 30 who are already making over 100k working in tech and consulting.

    I’m a bit older but make 160k+. Self employed, work about 15-20 hours a week, pretty much a spoofer.

    Being young is a great advantage, since we see the world from a new perspective and we are not afraid to make radical changes - Greta Thunburg



  • #55
    boardlady
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 267 ✭✭boardlady


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120850809#Comment_120850809

    Yes I think there are several things that make someone successful - and their base IQ is just a small part of that. Lots of folk are very smart but unambitious, sceptical of everything, slow to take chances, a little too introverted, prone to retrospection ... The key to driving forwards in a given career is often a mix of several different qualities, both good and bad, and perhaps little is down to basic 'intelligence'.



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