Skills, Relationships, Hustle
I thought up a cheap model for success in work. Let me know what you think of it, will you?
∃ three components (besides luck) to success in the workplace: skills, relationships, and hard work. I'll define by example:
"He's the only person who's been here since Project Bumbocat."
"She's the only Rails developer."
"I spent a month of late nights writing shell scripts and now I get to kick back for 50% of my work days."
Knowing about polymer flooding and Velle derricks.
Able to repair the broken photocopier/toilet/server/air conditioner.
Your contacts can invest a lot of money in something you tell them about.
You are well-liked by coworkers.
You easily develop rapport with clients.
Your contacts can get you a conversation with someone important.
Getting up at 5am every morning.
Calling more clients per hour.
Staying later than your co-workers.
How do I want to combine these dimensions? Not as a △ (symplectic) but as three independent directed, zeroless, ordered, metricless dimensions ↑↑↑.
As with most models this isn't even an "According to me" theory. It's a hat that I'm trying on and--hey, how do you feel when you try it on?