So much this. Find a handful of goo-roos (they aren't all bad) or at least folks who know what they're doing and focus on them. Absolutely dump the get rich "quick and easy" ones.
You can drown in the ocean of overlapping advice out there -- and it ALL overlaps.
I'll take your analogy one step further -- folks want the bolt tightened, they don't want the wrench.
It takes some self-awareness to guard against the constant stream of smoke blown up one's backside when you hit a position of "authority."
As an editor, I knew I had no freaking clue how the tech I covered worked (one of the main reasons I shifted focus from speeds n' feeds to why someone should care, but anyway), but vendors doing pitches always seemed to think my every utterance was as if Moses were hand-delivering additional instructions.
Started asking stupid shit just to see who would push back -- listened to them in future, ignored the others.
Was a lesson some of the folks I worked under never got -- "No, you aren't saying anything revelatory or even very smart, you're an exec in the association and they want access to our members via you." Couple of them huffed their own farts so much pretty sure it lead to oxygen deprivation (at least judging by some of the decisions made).
So much this. Find a handful of goo-roos (they aren't all bad) or at least folks who know what they're doing and focus on them. Absolutely dump the get rich "quick and easy" ones.
You can drown in the ocean of overlapping advice out there -- and it ALL overlaps.
I'll take your analogy one step further -- folks want the bolt tightened, they don't want the wrench.
Didn't mean to imply that you think all goo-roos are bad! But, yeah, the "it's easy" crowd is . . . bad.
Thanks, I ripped it off from the drill/hole in wall example -- which you probably already knew!
It takes some self-awareness to guard against the constant stream of smoke blown up one's backside when you hit a position of "authority."
As an editor, I knew I had no freaking clue how the tech I covered worked (one of the main reasons I shifted focus from speeds n' feeds to why someone should care, but anyway), but vendors doing pitches always seemed to think my every utterance was as if Moses were hand-delivering additional instructions.
Started asking stupid shit just to see who would push back -- listened to them in future, ignored the others.
Was a lesson some of the folks I worked under never got -- "No, you aren't saying anything revelatory or even very smart, you're an exec in the association and they want access to our members via you." Couple of them huffed their own farts so much pretty sure it lead to oxygen deprivation (at least judging by some of the decisions made).
What's that line from The Mandalorian?
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