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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think there really is something to charisma, confidence, networking skills and emotional intelligence.  My husband is a super networker and had lots of charisma.  He is gone way farther than me.  I have more innate intelligence, but lack the confidence and charisma to network.  For years, I relied on the meritocracy, which just is not how it works.

I have 2 kids.  One is super nerdy, smart and a hard worker.  The other is better able to understand people and is a great networker.  It’s already apparent in their teens, which will be more successful.

I could see that athletes would have gained that confidence and ability to work with others.  Combine that with above average intelligence (the 115-125 “sweet spot” as I like to call it) and you clearly out succeed the 130-145 IQ hard worker with no social skills.  Parents with so much focus on prepping and academics, miss the important socio-emotional skills that are a cornerstone to career success.[/quote]

I'm the 10:32 poster and ITA with you. My H is the same and he was an athlete at Ivy and he's also super confident, talking about fake it until you make it. I had better grades, took harder classes, went to MIT for grad school, and expected the world to reward my intelligence while I kept reporting to arrogant a*holes with 1/2 of my skillset who were organizing golf tournaments and socializing with the CEO at the football games in the company suite. 
So, instead of raising my kids with the expectation that the nerd will eventually shine and will be the boss of the athlete (not true BTW, meritocracy is a myth), I raised them to be assertive, social, confident, and play as many sports as possible. IMO, the most crucial skill that my H learned from playing team sports at college level is to pick yourself up after a failure and keep going. It is so important. If you look at the profile of the big law partners, the ones making millions each year, you see that the vast majority of them are not from Harvard or Yale Law. They are the ones who were able to backstab the best and survive the insane work schedules. Not the smartest. [/quote]

Ok then.  I guess those of you that want to make your money from big law, you know what to do?   Sounds great.[/quote]

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