It’s The Attitude
There is an age-old debate about hiring employees based on their attitude or skills. Imagine this: You are a captain steering through the stormy seas of corporate mediocrity. You have a choice between an experienced sailor who knows every knot but grumbles every time you pull the rope and an enthusiastic landlubber whose eyes sparkle with adventure and who doesn’t know a bowline from a shoelace but is eager to learn.
Simon Sinek once rightly remarked,
“You don’t hire for skills, you hire for attitude. You can always teach skills.”
Confucius’s words are no less insightful:
“The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.”
Attitude is the first spark, the small stone that, if nurtured, can ignite a fire full of potential. It is the mortar that holds it together, the spirit that breathes life into routine mastery.
An actor who takes to the stage with zeal and curiosity always teaches the text. However, without passion, one who merely recites them leaves the audience unimpressed and longing for the magic that only genuine enthusiasm and the courage to try something new can create.
So when choosing your team for the unpredictable journey, remember:
You can teach a monkey to type but can’t teach it to write Shakespeare. Look for those who see the blank page not as a challenge but as an opportunity for greatness. Ultimately, it is the attitude that transforms the mundane into something great, the routine into something remarkable.
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