Success Is Only 20 Percent Skill

I was recently following a thread on someone's Facebook profile in relation to an article called ‘Intelligence Is Overrated: What You Really Need To Succeed’ that was published by Forbes in April 2012, and I have linked in to at the end of this post.

The article cites research that was carried out by the Carnegie Institute of Technology, which showed that 85 percent of your financial success is due to skills in “human engineering,” your personality and ability to communicate, negotiate, and lead. Shockingly, only 15 percent is due to technical knowledge.

The point this person on Facebook was making was if that if only 15% of our ability to succeed was down to ‘technical knowledge’ what is the point in putting in so much time, effort, blood and sweat into learning lots of different skills and techniques with a view to becoming the best martial arts, self-defence or restraint trainer?

Therefore I thought I’d share my thoughts on this because if some of you have read the article and you are thinking of throwing the towel in too, let's just stop and think for a moment what the article is actually saying, and look at this from a broader perspective.

Tony Robbins, who is an author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach, put it this way in an online article in Inc.com, “I've found it's 80 percent psychology and 20 percent skills,", and you can read the full article here - Tony Robbins Says Success Is Only 20 Percent Skill - and the Rest Is All in Your Head - https://www.inc.com/sonya-mann/tony-robbins-says-entrepreneurship-is-not-for-everyone.html

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