1. Figuring out solutions to problems
2. Not giving up
If you can accomplish those two, you don't have to be particularly smart or very good at anything. The other skills are secondary. Some become detractors because they bring distractions and ego problems along with them.
You need to be a genius to build Facebook, keep it alive for a decade, and turn it in to a $100 billion company. You don't need to be a genius to make $10m a year.
I look at business as one problem after the other, you just keep solving them. Eventually other people start solving those problems. Eventually there is little work on your part, just a check, and some basic management oversight.
2. Not giving up
If you can accomplish those two, you don't have to be particularly smart or very good at anything. The other skills are secondary. Some become detractors because they bring distractions and ego problems along with them.
You need to be a genius to build Facebook, keep it alive for a decade, and turn it in to a $100 billion company. You don't need to be a genius to make $10m a year.
I look at business as one problem after the other, you just keep solving them. Eventually other people start solving those problems. Eventually there is little work on your part, just a check, and some basic management oversight.