MattG comments on Identification of Force Multipliers for Success - Less Wrong

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Comment author: [deleted] 21 June 2014 05:37:05PM * 20 points [-]

When working with my clients I often tell them that there are only 4 types of job related skills they should focus on:

Minimum Viable Skills - The skills they absolutely need to get a job done, and/or get hired for a job.
Force Multipliers - Skills that will make their entire process more effective
Bottlenecks - Skills that are the slowest point in their whole process.
Competitive Advantages - Skills that make them less replaceable or more specialized.

Tangentially related, but as you're thinking about effective skills to focus on, a rather useful framework that my clients have used to great effect.

Comment author: Alexandros 25 June 2014 06:32:07PM 0 points [-]

funnily enough this list translates pretty well in the context of a whole business or organisation. great work!

Comment author: David_Gerard 21 June 2014 09:14:43PM * 0 points [-]

That's excellent!

Is that list your own formulation or is it from earlier work? (or, I suppose, to what degree from earlier work)

Comment author: [deleted] 21 June 2014 10:21:30PM * 3 points [-]

It's mostly of my own formulation, although I'm sure similar lists exist elsewhere.