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Originally Posted by Kolargol
why would deli worker become a deli owner? with $25k/year salary? Also, I didn't mention that this amazing deli worker has very little biz skills. He is just really good at what he does, that's it.
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Playing out the thought pattern with that as a case study... why is he good as a deli worker? Dependable? great short term memory? Wakes up at the crack of dawn in a good mood? If he figured out why he was good at what he does, he would likely be able to find other tasks that require the same skills and be able to do better than 25K a year.
Again, I agree some attributes have more value than others if you are good at them. For example, being able to dunk a basketball from the foul line or able to run the 40 yard dash in 4.2 will earn you many millions more than a lot of other attributes, and as Deon Sanders says 'You can't teach 4.1 speed, you either wake up with it or you don't.'
That doesn't mean that being bad at 'a high status profession' will necessarily work out better than being very good at and choosing to do something else. It also doesn't mean you will be happier doing it.