У Наваля Равиканта в обсуждении потока твитов «Как стать богатым» кусочек о важности умения убеждать:
If you become a world-class expert in machine learning just as it takes off and you got there through genuine intellectual interest, you’re going to do really well. But 20 years from now, machine learning may be second hat; the world may have moved on to something else. That’s timely knowledge.
If you’re good at persuading people, it’s probably a skill you picked up early on in life. It’s always going to apply, because persuading people is always going to be valuable. That’s timeless knowledge.
Now, persuasion is a generic skill — it’s probably not enough to build a career on. You need to combine it in a skill stack, as Scott Adams writes. You might combine persuasion with accounting and an understanding of semiconductor production lines. Now you can become the best semiconductor salesperson and, later on, the best semiconductor company CEO.
Дальше он рассуждает о том, что таймлесс нолидж сложно приобрести, но мы с Мишей опровергаем это и зовём всех на наш практический курс «Презентация клиенту и публичные выступления». Ближайший пройдёт в октябре.
