Lieberman: Career success requires spending 80% of time on core strengths
Alex Lieberman · Startup Hotline · Dec 29, 2023 · at 18:57
Morning Brew co-founder Alex Lieberman explains how recognizing his lack of natural aptitude for mortgage-backed securities trading helped him pivot away from Wall Street.
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“In career, you want to stack the deck in your favor, and the way you stack the deck in your favor is you have self-awareness of the two or three things that you're really good at, and you work your way into a job or a position where 80% of your time is spent on those two or three things that you're exceptionally good at”
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