Harbinger: Technical knowledge is a commodity compared to high-value networks
Jordan Harbinger · #1050 How a former lawyer built a multi-million dollar company that teaches social skills – with Jordan Harbinger · Aug 13, 2014 · at 12:13
Jordan Harbinger, co-founder of The Art of Charm, reflects on a career realization he had while working as an associate at a Wall Street law firm.
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“Knowledge is essentially a commodity, even at the highest levels. I mean, some of it's esoteric, some of it's harder to gain than others, and some of it's gained through experience. But at the end of the day, there's always going to be a larger pool of those people that have that knowledge, versus the pool of people that have the right type of networking connections.”
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