![]() Sadly, their lack of self-awareness and social skills are massive detriments to their careers. There are a lot of otherwise intelligent people out there who can’t stop shooting themselves in the foot. We all know the types: the person who won’t stop talking when you’re trying to meet a deadline, the one who blatantly takes credit for your ideas, or the one who callously leaves you to pull an all-nighter to fix their mistake. With the increasing emphasis on social skills, those who lack them stand out like a zebra in a field of horses. Deming also found that salaries increased the most for jobs that place extra emphasis on social skills. ![]() ![]() ![]() Harvard economist David Deming studied workplace tasks from 1980 to the present day and found that those that emphasize social skills grew by a whopping 24%, while tasks requiring technical know-how and intelligence experienced little growth. Experience and knowledge are rapidly losing their relevance to success in the workplace. ![]()
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