Letters to the Editor
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Ex Stockbroker
I laughed out loud reading this. An ex-financial advisor, I'm well acquainted with the "Bull Market Genuis". If the stock goes up, I'm a genius....if it goes down, you're an idiot. At least she cops to it.
Also, this reminds me of one little quirk in the American psyche. It's been my experience that large large portion (possibly a majority) of us prefer to deal with (reward) a personable incompetent, than a socially awkward guru. I see this in my mechanic, physical trainer, computer guy........all scarily competent, and with the exception of my computer guy who found a little niche where he doesn't really have to sell to eat, all "starving".
I would even go so far as to say that there tends to be an inverse correlation between personability and technical compentence.
Recently, this opinion of mine was validated somewhat by an old episode of "This American Life". A nurse, upon being told by a patient's son that he really liked Dr. X, informed him that as a general rule, the more you like a doctor, the less likely you should in actuality be to want him to treat you.
So it isn't just me.
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