A speaker argues you don't need to be an expert to recruit or promote. Don King promoted boxers without boxing, and a Walmart employee could earn $100k loading boxes if they sold the job right. Belief and insight matter more than mastery.
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I was interviewing before I wrote an app. I definitely recruited more people than apps I wrote in the first few years because I believed in what I had my hands on. And I don't feel like I need to be great to sell something and promote something, you know what I mean? It's like, this is a weird analogy, but it makes sense, especially the older crew. Like, Don King didn't need to be great at boxing to promote a great boxer. And you feel like you need to get in the ring and fight before you can promote a fighter, you know what I'm saying? And it's a sticking point we all had. I just chose to not have it because someone else gave me the insight earlier. The way I do it with agents is I'm like, I don't know, imagine Walmart paid $100 grand a year to do something in the back room, load boxes. Wouldn't you tell everyone you knew if they were like, hey, I need to hire more people? It's $100 grand a year loading boxes in the back. Wouldn't you tell people then, or would you feel like you had to train them first and learn how Walmart works? So for me, that's the answer.
There's the correct answer, but the true answer—
I understand. Yeah, but you, you're just a sticking point.