Lewis Howes argues that being liked matters more than being smart in the workplace. Social skills and personality trump raw intelligence when it comes to professional success and advancement.
The smartest person is not the one that gets paid the most. Right. They're like second most paid second or third most. Yeah. Being smart and being the best employee gets you to a certain point. But the person that is paid the most is the person that is essentially Mr. Or Mrs. Congeniality. You need to be liked. You have to be, unfortunately, popular around the office. Make that time, force that time. Do the water cooler thing because it might cost you 15 minutes of your day and it might cost you that 15 minutes of productivity. I guarantee you nobody is going to miss that 15 minutes of your work product. But they'll remember when you told that funny joke. They'll remember that story you told about the one funny thing that happened that weekend. Because that is how people remember you. You gotta be a B student with an A personality.
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