• @[email protected]
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    -103 months ago

    I’m thinking you’ve never been near a CEO for any period of time. It’s a non stop barrage of critical choices with major outcomes. Day and night.

    • @[email protected]
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      223 months ago

      Life is a barrage of critical choices with major outcomes. The ability to make decisions is not a distinguishing trait amongst humans.

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        -43 months ago

        True but often do you need to make ones that affect millions of people or involve millions of dollars. It’s not the ability to make decisions. It’s the level of responsibility in those decisions.

    • @Duamerthrax
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      43 months ago

      What size business? A “CEO” of a company with 20 or so employees is a whole different thing to Musk.

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        03 months ago

        This guy was in my family for a decade during his rice up the ladder. Company he worked when I knew him was over 200k employees. He was VP there but he’s CEO at a different giant company now.

        • @Duamerthrax
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          43 months ago

          That’s nice, but it’s still only an anecdote and with your proximity to him leads to a bias. What I’ve learned about these people is that their real skill is being a smooth talker. I’ve dealt with business and political types and all the successful ones are smooth talkers. The root word for conman is Confidence, but that confidence doesn’t have to have any backing to it.

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            23 months ago

            Confidence also means they need to have it in you. If you make wrong decisions you won’t be at the top for very long and your company will tank. Not defending CEO’s. Just saying in my experience these people are a different breed and most people would crumble.

            • @Duamerthrax
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              23 months ago

              Just saying in my experience these people are a different breed and most people would crumble.

              That’s called psychopathy.

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                13 months ago

                Yes definately. Most have been found to have toxoplasmosis as well which makes them take more risks.