It turns out those successful people you admire aren’t always so perfect. We love to give advice about all of the good habits you should be cultivating as a marketer and businessperson. But in the real world, a lot of actual successful people have plenty of “bad” habits. I don’t advocate adopting any of these,... Listen to episode

It turns out those successful people you admire aren’t always so perfect.






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We love to give advice about all of the good habits you should be cultivating as a marketer and businessperson. But in the real world, a lot of actual successful people have plenty of “bad” habits.


I don’t advocate adopting any of these, but if you already have one or two, you may want to explore the upsides.


In this 18-minute episode, I talk about some benefits to these 7 “bad” traits or habits:

Thin skin
Flakiness
Selfishness
Greed
Distractibility
Self doubt
Arrogance

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The Show Notes

Like text? This is an audio update of a classic post on Copyblogger: No, content is not a “soft” skill
If you flake out sometimes, you might enjoy my post on The Complete Flake’s Guide to Getting Things Done