Competitiveness Verse Obsessiveness

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"What do you think is our main disagreement, if only of emphasis, when it comes to identifying talent?" "We agree on a lot of things, but what's the residual disagreement? And how do we boil it down to a relatively small number of dimensions?" 'This is what i think it is for me. I am more concerned with identifying obsessiveness in people,' he says.

If Tyler and Daniel's latest book can be boiled down into a single message, it would be that the world is currently failing at identifying talent, and that getting better at it would have enormous benefits for organizations, individuals, and the world at large. In this special episode of Conversations with Tyler, Daniel joined Tyler to discuss the ideas in their book on how to spot talent better, including the best questions to ask in interviews, predicting creativity and ambition, and the differences between competitiveness and obsessiveness.

They also explore the question of why so many high achievers love Diet Coke, why you should ask candidates if they have any good conspiracy theories, how to spot effective dark horses early, the hiring strategy that set SpaceX apart, what to look for in a talent identifier, what you can learn from discussing drama, the underrated genius of game designers, why Tyler has begun to value parents more and IQ less, conscientiousness as a mixed blessing, the importance of value hierarchies, how to become more charismatic, the allure of endurance sports for highly successful people, what they disagree on most, and more.

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Recorded February 24th, 2022 Other ways to connect

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