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Lauren. Accomplishments, Success and Significance

I asked Lauren what she considered to be her proudest accomplishments at work. She said they were threefold. The first one was a project in Africa which she described as the most meaningful work she has ever done. I believe her own words allow you to hear the emotion I heard in her voice: “Really. I mean when you think of being able to work directly with the governor of a bank and his people, well educated, University of Chicago PhD’s, trying to fix their country. Where the governor said to me, every cent that goes down the drain on that crappy bank doesn’t go into education, health care, and everything else, so we’ve got to fix that bank. That ...

Comparative Advantage

In the course of my summer reading, I was reminded of Adam's Smith concept of Comparative Advantage, "Focus on those things you do better than others." I like it because it is a straightforward strategy which can be applied in the corporate world and to one's personal life eg in the course of setting one's career or life goals and I believe it is one which can be easily overlooked or ignored. Just thought I would share it, in case it provokes some thinking on your part, as it has on mine.