Sam Zell: "I’ve had a number of brilliant people working for me who didn’t make it because they couldn’t grasp how to think about a deal.
You’ve got to be able to look at the deal and know what it hinges on to know whether it works or not. Then you use the numbers to test it."
You’ve got to be able to look at the deal and know what it hinges on to know whether it works or not. Then you use the numbers to test it."
"You don’t do the numbers to find out eight hours later whether it was worth starting.”
"There’s a baseline IQ level needed to work at my firm, but I don’t need rocket scientists.
What best predicts your success in my world is drive, energy, attitude, judgment, conviction, and passion. And an ability to cut to the center of an issue."
What best predicts your success in my world is drive, energy, attitude, judgment, conviction, and passion. And an ability to cut to the center of an issue."
"I’d trade another twenty IQ points for those qualities any day."
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