Attractive vs. Super-able

Quick quizzes!!!

1) Which one would lead a group to succeed, a super-able person who is arrogant or a somewhat able person who is attractive?

2) Which one would you like to work with, a super-able person who is arrogant or a somewhat able person who is attractive?



In fact, the above cannot be regarded as quizzes. Because, I don’t know the answer for the first one and the second one follows more preference than a certain answer.

However, personally, I want to take the side of the latter, or a somewhat able person who is attractive. I have realized it is more important whether I like to get along with him/her, although his/her ability is important as well, through my experience. When I worked with people I liked, I became more creative and could more focus on a task. Most of all, when a trouble arouse, it was much easier to solve it, which led us not to fail.



Why am I talking about this?
Because, in this perspective, I would say networking is important in job searching and recruiting.

If I were a recruiter, I would hire a person I know and thus I can work with more easily rather than the other, unless their abilities are much different. Of course, it is not that I just know him/her but that I know his character and capability through experience in the past.



This can apply to “working with” itself.
As I mentioned at the quizzes, most people don’t really want to work with an arrogant person regardless how able s/he is. It’s same to boss’ eye. For a boss, a somewhat able worker who is attractive and thus harmonize the group of workers may be better than a super-able who is arrogant and thus might destroy the group spirit.


Have you guys seen the Apprentice Los Angeles that Donald Trump executed?
A couple of weeks ago, Surya, one of hopefuls, were fired despite that he had led his team three wins in a row. The reason was all the other teammates didn’t like him and told the boss, Donald Trump, to fire him.
I don’t want to say the problem was only in him, since he had moved to the team from the other team voluntarily, in order to match the number of people of each team, but to emphasize the importance of the relationship.


Furthermore, group ability has a meaning when each person’s put together. That is to say, the group ability is not so much the sum of each individual’s as the relationship between them – i.e. networking.



Finally, I would like to ask you guys:

Would you like to be attractive or super-able?