In the course of interviewing thousands of high performers over the years, there are many common threads of success. One of the most interesting is that nearly everyone had a “dirty” job in their past…a job that wasn’t fun, was below their “pay grade” but somehow after it was over contributed to their success. This “dirty job” factor seems to be fading away for today’s young professionals, but maybe this Ted video will help people realize there is a diamond in that piece of coal job.

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