David’s 4th Piece of Advice

It’s more important to be kind than intelligent.

Smart people make dumb moves when they don’t put people first.

Understand what people want. Colleagues, clients, partners. Instead of trying to sound smart, communicate in their language and save them time.

— David Elikwu wrote and published this list and his commentary in February, and it’s too good not to share with you. But first, who’s David? “I spent half a decade at one of the biggest corporate law firms in the world. The kind where equity partners make a couple mill per year.”

His advice, but only one a day for a while. There’s a lot to absorb along the way.