[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Let’s see, now. Which of these candidates do we hire? Priyanka and Rohit were first in their classes and obviously worked their butts off to achieve what they did. Or should we hire Bobby or Sue who ate dinner with their families every night and excelled at capturing lightning bugs?”

[Alberta's Child]

In my field of work, Priyanka and Rohit would have finished school with exemplary academic records but no imagination. They probably would have ended up working for Bobby and Sue.

Even in many specialized professions, most of the skills required for success involve things that sports coaches call "intangibles."