40. Why I Only Hire "Full Stack People"

The Sam Ovens Podcast

The difference between "exceptional people" and "good people" isn't incremental, it's exponential. Exceptional people are 10x better than good people. They produce 10x the output. Our social and education systems mislead us on this fact. We think an "A" is only 1-step above "B" and exceptional is only 1-step above good. This is dead wrong. Why are exceptional people 10x better than good? It's because they're good at a broad range of things, they're generalists with wide and deep worldly wisdom and extreme talent on something specific. Google calls this "t-shaped people", we call them "full-stack people". Once you discover this kind of person, you will never hire a normal person ever again. In today's podcast, I share with you how to become one of these people, identify them, hire them and train them so you can build an army and win.