Re: social success predictor

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Physical attractiveness is a huge factor in anything. Look at
the young women attorneys at any biglaw firm, in fact go check
out the websites. The young women are hottttttttttttttttttt.

Denying this is foolish. Get in shape, especially if you are
ugly. At least you will be fit. That counts.

On 4/16/06, Closing Attorney wrote:
> I disagree that physical attractiveness is a huge factor.
> If you visit the website of any large law firm, I don't
> think many of those attorneys would score a 5. If you're
> talking about solos, it might be more of a factor. I'm not
> sure. Overall, I think all of these factors contribute to
> the ability to network, which could be the most important
> factor.
>
>
> On 4/13/06, L wrote:
>> some of you grumble that you're not getting ahead in life
>> in spite of your high IQ and hard work. I have developed
>> a conventional success predictor for professionals like
>> lawyers:
>>
>> For each of the following traits, give yourself a 10 or 0,
>> or a 5 if it's too difficult to go one way or the other:
>>
>> 1) physical attractiveness: 10 if good-looking, 0 if
>> unattractive
>> 2) energy level: 10 if energetic, 0 if low-energy
>> 3) IQ: 0 to 30 points, lawyers give yourselves the
>> maximum 30 points
>> 4) manipulation skills: 0 or 10
>> 5) parents' socioeconomic class: 10 if rich parents, 0
>> if poor parents
>> 6)communication skils: 0 or 10
>> 7) ambition: most lawyers can give themselves 10 points
>> 8) dominance/leadership: 10 or 0
>>
>> let's take Blue as an example:
>>
>> he gets 30 points for IQ, 10 points for ambition, another
>> 10 points from one of the other categories for a total 50
>> points. I would argue that 50 points would lead to
>> average income/success in life, thus Blue's frustration.
>>
>> I believe that you need to score 70+ to be a successful
>> professional, and 90 points to become very successful (a
>> Biglaw partner for example.)
>>
>> Some of you would score below 50, and end up as struggling
>> solo's, starving intellectuals, etc.
>>
>> Score yourselves and see where you're going in life.