"It's awfully good to excel at something while you are young, but if that means missing out on friends and other experiences you need for a fulfilling life, it's not worth it, " he says.

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You tell yourself, there will never be a good job waiting for me to excel at.

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"Here we are watching the debate hoping this is a good format for John McCain to excel at, and the first thing he does is spring this on us, " Lewis said.

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The ranks of the unemployed are filled today with people who can fill open positions who can be good salespeople, or who would excel at supporting customer service or IT if more companies just gained the courage to look at innate abilities, to learn more about the inner person capable of doing the job, apply appropriate training, and cease their over-reliance on precise experience.

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To the contrary, she describes two other sorts: pattern thinkers who excel at maths and music, and verbal specialists who are good at talking and writing, but lack visual skills.

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Apple and Samsung excel at phones, have equally phenomenal supply chains, great marketing and equally good innovation capabilities.

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Once I was actually in a job, I focused intently on how to excel at it so that I could be in a position to get a good review and be promoted.

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If those candidates excel at the online challenges, the odds are greater that they turn out to be good hires.

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