Not charisma. Not brilliance. Not confidence. Conscientiousness — being prepared, following through, finishing what you started. It is the trait most consistently associated with both job performance and pay, across decades of studies and nearly every occupation anyone has looked at.
It is also the least fashionable answer available, which is probably why you have not heard it as often as you have heard about networking.
Barrick & Mount 1991, Personnel Psychology
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