I loved this interview with Danny Meyer, who invented Shake Shack (among several other amazing businesses). His six characteristics of a good hire blew me away, mostly because I desire to be strong in all of them. Here they are.
- Empathetic
- Hard-working
- Self-aware
- Kind optimism
- Intellectual curiosity
- Integrity
I don’t know that I could draw up a better list than that, and I think listening to interviews like that one both encourage me and also help give me a vision for what the future could look like. That I don’t have to only think one day ahead at a time (which is sometimes what it feels like).