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# "Sources of Personal Competitive Advantage"
- URL: https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/sources-of-personal-competitive-advantage/
- Published: 2019-02-06T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2019-02-06T15:00:00.000Z
- Author: CJ Chilvers
- Tags: quotes, career, business

Shane Parrish is collecting a list on Twitter of [sources of personal competitive advantage](https://twitter.com/farnamstreet/status/1090810681383780352?ref=cjchilvers.com). Readers soon joined in and now it’s a long thread that received the following response from business author Kevin Kruse:

> “If he doesn’t turn this into a book, I will.”

Here’s what the list started with (I bolded my favorite — I could probably write an entire book just on this one point):

- Delayed gratification
- Capital
- Network (who you know)
- Unique skills or combinations
- Platform
- Ability to suffer
- Family/home life
- Speed
- Ability to change your mind
- Ability to learn/adapt
- Ability to persuade others
- **Ability to look stupid**
- Advanced Pattern recognition
- Focus
- Ability to say no