Everyday in business, I realise that there are some deals that hustling and charisma will not deliver. You need brute intellect and an appreciation for numbers to do a great job.

Process simplifies business, but business can still be very complex and convoluted. It takes an orderly mind to unravel it, especially in financial services. Sometimes, to extract hidden value from a transaction, you need a smart accountant. You need a lawyer to deftly insert a clause into an agreement that guarantees generational dominance.

Always remember that in business, hustling opens the door but intellect executes the deal.

Hustling opens the door. Intellect executes the deal. Click To Tweet