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How do you find the good people?

One of the great lessons I have learnt from building Network-Intuitions (Netintui) is understanding and being sensitive to and discovering good people. Not good in the moral sense, but good in the light of their competence and devotion to the vision. I got these ideas from one of my mentors, Jim Rohn. And here they are.Interest. You have to be able to discern interest. Not everybody will be interested in what you are making. Not many people will care. And that's okay. You have to be able to not take courtesy for consent. Some people will applaud you and tell you you're doing well, but when you tell them to buy the product, sign-up for an account, or join you in the journey, they'll disagree. (One guy, one time, told me he would like to join Netintui. So, I asked him how many hours of the day he could invest. I never got a reply!) Discern the phonies; be sensitive to understand true interest.Response. Some people get past the Interest challenge, but there is something else to test. And that's a response. You ask some people if they could spend the night working, come to work earlier, attend certain impromptu meetings, or do some difficult tasks, and the response you get just tells you the category they belong. They don't care enough to give their all. Study people's response to hard work, to challenges, to problems, assignments and difficulties. I remember the story of David. David had these warriors that were just exceptional. They were key soldiers in his army; ready to go for any battle, risk their lives, and go the extra-mile. They understood and believed the vision and they were willing to fight any battle and protect the life of their king, David. Study the response of your people.Results. It is said that nobody can argue with results. In success, result is the name of the game. The craft to succeed doesn't require stories, much talk, and chit-chat. It requires results. Actions. When you ask people for progress report and they are giving you stories, you just have to understand. Even when they do the work, how excellently, how much of themselves do they put in? Good people, when they work, they don't like to insult themselves with second-rate or cheap results. When they make a design or a craft, they want to be proud of what they make. They want to look at their work and proudly say, "I did that." You don't have to tell them their work is unimpressive, they will be disappointed in a worthless, mediocre job. When you find people like that, keep them.So, that's it. It starts with Interest. If they pass, then check their Response. Finally, critique their Results. Good people don't like to insult themselves.(Image: Subject - Jony Ive, Former Chief Design Officer, Apple. Source: dazeddigital.com)