Quote of the week: hiring values
“When you hire someone, you look for brains, energy and integrity,
and if they don’t have the third, integrity, you better watch out,
because the first two will kill you.”
- Warren Buffett, as told by Robert A. Iger, who also added
‘curiosity’ as a valuable trait (NYT 5/3/09, B2)
Sent from my iPhone – pardon typos
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