Expiring vs. Permanent Skills

The Morgan Housel Podcast - A podcast by Morgan Housel

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Expiring skills tend to get more attention. They’re more likely to be the cool new thing, and a key driver of an industry’s short-term performance. They’re what employers value and employees flaunt.Permanent skills are different. They’ve been around a long time, which makes them look stale and basic. They can be hard to define and quantify, which gives the impression of fortune-cookie wisdom vs. a hard skill.But permanent skills compound over time, which gives them quiet importance. When seve...