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I’ve had the rare opportunity to work with several outside counsel on the same side as opposed to in adversarial postures. I’ve discovered I’m potentially not wholly incompetent (though I’m still lazy and perhaps a bit dim). Perhaps more importantly, I’ve found that even the top firms in my field are not the top firms because they are successful in selecting perfect employees. Each person they select has weaknesses in addition to their strengths, and I’ve been able to detect the stronger members and of them their stronger suits. As I get many requests from the firm, I am guessing I’ve met their unstated performance metrics as well.

Ugh but enough about my constant yearning for validation and humility bleats - what’s interesting is
The firm appears successful because it is able to generate a consistent quality product from its varying staff. It’s not an organization of supermen; they creates something of consistent quality from varying inputs.

There’s a lesson in there.