# The magic triangle

By [Giasone](https://paragraph.com/@giasone) · 2023-09-28

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Which success ingredient is more important? Even though difficult to generalize, in the work environment, the stress is more on ‘attitude’, with the belief that ‘knowledge’ and ‘skills’ required for the job can be imparted. However, in general, the Triangle of Success is equilateral, affirming that all three aspects are equally vital.

**Knowledge**: In an academic environment, knowledge represents the core curriculum, irrespective of the courses. To illustrate, in a Management course, to make learning more comprehensive, the curriculum includes such diverse subjects as Economics, Finance, Human Resources, and Organisational Behaviour, apart from Management. Knowledge can be said to be the foundation for success.

**Skills**: Our educational system focuses on imparting knowledge for a career and not on essential soft skills. For example, any career requires skills such as planning, time management, logical reasoning, interpersonal relations, presentation skills etc. to apply knowledge in a practical situation.

**Attitude**: While knowledge and skills are essential, they are not adequate for success. A study attributed to Harvard University found that people are employed, 85% of the time because of their attitude, and only 15% of the time because of how smart they are and how many facts and figures they know. Surprisingly, almost 100% of educational money goes into teaching facts and figures which account for only 15% of success at work!

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