By a similar philosophy, all you really need to do is this: 1) Persuade people you're good. Or, in other words, get people to believe you add value. Being abl

By a similar philosophy, all you really need to do is this: 1) Persuade people you're good. Or, in other words, get people to believe you add value. Being able to add value doesn't achieve this by itself. But it helps a lot. Not being able to add value doesn't preclude you from doing this. But it doesn't help. (My comment is a somewhat winking... but I suspect some readers will recognize some uncomfortable truth.)