I don't think "jerk" is exactly the way to put it. I think people who are more aggressive and have a "killer instinct" get ahead. I'm not an expert, but it ju

I don't think "jerk" is exactly the way to put it. I think people who are more aggressive and have a "killer instinct" get ahead. I'm not an expert, but it just seems that jerks and people with said killer instinct often overlap, but that doesn't have to be the case. Gates and had a somewhat successful career in Microsoft and is running the largest charity of all time, but no one has calls him a "jerk." John Wodden, the most successful NCAA coach of all time once said that there's nothing in the world more powerful that "gentleness."