Truly Capable People Often Have These Traits — You Can Sense Them When You’re Together

2bebetter
6 min readJan 1, 2024

Someone who is truly “capable” doesn’t necessarily have great power or wealth, because luck, opportunity, and environment all play crucial roles.

So how do you judge if someone is “capable” or not? There’s no denying that controlling objective material conditions makes it easier to judge capability, but how much meaning does that have? For those already in high positions with great power, it’s not as simple as just communicating with whoever you want — learning to “burn incense in silence” may be a good option.

If in your daily interactions, you can identify truly “capable” people around you and maintain good relationships with them, they may become your important connections in the future, or perhaps they just lack an opportunity.

So judging if someone is truly capable, you have to look not just at how many objective material conditions they currently control, but also whether they’ll be able to control more in the future. The following criteria are worth considering:

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1. Confident But Not Arrogant

I used to brag about my abilities even though I didn’t have much experience. After failing badly on a work project, I realized I needed to develop true confidence through effort and…

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