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To: sunabeach who wrote (34214)	8/23/2021 9:03:00 AM
From: Lee Lichterman III	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 97938

For one, CEOs do have talent and education, experience and an ability to spot problems early, fix them while guiding the huge ship of a company through various minefields. It is multitasking on a grand scale balancing supply chains, both incoming and outgoing, finance, personnel management and just plain intuition. Artists, especially now days where grunting into a microphone and often not even changing pitch or maybe using 2-3 notes, or splattering paint on a canvas randomly is far from a unique or challenging skill. There's a huge divide between Mozart and most of rap, 3 chord country/pop etc. Sports stars may have talent but we had sports stars for a hundred years and up until recent history, they mostly did it for a love of the game and personal challenge of competing against peers. Now it's all about the money. Shaq is a glaring example. Guy made millions but never learned to shoot from more than 3 feet from the basket, didn't get his foot fixed during the off season because he was doing Hollywood junk then got it fixed during the season and sat on the bench collecting his check. CEOs generally are making products that make society exist. The meat and potatoes of it. Art and sports are the unnecessary but nice to have dessert.

To: sunabeach who wrote (34214)	8/23/2021 9:22:37 AM
From: Sun Tzu	3 Recommendations Recommended By ajtj99 Bocor edward miller Respond to of 97938

The answer is simple, capital. An average or even slightly below average person born to a rich family with lots of connections can go much further (and learn more based on exposure to the right setting) than a talented person born to a below average family. This does not hold for arts. Unlike the corporate executive market, the barriers to entry are low, so the competition so much stiffer. Even when a person has strong support in the form of promotions, movie deals, and Oprah interviews, they still have to compete against talented people in open market. Your CEO never has to face such a competition.