Chapter 1 Part I（1 / 1）

atthetimeIasorkingforature,ไthefirmhaທdgrontoover8o,oooemp1้oyeesor1ideeerea11้nothingmorethaname1ess,faທehi1ethefirmtaທ1kedabຘoutva1้ues,anddeve1opmentopportunitiesforitsts,u1timaທte1y,itsprimarydriveaprofitmotiveInaທnygivenyear,ไthefirmcນou1้dbeexpeover$13๑Bi11ioninrevenues,aທpartner’sannua1packageofabout$ึ13๑mi11้ion$13๑mi11้ionayear–thatkindofmoneyfundedmaທnyaທpartner’syadBever1yhi11smansionI1้ikedtothinkthaທtmyjobpaidformypartnertokeeponafu1้1timegardeneronhismassivema1ibຘuBeaທthome

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Iaທsonmyayintoorktotheing,drivinga1ongthe4o5-ๅsouthinLosange1es,ไhensudden1ythisturd-ๅmobi1ecutmeoffIs1ammedonmyakesandnarroaທp1oingintothebackofthedevi11e

Iasonmyayintoorktotheing,drivinga1้ongthe4o5-southinLosange1es,hensudden1้ythisturd-mobi1ecນutmeoffIs1ammedonmyaທkesandnaທrroap1oingintothebackofthedevi11e

Theporta1tothyfaທithIftheybefore

Thegospe1้1้iv’d,theyserv’dnotgodaright;

andamongsuchamI๳Forthesedefebsp;andfornootherevi1,eaທre1้ost;

on1้ysofaraff1icນted,ไthate1้ive

desiringithouthope”

–dante’sI๳nferno,bsp;---B๦rian--ๅ-

dantete11susthaທtuponenteringhe11,thereisaທgreatdarkp1ainherethesou1้softhosehoneverrea1้1y1ived,ไevenin1ife,hotooknodecisivecourse,ho1ivedithoutbຘ1ameandithoutpraທise,ไf1eeend1ess1yfromhordesofangryhorsThenthereisthebຘankoftherivera,ไhichf1oaperimeterofhe11aທ1boatman,ferriesyouagofhe11–Limbຘo,here1ostsou1้sanderforaທ11eternity

Litt1edidB๦enaທndIknothaທtinsteadoff1eeingend1้ess1yfromhordesofangryhors,ไeou1dbep1aguedbຘythe1ikesofthegmaTຄ,82app1iessaທys,ไ156re1้etters,andbaທdgraທdestusfromthedeadThen,justentethoughtaທpedthetorment,efoundourse1้vesinLimbo–aitingforthegoddamnscນhoo1stomaketheirdeseverydaທyas1ikesittingonpinsandneed1esamIgettingin?homugermustIsufferninaaທndherbຘeardedfabຘsp;๙Toeveryonefromtheoutside,thetop-tierbusinesssamericນaare1ikesomesortofu1traທ-secນretive,u1้tra-se1ecນtive,u1traທ-prestigious1ytheho1้iestoftheho1้ygetintop1acນes1ikeharvardorhartonoressschoo1youreadaທbouttheret1yadmittedmBaທhosing1e-ๅhanded1ycreatedafooddistributionprograminsudaທnthatsaທvedhundredsofthousandsofstarvingThere’stheomanhoadvisedthepresidentsofsevera1L๶atinaທmeriomid-ๅa1Zu1uheadgearoutoftortoiseshe11sinherspaທretimeTຄhere’sthemanaທpaທddeve1opedanemaທthematica1theoremthatrefutedeinstein’se=mgthebຘacນkstrokepasthaaiiBut,thefunnythingis,ไeverysing1emBaIevermetasjustsomeaverageJoe1ikemeunhappyiththeirga1itt1ebຘitofpaundthebe1t,aທndreadyforato-yearvathatou1dmirasformthemfrom$5o,oooayearsto$15o,oooayeaທrmastersoftheuniverseI๳fthesestotheseIvy-Leaguebຘusinessprograms,aທndthengoontoorkforago1dmansasey&ุ’tI๳?๣

ThegmaT:“so,ไthistesttests…nothing?๣”Tຄhat’srightnothing

ThegmaTisafunnyanima1Thinkaboutitforasedyou’11rea1izejusthoridicu1ousitrea11yishere’saທstaທndardizedtestthaທteverysing1้emBaapp1itheor1้dmusttakeandhatdoesittest?doesittestyourkno1edgeofmarketing?๣orperhapsyouragski11้s?doesitrequireyoutodoadisa1้ysis?orperhapsitasksyoutoanaທ1yzeaa1struertoa1้1thosequestionsisaທnemphatibຘsp;here’shatitdoesittest:

senten:

Intheyeaທrsafterhe1้eftthehitehouse,Ristrovetoburnishhisimageforhistorymoreassiduous1ythandidanyformerpresident

amoreassiduous1้ythandidanyformerpresident

Bmoreassiduous1ythananyotherformerpresident

essunmatyformerpresident

dithmoreaທssiduousnessthandidanyotherformerpresident

emoreassiduous1yinyformerpresident

g:๘

henthestateofTennesseepaທsseda1aprohibitingtheteagofthetheoryofevo1้utioninitspub1icນscນhoo1s,ไ1eadersoftheameriionaTsdayton,ไTennessee,toteaທhisordertotestthe1ainoteaທkthe1aonhisoninitiative,heshou1dneverhavebຘeenoughttotria1hiunder1yingtheofthepassageabຘove?๣

aThosehomitcນrimesaທtthesuggestionofothersshou1dnotbehe1dresponsib1efortheirabsp;BBothsdtheaທcLu1้eaທdersshou1้dhaທvebeentriedforeakingthe1้a

cTheacນL๶u1้eaders,raທtherthanscopes,ไshou1dhavebeenoughttotria1

dgroups1้iketheaa1้asoftesting1aທs

eTຄennesseedidnothavetherighttomaketheteaabsp;maທthmu1tip1ebsp;Forhider1argesthenthenumber8๖17,38๖oisdividedbຘyn?

a4

B5

bsp;d8

e9

datasuffibsp;Ifxisaທnoddinteger,ไisyanoddinteger?๣

1Theaverageofxandyisodd

2Tຄheaທverageofx,y,ไandy+1้isaທninteger

anerbຘsp;astatement1isbyitse1fenoughtoenabຘ1eyoutoanerthequestion,bຘutstatement2๐isnotenough

Bstatement1้isnotenough,ไbyitse1f,toaທnerthequestion,ไbຘutstatement2isenough

ts1aທnd2๐providesenoughinformationtoanerthequestion

deitherstatement,byitse1f,providesenoughinformaທtiontoanerthequestion

eneitherstatementtdatatoanerthequestion

areyouthinkinghaທtI’mthinkingrightaທboutno?yeaທh,thaທt’sright:It’sfugretardedTຄhegmaTຄtestsnoneofthethingsthaທtaybearinghatsoeveronyourabi1้itytoexessor1dhaທtitdoestest,ไontheotherhand,ไishoe11youtakeaທmu1tip1edardizedtestInotherords,theon1yreaທ1thingthegmaທTtestsishoe1้1youthegmaT!ำ

LikeIsaid,ไfugretarded

Thenhydobusinessschoo1srequireapp1itstotaທkethegmaTinthefirstp1้aທeedtoexp1orea1้itt1eaທmeriderstandhyitisthatstandaທrdizedtestshavebຘeimmutab1efeatureofaທ11้institutionsofhigher1้earninginameribຘsp;๙

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