[PW] Inexperienced people in occupations who then excel at them

[Webb, KerryA]

Snopes wrote:

> 
> <<A patron is looking for examples of people who, without experience
for a
> particular occupation, profession or job, then excels at the job.>>
> 
> <Abraham Lincoln>
> 
> Given that Lincoln was both a legislator (at the state and federal
levels)
> and a lawyer (one of the most common backgrounds for U.S.
politicians),
> it's
> hard to see how he could be considered to have been "without
experience."
> 

I'd suggest that his limited experience as a state and federal
legislator (not a leader in either sphere) wouldn't necessarily have
fitted him for the post as wartime President.

As for his legal background, even less so.

I'm a little biased about this, because I've been reading Doris K
Goodwin's "Team of Rivals" which describes in great detail how he
managed his job and his diverse Cabinet.

Kerry 
  
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