Dad's 5'5.5, but makes $700,000 a year...
Height isn't so much of a big deal in business, unless if you're a car dealer or a furniture salesman.
Thanks for the in-depth answers but I still don't understand: do you work in california or scandinavia?
You do use CM and refer to a scandinavian average so I'll assume the latter. You say 175-190CM is the most common range from that I gather that perhaps 183CM is a quite medium height in the business world, good news for me -that means I would not be short if I lenghten to 186CM. Also thanks for sharing your experience in how height and presence work in business. I'm sure you're very competent and charistmatic, 163CM is short indeed especially in N. europe so any increase in height will surely be of benefit.
On a less serious note, would you say your tall colleagues (193 and 203CM) got a lot of women just by being really tall?
Always knew height was important but never to such an extent.
Height doesn't mean as much as people think in business. I have worked at trading companies, hedge funds, and brokerage firms in Chicago for almost 10 years. I am 5'6" and it hasn't held me back much. Last year the company I worked for was going out of business. After years of lay offs, me and the CFO were the only 2 left in the accounting/finance group. He is about 6'4"-6'5". They let him go before me and I was the last one left. Being tall and good looking will get your foot in the door or gets you more respect at first BUT you have to back it up. I have a CPA and am working on an MBA in finance right now. As you get older, more experienced, and more education, height becomes less important. It will always be a benefit but it diminishes.
To answer your question. I would say that being around 6' to 6'2" is the optimal height. But being average won't hold you back. At 5'6" things are tougher for me at first but once I prove myself I do get the respect that I deserve.
I don't think height is required to be a businessman or lawyer at least in asian countries... I don't know why it sounds so different elsewhere, but You gotta ask yourself could it be self-fulfilled hypothesis. I would say average height and slightly below, is pretty fine. Capabilities matter much more.
Quote from: Uppland on February 02, 2015, 11:52:14 PMThanks for the in-depth answers but I still don't understand: do you work in california or scandinavia?
You do use CM and refer to a scandinavian average so I'll assume the latter. You say 175-190CM is the most common range from that I gather that perhaps 183CM is a quite medium height in the business world, good news for me -that means I would not be short if I lenghten to 186CM. Also thanks for sharing your experience in how height and presence work in business. I'm sure you're very competent and charistmatic, 163CM is short indeed especially in N. europe so any increase in height will surely be of benefit.
On a less serious note, would you say your tall colleagues (193 and 203CM) got a lot of women just by being really tall?
Always knew height was important but never to such an extent.
I think all this is bull in Asia, I know many short politicians and lawyers, and business-people.
Quote from: Blackhawk on February 03, 2015, 12:10:50 AMHeight doesn't mean as much as people think in business. I have worked at trading companies, hedge funds, and brokerage firms in Chicago for almost 10 years. I am 5'6" and it hasn't held me back much. Last year the company I worked for was going out of business. After years of lay offs, me and the CFO were the only 2 left in the accounting/finance group. He is about 6'4"-6'5". They let him go before me and I was the last one left. Being tall and good looking will get your foot in the door or gets you more respect at first BUT you have to back it up. I have a CPA and am working on an MBA in finance right now. As you get older, more experienced, and more education, height becomes less important. It will always be a benefit but it diminishes.
To answer your question. I would say that being around 6' to 6'2" is the optimal height. But being average won't hold you back. At 5'6" things are tougher for me at first but once I prove myself I do get the respect that I deserve.
Thanks man I feel more at ease all ready.
Height is just an advantage, thats it. The same as being handsome, and you know what they say about handsome people, they are just pretty faces that's it.
I don't even think height is that much of an advantage. The voted most powerful man in the world, Putin, is only 1.70. He doesn't give a sh*t about his height and doesn't go on forums asking how tall people are in the business world. He simply went out and beat everyone.
Quote from: joax on February 04, 2015, 03:29:03 AMI don't even think height is that much of an advantage. The voted most powerful man in the world, Putin, is only 1.70. He doesn't give a sh*t about his height and doesn't go on forums asking how tall people are in the business world. He simply went out and beat everyone.
I think Putin does give a about his own height. But it never held him back from anything. He has enough things going for him to keep him from doing LL.
Oh right, I'm sorry I know you can read Putin's mind and know exactly what he thinks and what he gives a about. Everyone is a mental freak who worries about his height and that's why forums like this are so relatively unpopular despite the fact that 50% of the population is of average or under average height.
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