Weakness is an asset.
Don’t wait until you have it all together to lead. You’re disqualified from leadership if you don’t have weaknesses.
Make the most of frailties.
Your struggle is your laboratory.
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People say forgiving feels like giving in, but the world collapses when every interaction becomes a courtroom.
Immaturity always stands up for itself. But strength isn’t loud. Power isn’t demanding.
For example, open-hearted kindness requires confidence. The best insecurity can do is manipulate people with fake generosity. Greed hides behind fairness.
A one-string banjo doesn’t sound happy. Overconfidence in one strength brings leaders down.
Visionaries fail when they can’t get stuff done. Relationship builders fail when they don’t have tough conversations. Doers without empathy build disengaged teams.
Leaders fail by leaning too hard on one strength.
The easiest life imaginable is working at what comes naturally.
You enrich life when you follow inclinations you were born with.
But be warned, some innate inclinations harm us.
Leadership is encouraging people to do things that come naturally.
Highly talented people think differently. They offend the status quo.
Don’t tell irritating geniuses to tone it down. Encourage eagles to soar and lions to roar.
You can’t be great and hold down irritating genius at the same time.
Learn to maximize irritating genius.
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