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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People are frustrating. Accept people for who they are so you can maximize their gifts and minimize their weaknesses. 5 people who drive leaders nuts: Leading social butterflies: Social butterflies relish relationship but… Continue reading
Anything that points you inward and leaves you there offends your strengths. Strengths based leadership goes astray when it makes success all about you. The world doesn’t revolve around you. The Universe is… Continue reading
Living without meaning makes beasts of us all. Just bury your head in the mud to escape drudgery. Don’t let environments bully you into exhaustion. Walk through the door dedicated to manage meaningfully.… Continue reading
Everything stops in our house with the first snow. My wife joyfully calls, “It’s snowing.” We gaze like children. Sometimes we stand close. Usually it spits and sputters, but if we’re lucky, the… Continue reading
An inordinate need to win reflects a need for superiority. For example, I stopped playing basketball with my sons when they regularly beat me. We shot around, but no more 1:1 games. Leaders… Continue reading
