Genius and Playing It Safe
Life is full of ironies. This new website, my seminars and the coaching work I do are all about discovering and leveraging the unique strengths of individuals, teams and organizations. It is genius that I am on the hunt to discover and I am usually successful.
I wrote two sample blog posts and sent them to colleagues for feedback. What I heard was that even though the posts were interesting and focused on salient topics, somehow my distinctive perspective was sorely missing.
Developing a public presence through my website brought with it a sense of exposure. This can be an excellent problem. People that were previously unaware of me and the work that I do have a better chance of finding me.
However, the thought of public vulnerability sent me back to being an immigrant kid who felt unsafe and who did not want to be noticed as different. It took me most of my life to discover that different can be a very good thing! What I know now is that two things are true - my uniqueness is my greatest strength and it is also what can make me feel the most vulnerable.
In life you can’t have it both ways. You can’t leverage your genius and play it safe at the same time. And what if transparency and authenticity are among the greatest personal powers?
Lidia
I so appreciate your honest and very vulnerable remarks about yourself and the connection of vulnerability to our genius. Good thoughts for me to ponder. I appreciate your authentic style and know you will continue to do great work for leaders in all spheres.Posted by Bobbie Martin on 02/12 at 01:50 PMGreeting. Nothing inspires forgiveness quite like revenge.
I am from Northern and learning to read in English, give true I wrote the following sentence: “Cheap airline tickets,discount airfares,cheap flights search for the lowest fares online.”Thank you so much for your future answers :(. Addison.
Posted by Addison on 03/21 at 07:41 AMThanks you very mach.
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Leawood, Kansas 66224
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