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StandOut 2.0: Assess Your Strengths, Find Your Edge, Win at Work

- The Comparison Gap—“Others Are Better Than I Am”
John C. Maxwell • The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
My responsibility to the people I mentor is to add value. My goal is always to help them to become more than they are, not to try to make them something they’re not. These are the areas I focus on: • Strengths • Temperament • Track record • Passion • Choices • Advice • Support, Resources/People • Game plan • Feedback • Encouragement
John C. Maxwell • The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
There are these people that are powerful mediators to other people. And if you can identify who those people are and how they’re operating, you’ve just identified sort of one of the root causes of problems, or just one of sort of the root players in this system. And identifying those mediators is sort of really key.
Farnam Street • Luke Burgis: The Power of Mimetic Desire [The Knowledge Project Ep. #138]
A mark of lifelong learners is recognizing that they can learn something from everyone they meet
Adam Grant • Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Melvin Maxwell, Bill Hybels, John Wooden, Oswald Sanders, Jesus Christ,
John C. Maxwell • The 15 Invaluable Laws of Growth: Live Them and Reach Your Potential
I tell my clients, “It’s a lot harder to change people’s perception of your behavior than it is to change your behavior. In fact, I calculate that you have to get 100% better in order to get 10% credit for it from your coworkers.”
Marshall Goldsmith • What Got You Here Won't Get You There
Putnam recounts the time he met with Kelleher to interview for the job.