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The Curse of Success

CaseInterview.com

Success teaches you virtually nothing. The real learning comes from the the micro and macro “failures” (I prefer the term feedback opportunities) that preceded the success. Success can be a curse. This occurs when you mistakenly conclude you have nothing else to learn. I see this with some new Ivy League graduates. I see this with some new first year consultants.

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The opportunity to be wrong

Seth Godin Blog

History is filled with examples of people who made errors in judgment. The executives at Decca that turned down the Beatles, the CEO at Digital who said that no one would ever need to have a computer in their home, and the reviewers that didn’t like the movie 2001. And of course, the creators that are wrong so often. The entrepreneur who raises a bunch of money and fails, or the musician who follows up a hit with a string of duds.

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The Power of Appreciation

Leadership Vision Consulting

We believe coaching is about helping people go from potential to performance. In this episode, we share a very special conversation and coaching session between Brian Schubring and Nathan Freeburg. Brian walks Nathan through our appreciation-focused coaching session, one of 12 different processes we use with clients. They discuss appreciation, different ways that we can appreciate ourselves and appreciate others, and how that can help bolster our self-awareness and knowledge around Strengths.