Sublime

I believe Lebow and Spitzer are right; consciously or unconsciously, all too often we use feedback to try to mold other people into how we believe they should be.

Sometimes developing your basic goods and making the most effective use of them is best accomplished when you can go beyond the crowd and identify something distinctive on your own—that’s when really special things can happen.

When he saw a manager failing, he would try to find another role—perhaps at a lower level—where

As she put it, when she was thwarted making systemic change, she could work on helping people one at a time. When she was discouraged by what she could do for individual patients—breast cancer remains a deadly disease—she could focus on making systemic changes that would improve care and enhance knowledge.

Dan Sullivan is the cofounder of Strategic Coach, the number one entrepreneurial coaching company in the entire world. Dan has trained tens of thousands of the very best entrepreneurs to become even better. He helps his entrepreneurs clarify their “Unique Ability”—the activities that bring them the most excitement and energy and produce the biggest

used the Gallup Organization’s Web-based StrengthsFinder Instrument to pinpoint their five signature strengths,

I teach at business schools, attend startup community events, and host small gatherings of young entrepreneurs. By serving as a mentor at accelerators such as Columbia's Greenhouse, Yale's Entrepreneurial Institute, DreamIT Ventures, and Founders Institute, and as a speaker/participant at events organized by groups such as Sandbox Network, StartupG

Our findings tell us that it’s possible to weave a fixed or growth mindset into the very fabric of an organization to create a culture of genius or a culture of development.