Vulnerability: Smart Seems Stupid to Knuckleheads

Vulnerability is mocked by arrogance and rejected by fools.

 
Smart people have told me some wildly underwhelming things that eventually dawned on me.

 
Glimpses of vulnerability:

When I asked Jim Parker, former CEO of Southwest Airlines, to share his favorite word of advice he underwhelmed me with two words. “Be yourself.” I thought, “Can’t you do any better than that?”

Being yourself requires courageous vulnerability.

Henry Mintzberg, management scholar, answered the question with one word, “Connect.” I thought, “Is that it?”

Connection requires vulnerability.

Many things that seemed like gibberish to me have become wisdom. Interestingly, the statements didn’t change. I did.

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Πηγή: leadershipfreak.blog