Good morning, Team! It’s Friday!

Excerpt from a new TV series I started watching, two tough guys meet three new tough guys and while they are all standing around sizing up their perceived competition, an even tougher gal walks by and says …”Don’t worry, boys, you’re all equally pretty”

I laughed out loud!

None of those boys were pretty. Literal interpretation aside, the wisdom came from the passerby unloading the sprinter van with a meaning behind the comment, something like…”You all have talents. This ain’t no beauty pageant, we have work to do so stop wasting your time gawking at each other.” 

Straight and to the point. I like it.

Everyone is born with talents and everyone, with very few exceptions, wants to do a good job, make their family proud, and feel good about their contributions…equally pretty.

I believe it is a leader’s job to help others reach their potential. Placing focus on what they are good at rather than spending an inordinate amount of time on their areas of improvement, previously known as weaknesses.

A leader has the job of helping those they are responsible for, to identify the nexus of their talents and their interests, then shape and hone and test and teach until the student grasps the vision of what could be … and self-perpetuates.

No one is identical, but that doesn’t mean that everyone is without the potential to be great at something.

Have a blessed weekend!

Eric