I
have always lived an unconventional life.
I also believed in conventional wisdom.
Yet, I began to question: If common sense
is so common, why don't more people have
"it"?
Once
I realized it wasn't so common in life,
I turned to the question of how my conventional
wisdom also effected my business.
My
early experiences as a manager were good,
and I had one fatal flaw: I believed in
always championing the underdog. The person
with potential was clearly my first choice
to hire. I met a lot of great people that
way, and still struggled with my profitability.
I was working too hard on these people.
I
wanted more for them than they did.
I
made some shifts. I gave up on potential
and hired talent. There is a difference.
The distinction is this: talent is an
individual's ability to succeed. Potential
is a latent quality of possibility; it
may not convert to results.
Businesses
can not survive and thrive on possibility
alone.
Success demands action and results.
