Had an interesting thought come to me this morning that may (or may not) be life changing and cause a paradigm shift in the way I approach leadership. So here it is (drum roll please), people are like the alphabet. Let me explain. It is common practice to take people at face value because they look a certain way. However, each individual on earth is extremely unique (some themselves may not realize it). If you're like me, you've made the mistake of trying to get people to see everything as you do, in essence creating (or unknowingly creating) mini clones. When in fact, though we all share some of the same characteristics (i.e. the same words in the alphabet to choose from), our backgrounds, personalities, quirks, experiences, dreams, desires, goals, hurts, etc. and etc. makes no one person the same. We all have the same alphabet to create from, but the combinations of those characters are endless. Therefore, no more clone making. Rather we should (those that seek to be leaders, mentors, coaches, teachers, blah blah blah) help others discover their unique combination while helping them learn from our not so uncommon mistakes.
