Grow Great - A City Government Leadership Podcast

Grow Great - A City Government Leadership Podcast


Battling Misery & Dread: Find Your Friends #5002

June 05, 2017

My Biggest Challenge Is Battling Misery
Business owners are almost always candid when I ask, “What’s THE big challenge facing you today?” Even though they’ve never talked with me before, it’s rare for a business owner to avoid engaging with me in an honest conversation about their life. For starters, within seconds they can spot two of my super powers: empathy and curiosity. It takes a bit longer for my other super powers to show up: intuition and communication. That last one is the most tenuous because these conversations are always on the phone and I have no history with this person. I’m weak at many things so I have to leverage these few super powers to the max.