The Non-Fitters

Notes taken from a seminar by Donald N. Sull.

1. Track Record - Success can be in a narrow technical or functional area that later blinds a person to the broader context. Track record and be misleading: Other people or event may have had more to do with the success than the executive.

2. Brilliance - Brilliance in and of itself can be intimidating to others, but brilliant people sometimes dismiss people they believe are less brilliant than themselves or devalue other people's ideasand contributions.

3. Commitment - Overcommitment may lead to defining their whole lives in term of work and expecting others to do the same; being willing to do almost anything, including engaging in questionable activities for the sake of the business; or treating people as means to an end.

4. Charm - Charm can be used selectively to manipulate other people.

5. Ambition - Ambition darkens when people do whatever is necessary to achieve personal success, even at the expense of others or the organization.

6. Team Player - Not a risk taker, indecisive and lacks independent judgment.

7. Customer aka Listener-Focus - Can't create breakthroughs, can't control cost, unrealisticsand becoming too conservative.

8. Biased toward Actions - They are basically reckless and very dictatorial.

9. Analytical Thinker - They are becoming analysis paralysis, afraid to act and inclined to create large staffs.

10. Integrity - This is a holy-look type and bugs people by imposing personal standards on others.

11. Innovative - Tend to be very unrealistic, impractical and ending up wasting time and money.

12. Has Global Vision - Misses local markets, over-extended and unfocused.

13. Good with People - They are basically soft (not softie type) and can't make tough decisions because simply they are being too easy on people.

Wisdom of Kung Fu Tze

There are three methods to gaining wisdom:

The first is reflection, which is the highest.
The second is Imitation, which is the easiest.
The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

Phobialogy

My phobias are in blue:

acrophobia.. fear of high places
aerophobia.. fear of air or drafts
agoraphobia.. fear of open spaces
ailurophobia... fear of cats
algophobia.. fear of pain
androphobia.. fear of men
anthrophobia.. fear of human beings
aquaphobia.. fear of water
astraphobia... fear of stars
autophobia.. fear of automobiles
bibliophobia.. fear of books
canophobia... fear of laws, rules, dogmas
claustrophobia.. fear of closed spaces
coitophobia.. fear of sexual intercourse
ergophobia.. fear of work
frigophobia... fear of cold
gamophobia.. fear of marriage
genophobia.. fear of sex
gymnotophobia.. fear of nudity
gynophobia.. fear of women
hadephobia.. fear of hell
hamartiophobia.. fear of sin
haphephobia.. fear of being touched
hematophobia.. fear of blood
hierophobia.. fear of sacred things
homophobia.. fear of homosexual
shydrophobia.. fear of water
hypegiaphobia.. fear of responsibility
hypnophobia.. fear of sleep
logophobia.. fear of words
maieusophobia.. fear of pregnancy
misophobia.. fear of contamination
monophobia.. fear of being alone
nyctophobia... fear of darkness or night
ornithophobia.. fear of birds
ouranophobia.. fear of heaven
pantophobia.. fear of everything
peccatophobia.. fear of sinning
pediphobia.. fear of children
peniaphobia.. fear of poverty
phasmophobia.. fear of ghosts
phobophobia... fear of fears
photophobia.. fear of light
phronemophobia.. fear of thinking
pogonophobia.. fear of beards
poinephobia.. fear of punishment
pyrophobia.. fear of fire
satanophobia.. fear of Satan
sciophobia.. fear of shadow
staphophobia... fear of being buried alive, graves
theophobia.. fear of God
thermophobia.. fear of heat
tocophobia.. fear of childbirth
triskaidikaphobia... fear of the # 13
trypanophobia.. fear of injections
xenophobia.. fear of strangers
zelophobia.. fear of jealousy
zoophobia.. fear of animals