im deeply saddened by the recent experience that i had with a great friend. he’s brilliant. he has a history of doing excellent work, helping solve problems for clients, speaking for large audiences and wowing them with great ideas, thoughts, strategies and ‘how to’s’.
in fact, he recently shared an awesome idea to inspire and train leadership teams in the most creative way. so why am i saddened?
one word: INACTION. he NEVER takes action. he sits and opines and reminisces and no longer takes action to share and implement his brilliance. it saddens me as much as when the taliban blew up the ancient artistic artifacts in afghanistan. what a waste. it saddens me almost as much as if they found a cure for hiv virus or malnutrition and never shared it with anyone.
i heard it said that the richest land on earth is the land at the cemetery. why? because there lies the unused talent and intellectual assets of many many people. amazing unused resources – more valuable than gold and platinum- gift wrapped and never opened.
ALL THE BRILLIANCE IN THE WORLD IS USELESS….. UNLESS IT’S USED.
what gifts have you been given and left ‘unopened?’
