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Who is your complementor?
Posted by Roger Farnsworth in Uncategorized on March 26th, 2009
Who is your complementor? No, not your complimenter, although getting praise is often fulfilling, it’s not enough; who is the special person that adds the most value to your life’s purpose?
Remember the episode of Star Trek where a transporter malfunction split Kirk into two entities, Good Kirk and Bad Kirk? That’s an over-dramatisation of the issue that faces all of us. Some people are good at a lot of things, but no one is good at everything.
The old proverb “Behind every great man there is a great woman” is rooted in truth, but too limiting. Today it would be more appropriate to say, behind every great man is a great team, but that statement is way too broad.
The next step on the road to greatness is to find the one person that can add the greatest value to your purpose and vision.
Are you a great brainstormer but face challenges in implementation? Then find a partner who is gifted at operations. Do you excel at math and finance but have issues with the abstract? Then seek a creative genius as your partner. Do an objective self-analysis and then keep your eyes open for that special person who’s skills fit together with yours like two pieces of a puzzle.
But, and this is a big but, you have to find someone that shares your vision and who you can trust. Someone who, as in Top Gun, will never leave his wingman. Find that person and wonderful things await.
Have you found your complementor?
Is Big Love really just Marriage 3.0?
Posted by Roger Farnsworth in Uncategorized on March 23rd, 2009
By all accounts the television drama Big Love which airs on HBO draws around 5 million viewers a week. The series tells the convoluted story of a man with three wives and a mess of children trying to get by in a world full of challenges, temptation and increasing complexity.
It seems to me that producer Tom Hanks and the rest of the crew are missing a huge market segment. I’m pretty sure that, based on the popularity of web search terms, they could double their audience simply by renaming the series Collaborative Love and billing it as Marriage 3.0.
I can see the blurb in the television guide now:
Bill Henrickson (Bill Paxton) employs new collaborative processes as he seeks to raise the reproductivity of his non-traditional family organisation. Family members wrestle with issues of empowerment, communication and organisational conflict.
Looking at the show through this lens you can see our current business struggles pale in comparison to the challenges Bill faces.
Bill struggles continuously with the conflicting demands of his role as family leader, and generally does a good job of creating the vision for his family and then allowing the various wives and business partners the authority and responsibility to move the team forward.
Still, when Bill puts his hands on his hips and says, “Doggone it, honey, this family is my responsibility and I’ve made my decision,” if you squint you can see a bit of Jack Welch vestigal tail poking out of the back of his Mens Wearhouse suit trousers.
Did you watch the season finale last night?
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