Making It Work
Ep.7 - Stacking The Deck
“If you are going to change the world, it will be from leveraging your strengths; if you are going to achieve healthy relationships and inner peace, it will be from managing your weaknesses.”
- Kyle Parton
In this episode, we want get unpack the idea of stacking the deck in your favor in order to achieve your goals. In a game of cards, perhaps stacking the deck is frowned upon; however, to get where you want in life, this is incredible advice.
How do pro sports teams, elite military units, or life-saving surgical teams accomplish such feats? Simple: They all stack the deck. They each know and use their strengths and surround themselves with others who add to their deck.
This episode aims to get you in the right mindset to lean into your strengths and find an environment where those strengths are encouraged and your weaknesses can be covered by the strengths of another. No one can do it all, and we shouldn't have to. There is a world full of people out there who WANT to help you; you need only find them and ask.
“If you are going to change the world, it will be from leveraging your strengths; if you are going to achieve healthy relationships and inner peace, it will be from managing your weaknesses.”
- Kyle Parton
In this episode, we want get unpack the idea of stacking the deck in your favor in order to achieve your goals. In a game of cards, perhaps stacking the deck is frowned upon; however, to get where you want in life, this is incredible advice.
How do pro sports teams, elite military units, or life-saving surgical teams accomplish such feats? Simple: They all stack the deck. They each know and use their strengths and surround themselves with others who add to their deck.
This episode aims to get you in the right mindset to lean into your strengths and find an environment where those strengths are encouraged and your weaknesses can be covered by the strengths of another. No one can do it all, and we shouldn't have to. There is a world full of people out there who WANT to help you; you need only find them and ask.