RULE TO BREAK
“You can’t learn anything from a fool”
Think about this for a minute. Everyone really smart and successful must have been taught or managed at some point by someone less capable than themselves. Were all Einstein’s teachers cleverer than him? I doubt it.
Your boss may not be as smart as you, but hopefully they are good at managing people or asking the right questions to stretch your brain – and there’s a lot to be said for that. Better that than a smart boss with an attitude problem.
And a less than superbright boss or teacher doesn’t have to hold you back. You just have to find new ways to learn from them.
So watch them, assess them, evaluate them. Work out where they’re going wrong, as well as where they’re getting it right ...
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